By Brandon Krisztal
Jul 14, 2021
Cardinals 3rd Baseman Nolan Arenado, Rockies Pitcher German Marquez, and All-Star Game MVP Vladamir Guerrero Jr. all salute the Coors Field Crowd at the 91st Mid-Summer Classic. (Photos: Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)
The 91st Major League Baseball All-Star Game may not have been a barn-burner, but was still a remarkable night, considering Covid-19 forced the cancellation of last year s game.
The American League won 5-2 for their 8th straight victory over the Senior Circuit, thanks in part to Toronto Blue Jays 1st Baseman
Vladamir Guerrero Jr.
The son of Hall-of-Famer
Vlad Gurrero Sr. looked poised in his 1st Mid-Summer Classic, driving in a pair of runs en route to becoming the youngest Most Valuable Player in the games history at 22-years-old.
Dodgers cancel Trevor Bauer s bobblehead night, pull merchandise from team store
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Trevor Bauer Under Probe: Dodger’s Pitcher On Forced Leave Amid Controversial Allegation
Trevor Bauer is out of the field for one week after the Major League Baseball put him on leave.
Bauer s original plan to join the game against the Washington Nationals on Sunday has been compromised after MLB commissioner Rob Manfred placed him on a 7-day paid leave. The League may extend the break if the players union pushes them to do so.
In terms of the association s policy on domestic violence, it allows the commissioner to put a player on administrative leave. The duration of the leave can last up to seven days.
MLB notebook: Dodgers manager thinks Bauer being ‘singled out’ by umpires
Dave Roberts wonders why only Trevor Bauer s name appeared as an apparent target of MLB s investigation into the use of foreign substances by pitchers.
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Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts, left, thinks starting pitcher Trevor Bauer is being unfairly singled out as officials try to crack down on pitchers using foreign substances.
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LOS ANGELES Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts said he believes right-hander Trevor Bauer is being “singled out” by Major League Baseball after umpires in Oakland collected several baseballs he threw in his last start, apparently to examine for foreign substances.
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The losses piled on after that: the death of more than 1.7 million people worldwide from COVID-19, record unemployment and ongoing business closures, incidents of police brutality throughout the country, and the death of women’s rights champion and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
But amid all our struggles, there were glimmers of hope in the form of actual good news. (We know, it’s hard to believe.) Below, we rounded up 18 positive things that happened in 2020.
Bong Joon Ho made history as the first Korean to win the Best Director Oscar
In February, South Korean Bong Joon Ho won the Best Director Oscar for his film “Parasite,” becoming the first person from the Asian nation to take home the award. The film went on to take home the top prize at the Academy Awards the first time any foreign-language film ever won Best Picture.
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