Many challenges surrounded the 2020 MLB season, which was unlike any other in history. Because of that, baseball fans hardly got to appreciate the previous decade left in its wake.
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If baseball history is your thing, then Sunday night s matchup between the Los Angeles Angels and the Chicago White Sox was for you. Angels two-way phenom Shohei Ohtani finally got to pitch and hit in a major league game that was years in the making.
Pitchers who rake are usually more of a novelty. But not Ohtani.
He became the first pitcher to hit second in the lineup since Jack Dunleavy did it for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1903. Since the designated hitter became available in the American League in 1973, only a handful of pitchers have hit for themselves in games hosted by AL teams. Ken Brett did it twice in 1976; Andy Sonnanstine hit for himself in 2009 as the result of a mistake on the lineup card; and Madison Bumgarner, then with the San Francisco Giants, hit for himself in an interleague game against the Oakland A s in 2016.
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Creighton athletic director Bruce Rasmussen announced Monday head coach Greg McDermott would be reinstated and cleared to participate in all team activities, including this week s Big East tournament, after his racially insensitive comments in late February.
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A statement from Creighton Athletic Director Bruce Rasmussen regarding the Creighton Men’s Basketball Program: https://t.co/tNBJqlxcMl Specifically, I said: Guys, we got to stick together. We need both feet in. I need everybody to stay on the plantation, McDermott told reporters several days after Creighton s 77-69 loss on Feb. 27. I can t have anybody leave the plantation.