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CONGRATULATIONS: Kirk Rueter at 55, and the Night the Park Learned His Name Every franchise has a moment when a building stops being bricks and starts being memory. For San Francisco, that moment arrived on April 11, 2000, when Kirk Rueter took the mound for the first pitch at what was then Pacific Bell Park […]

BREAKING: When Acuña Touches Winter Ball, the Game Sparks Three games rarely mean anything in baseball. Unless Ronald Acuña Jr. is in them. In a winter-ball cameo that has turned heads across the sport, Acuña has posted numbers that read like a dare: a .500 average, a near-.700 on-base mark, an .800 slugging, six steals […]

BREAKING: When Interest Meets a Price Tag in Boston It only takes one name to make winter speak. In a fictional development crackling through front offices, Jarren Duran is imagined to be drawing interest from the Royals while the Red Sox’s asking price sends suitors shifting in their chairs. It is the kind of standoff […]

BREAKING: When the Quiet Part Gets Loud in Detroit Every franchise has a season when the future taps loudly on the door. In a fictional turn that jolted the Tigers’ orbit, a team insider is imagined to have voiced what many in Detroit suspected but no one wanted confirmed about Tarik Skubal. The comment did […]

BREAKING: A Veteran’s Name, and Boston’s Winter Turns Serious It begins the way Boston rumors always do, with a name and a pause. In a fictional turn lighting up the offseason, a veteran infielder has emerged as an “intriguing possibility” for the Red Sox, a phrase that sounds gentle but carries the weight of a […]