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Baseball stars at gunpoint in mexico, threatening to kill them if they tried to escape before signing lucrative contracts. two of the players who allegedly endured this were white sox first baseman jose abreu. court documents laid out yesterday accused bartolo hernandez of partnering with a smuggling ring in order to force exclusive deals as agent for 17 cuban baseball players. the trial is set to begin in january. cowboys quarterback dak prescott earning high praise for being caught on camera...

It is game three of the best of seven. steves royals are up 2-0. they held serve like they should have in kansas city but could it be a different story? cal ripken the legend, played 411 seasons with the orioles and never missed a game. keith hernandez, outstanding first baseman with the cardinals -- >> the mets -- >> let me ask you this, what do the mets need to do to come back at this point? possible? >> oh, of course, theyre home for three games. >> good. >> thats a good thing. kansas city is...

Fitness because fit people can respond more quickly to emergencies. finally, the ugly. a wrestling match at a baseball game. >> not a -- wrestling it out of his glove. >> unruly fan tried to snatch a caught foul ball right out of the dodgers first basemans glove. everyone booed the guy. he was eventually ejected. i would imagine so. now its time for your brew on this responses. trash talk in seattle. the city is being sued over garbage collectors snooping through the trash to see if resident...

Major league team has come out as gay publicly. david denson, the 20-year-old first baseman reached out to a local newspaper and told his story saying, quote, talking with my teammates gave me the confidence i needed to come out to them. his teammates said, youre still our teammate, our brother, a baseball player at the end of the day. weve got your back. joining me now to talk about all of this is sid vigler, the co-founder of the website o outsports.com. >> hello. >> he said it was his teammat...

Character, a baseball player is allowed back on the team. >> everyone makes mistakes and everyone deserves a second chance. i know right now hes really hurt and i know how hard he worked just to get to where he is right now. so i mean it was pretty hurt on my part but i know hes hurt even more. >> thats 13 year old moe nay davis. she toldes espn she asked bloomsburg university to reinstall the first baseman. but they stand firm on their decision. well if youve been on social media at all, youv...

Thats me actually. that was as a little leaguer. >> what position? >> i played first base. i was an excellent first baseman. those were the days. im there scwingt in the sun in the middle -- squinting in the sun in the middle on the top. there is my sister. im mad at my parents for dressing me like that. i didnt even have a pocket square then. there is my dad on the left, my nephew frank, my son patrick on the right. we were at the yankees game there a few months bag. i go to the nationals game ...

Iraqis try to form a new government. more bodies were found today. details are unclear but well update as more becomes available to us. espns the magazines sixth body issue hitting stands this friday featuring six revealing covers. 22 athletes in all posing in, well, only thing they have, they are nude. the covers feature tennis star venus williams, olympic gold medalist michael phelps, seattle seahawks running back marshawn lynch, snowboarder jamie anderson and nba star serge ibaka. one of the ...

Next secretary of defense. chuck hagels got that spot right now. but if there is a vacancy, i promise to think about it. >> so mr. president, youre telling us theres a chance. yeah. and finally today, an anniversary, not the one from 1776 were all celebrating but one much more somber. it has been 75 years since baseballs iron horse, lou gehrig, said good-bye, thanking the 61,000 fans jammed into the wooden seats at yankee stadium. in the last game he played he was only 35 years old. july 4th, ...

Job security. >> theyre afraid that theyre -- theyre afraid if they take their full vacation, theyre somewhere in the back of the bosss mind or maybe even on some spreadsheet where its like, i dont know how good they are, how committed they are to us. >> walley pip, youre out sick, and then somebody steps in for you. >> walley pip, the first baseman for the new york yankees who was famously sick for one day when lou gehrig replaced him for one day. and then forever. do you think thats right? >> ...

Theyre somewhere in the back of the bosss mind or maybe even on some spreadsheet where its like, i dont know how good they are, how committed they are to us. >> walley pip, youre out sick, and then somebody steps in for you. >> walley pip, the first baseman for the new york yankees who was famously sick for one day when lou gehrig replaced him for one day. and then forever. do you think thats right? >> yes. especially for women, were fighting for equal pay. if theres this perception that youre n...