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With all the annual laughs at the #Mets today for Bobby Bonilla Day, can some definitively point to an article or source on whether Bonilla’s annual $1.19 million counts against the competitive balance/luxury tax threshold?

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It's a shame they waited so long to put him in the #HOF. #RIPDaveParker #Pirates

Black and white head and shoulders portrait of Dave Parker in a Pirates helmet. (Photo courtesy Pittsburgh Pirates)

The Hall of Fame is heartbroken by the loss of Class of 2025 inductee Dave Parker, who passed away today at the age of 74. ow.ly/oPNW50WhWv2

This shot during the Mets game Monday evoked the flashback reveal of Henry Fonda approaching the young version of Charles Bronson's Harmonica character that appears throughout Once Upon a Time in the West. @johndemarsico.bsky.social

@adarowski.bsky.social Curious why no leaderboard for Game Score, showing highest of the season. The @baseball-reference.com daily newsletter provides it for previous day’s games. Or is it on the site and I missed? Thanks.

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Albany boxer Abraham Nova to fight at Fenway Park Nova, who is 23-3-1 with 16 knockouts, most recently fought last November with an unimpressive draw against Humberto Galindo at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona.

Albany boxer Abraham Nova, who fought for a world title in 2024, is without a full-time promoter after his contract with Top Rank ended. Nova will continue his career on Saturday with a fight at Fenway Park, the home of the Boston Red Sox, hosting its first boxing card since 1956.

'Baddest Man' book explores Mike Tyson's time in Capital Region Kriegel, who started working on the book in 2021, conducted interviews with more than 100 sources for "Baddest Man."

Read Mark Singelais' interview with Mark Kriegel about his new bio "Baddest Man: The Making of Mike Tyson," which is planned as the first of two volumes on the boxer's endlessly controversial life and career. www.timesunion.com/sports/artic...

'Baddest Man' book explores Mike Tyson's time in Capital Region After his traumatic childhood in Brooklyn, and before becoming undisputed heavyweight champion, Mike Tyson lived and fought in the Capital Region in the 1980s.

After his traumatic childhood in Brooklyn, and before becoming undisputed heavyweight champion, Mike Tyson lived and fought in the Capital Region in the 1980s. Mark Kriegel takes a fresh look at Tyson's formative years in his new book, "Baddest Man: The Making of Mike Tyson," on sale Tuesday.

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@espn Enough with these numbing Statcast Cloud numbers from your announcers. Give us narratives and strategies, not swing angles!

Baseball Has Never Looked Like This Before. It’s All Because of One Very Dedicated Movie Nerd. Fans—and cinephiles—are loving it.

Interviewed the guy who directs Mets games, who has been weaving in some high-falutin film canon homages into the broadcast. Baseball games are better with De Palma references!

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Woke up to thousands of new followers at the other site. Here's the mixtape I posted for the new folk⁸s #Baseballiscinema

Great evening for an Albany High baseball game at the Plumeri complex. Senior night on Bellizzi Field. #518baseball

The front page of the Chicago Sun-Times, featuring the pope waving under the words "DA POPE!" Subheadline says, "Chicagoan Robert Prevost, known to many on the South Side as 'Father Bob' and now to millions as Pope Leo XIV, becomes first American pontiff. The best coverage of Chicago's pope, pages 2-10."

Today's front page.

The A’s could draw more Sacramento fans by giving us more than crumbs | Opinion The Athletics are doing little to nothing to cultivate Sacramento fans, writes opinion columnist LeBron Hill.

The reason that the A's won't cater to Sacramento is that even a small gesture will undercut the Las Vegas charade that the team is still trying to play. When this whole thing comes crashing down, it's going to be spectacular. www.sacbee.com/opinion/arti...

Islanders' decision to replace radio broadcasters Chris King and Greg Picker with a TV simulcast was not the right move Isles manage tosour what had been an upbeat mood among fans within 24 hours

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Islanders' decision to replace radio broadcasters Chris King and Greg Picker with a TV simulcast was not the right move Isles manage to sour what had been an upbeat mood among fans within 24 hours

Best: Isles made the wrong call on radio broadcast Isles manage to sour what had been an upbeat mood among fans within 24 hours | via @newsday.bsky.social #NYIslanders #Isles
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Retractable dome, baseball stadiums: Closing the roof at 81 degrees and playing indoors in a mall.

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Well-stated, thoughtful argument against the Golden At-Bat by @dougglanville.bsky.social.

Jackie Robinson illustration by Todd Radom

You cannot tell the story of America by erasing the story of Jackie Robinson

Jim Rice had a heated conversation with a Red Sox staffer after he offered a hitter advice. Here’s what Rice said happened. - The Boston Globe The Hall of Famer has no formal responsibilities with the team beyond his NESN work, but will offer his thoughts to players who approach him for feedback.

New on Bostonglobe.com: Hall of Famer Jim Rice angry after Red Sox spurn his advice:

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