Round Two Dama Cuts Bracket Field To 24 Elite Clubs

The quest to crown the best single-season team in MLB history is underway, with the Round of 32 in the Dream Seasons edition of the MLB Dream Bracket continuing Wednesday.

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Jack Flaherty Vs. Walker Buehler Could Define The 2020's

Sandy Koufax vs. Bob Gibson. Tom Seaver vs. Steve Carlton. Roger Clemens vs. Pedro Martinez. Stretching all the way back to the turn of the 20th century, when Christy Mathewson squared off against Mordecai “Three-Finger” Brown, few things in baseball are as exciting as a duel between two premier aces.

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42 Epic Half-Innings, One After Another

The return of live baseball is still to be determined, but in the meantime, MLB.com is offering an epic walk down memory lane.

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Vicente Padilla Would Like To Pitch & Manage For Chinandega

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Here's The All-Time Best MVP At Each Position

Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig played in one distinct era, Albert Pujols and Mike Trout in another. Ruth never faced Aroldis Chapman’s 101 mph heat. Gehrig never got a crack at Pedro Martinez’s changeup. We love baseball’s timelessness, but so much has changed over the last 125 years.

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Historical Trade Rumors: How Expos Missed Out On Albert Pujols

When the 1994 MLB season was suspended in August because of a labor dispute, the Montreal Expos had an MLB-best 74-40 record. Considering that the team employed Pedro Martinez, Ken Hill, Jeff Fassero, Larry Walker, Moises Alou, Cliff Floyd and Marquis Grissom, that shouldn't be especially surprising. The 1994 season, of course, never resumed and Felipe Alou's squad never got a chance to win the first World Series title in franchise history.

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Jack Flaherty Drafts His All-Time Best Rotation In MLB History On KMOX

St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Jack Flaherty has all been all over social media since the MLB season was postponed with some incredible lists. Sports, pop culture, food, ect... if there's a list being made of something, Flaherty has been asked and likely answered it (just go check out his Twitter for more).

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Jacob DeGrom's Quest For Third Straight Cy Begins

At the All-Star Game last summer in Cleveland, Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez approached Jacob deGrom with a piece of advice. deGrom, Martinez noticed, seemed more frustrated than usual on the mound. He advised the younger pitcher to calm down, relax, have some fun out there.

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BBWAA Awards Handed Out In New York City

There were plenty of laughs and some heartfelt tributes at the 97th annual New York Baseball Writers’ Dinner hosted by the New York City chapter of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America on Saturday. Here were the highlights:

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It Won't Happen This Time Around, But Scott Rolen Is On Track For Cooperstown

When the 2020 Baseball Hall of Fame class is announced late Tuesday afternoon (5 p.m.) St. Louis time, former Cardinals third baseman Scott Rolen will come up short in the voting.

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Carlos Beltran Introduced As Mets' Skipper

Upon formally accepting the Mets’ three-year offer to become their next manager, Carlos Beltrán received a swarm of texts from friends, family members and countless individuals within the game of baseball. Among those who reached out were three former teammates from last decade: Carlos Delgado, Pedro Martinez and José Reyes.

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Adam Wainwright Adds To His Postseason Legend

In a postseason already filled with great pitching performances, Adam Wainwright’s gem on Sunday afternoon was likely one of the most unexpected. He held the Braves scoreless over seven and two-thirds innings, allowing just six baserunners while striking out eight. If Carlos Martínez had been able to hold onto the slim margin he was handed in the ninth, the headline would have certainly featured the 38-year-old’s gutsy outing. But this latest start was just one more milestone in a career filled with postseason heroics.

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Gerrit Cole Breaks Astros' Strikeout Record, Ties An MLB Mark

Forty years ago, J.R. Richard was one of the most dominating pitchers in baseball, striking out batters at a rate that few have before or since. He fanned an Astros-record 313 in 1979 -- his final full season in the big leagues -- and finished third in National League Cy Young Award voting.

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Gerrit Cole In Rare Air With 300-K Season

The pathway to 300 strikeouts started during the spring of 2018 for Astros right-hander Gerrit Cole. Houston, coming off a World Series win, had traded for Cole a few weeks before Spring Training started, and it didn’t take Cole long to bend the ears of Cy Young Award-winning teammates Justin Verlander and Dallas Keuchel.

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Justin Verlander Goes Distance In Two-Hitter & Loses

Justin Verlander was just about perfect. Close enough to flirt with something special. Close enough to sense it was possible. This is what the Astros have come to expect from him.

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Chris Sale Joins Elite Group With Another 200-K Season

Chris Sale joined a list of baseball’s elite on Thursday.

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Hall Of Fame Class Of 2019's Speeches, Sights, & Sounds

Every July, baseball's greatest legends gather in Cooperstown as new members of the Hall of Fame are inducted into the sport's most hallowed institution. The Class of 2019 -- Mariano Rivera, Roy Halladay, Mike Mussina, Edgar Martinez, Lee Smith and Harold Baines -- includes the greatest closer of all time and the Hall's first unanimous selection, a pair of aces, a dominant reliever and two of the most feared designated hitters in history.

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We Don't Fully Appreciate Max Scherzer

Two of the greatest pitchers anyone alive has ever seen are Greg Maddux and Pedro Martínez. While they both won every team and individual honor that baseball can bestow, I can’t help but feel a little bit sorry for them. As transcendent as they were in the 90s, they picked the worst possible times to peak.

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Max Scherzer Just Had The Best Month In Two Decades

A little over three weeks away from his 35th birthday, it’s possible Max Scherzer might have just completed the best calendar month of his career.

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Joe Girardi Loves Broadcasting, But The Pull Of Managing Again Is Strong

It’s the summer of 2018 and Joe Girardi stands in a dugout in South Florida. Everything about it should be familiar. It wasn’t that long ago that Girardi won the Manager of the Year award with the Florida Marlins.

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