1:18 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — A White Sox official says it was “poor form” for the team to show a scoreboard graphic of “famous people from Chicagoland” that grouped lynching victim Emmett Till with game show host Pat Sajak and film icon Orson Welles. Scott Reifert, the team’s vice president of communications, said
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3:04 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — In the latest embarrassment for the New York Mets, the team has publicly apologized to two living members of its 1969 World Series championship team who were included in a video montage of dead players during the 50th anniversary celebration. With a message that filled up one
12:40 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — A month after setting a record for most home runs in a month, big league batters did it again and are on pace to shatter the season mark. Batters hit 1,142 home runs in June, seven more than they had hit in May. Five of the
7:00 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Calling it the “most special” selection for him yet, Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant made his third All-Star team just a few months removed from completing rehab on an injured left shoulder that hampered him for much of last season. “It’s just nice when you don’t make it for
10:41 PM ET Bryce Harper signed a record-breaking $330 million contract with the Phillies as a free agent. Manny Machado signed a $300 million contract with the Padres as a free agent. Neither is a 2019 All-Star. Tommy La Stella, traded in the offseason from the Cubs to the Angels for a player to be
10:57 PM ET Anthony Rendon is an All-Star. Finally. Once again, the fans did not vote Rendon to be the starting third baseman for the National League (he finished fifth at his position). However, in a shocking break from tradition, the powers that be actually selected him to be a reserve. To paraphrase a 2017
10:25 PM ET CINCINNATI — The Chicago Cubs must feel like when it rains, it pours on them, especially on the road, as they saw everything go against them in an 8-6 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday. Most damaging was a fan-interference call in the top of the third inning that turned a
7:13 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Atlanta Braves reliever Anthony Swarzak has been placed on the 10-day injured list with inflammation in his pitching shoulder, a significant blow to the bullpen for the NL East leaders. The team hopes Swarzak will be ready to return immediately after the All-Star break on July 12.
5:56 PM ET Three Houston pitchers — Justin Verlander, Gerrit Cole and reliever Ryan Pressly — were added to the All-Star squad Sunday, giving the Astros six All-Stars, the most in the majors. Their teammates, third baseman Alex Bregman and outfielders George Springer and Michael Brantley had already been voted in as starters. Three Dodgers
8:20 PM ET Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu is expected to start for the National League in the All-Star Game, manager Dave Roberts told reporters Sunday. Ryu has a league-best ERA of 1.83 and is second in wins with nine. The news comes on the same day it was revealed that two other Dodgers