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Manager Dusty Baker Jr. of Team Nicaragua stands in the dugout in front of the World Baseball Classic logo. Sports

For Dusty Baker and Nicaragua, the World Baseball Classic was worth it

While managing tournament darlings, likely future Hall of Famer goes home with respect, reverence of opposing managers

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Tony Clark scandal a setback for African Americans in baseball

The former MLBPA executive director’s behavior strikes a blow for morale at a critical time for MLB

Satchel Paige stands at the top of the dugout with baseball in hand in 1942. Sports

‘Satchel Paige wrote this’: One-person show at Carnegie Hall features legendary pitcher

Stage production an homage to Paige’s showmanship, wit and perseverance in face of racism

Home plate umpire Alan Porter holds up fingers for balls and strikes Sports

Alan Porter is the ‘complete package’ of MLB umpiring

Those around the league consider the game in good hands with Porter despite the addition of automatic balls and strikes next season

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Justin Dean fields the ball hit by Toronto Blue Jays' Alejandro Kirk during the ninth inning Sports

‘It’s been like a dream’: Dodgers OF Justin Dean took role player route to World Series

From Division II to Mexico to Los Angeles, the 28-year-old rookie’s rise has been as patient as it has been cinematic

Mookie Betts fields a ground ball Sports

Mookie Betts’ ‘incredible untold story’ of Dodgers’ run to World Series

Betts’ switch from Gold Glove outfielder to Gold Glove shortstop continues to stun teammates and opponents

Toronto Blue Jays slugger Joe Carter trots around the bases with jubilation after hitting a World Series winning three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies during Game 6 of the World Series on Oct. 23, 1993, at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto. Sports

If any Toronto Blue Jays player deserves a statue, it’s Joe Carter

With the World Series back in Toronto for the first time in 32 years, a big question is why the franchise’s home run hero isn’t honored outside of Rogers Centre

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‘He was older than our fathers’: An oral history of Satchel Paige’s final game at 59

Paige’s last pitching performance left an impact on players, fans and family who were there in Kansas City 60 years ago

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‘He was a legend’: An oral history of Satchel Paige’s final game at 59

In 1965, the Hall of Fame pitcher threw three scoreless innings against players half his age. Nearly sixty years later, here’s how it happened.

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