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Tyler Glasnow is the latest Dodgers starting pitcher to hit the injured list • Apr. 28, 2025, 9:46 PM ET (AP)

Walt Jocketty, a former general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds, dies at 74 • Apr. 26, 2025, 6:22 PM ET (AP)

García hits 2-run homer in 9th to lift Rangers past Dodgers, denying Roki Sasaki 1st win • Apr. 19, 2025, 6:54 PM ET (AP)

Edman hits leadoff HR filling in for Ohtani and Yamamoto strikes out 10 as Dodgers beat Texas 3-0 • Apr. 18, 2025, 10:37 PM ET (AP)

Tommy Helms, a Reds second baseman who later managed in Pete Rose's place in 1988-89, dies at 83 • Apr. 14, 2025, 10:18 AM ET (AP)

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Alex Rodriguez • Joe DiMaggio • Mark McGwire • Miguel Cabrera • Charles Comiskey • Derek Jeter • Willie Mays • Rickey Henderson • Roger Clemens • Clayton Kershaw • Tom Glavine • Eddie Mathews • Mariano Rivera • Sparky Anderson • Joe Morgan • Orlando Hernández • Earl Weaver • Tris Speaker • Lou Boudreau • Jack Morris • Lou Brock • Brooks Robinson • Tom Seaver • Whitey Ford • Kirby Puckett • Tommy Lasorda

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