Barry M. Bloom
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- Jul 15, 2026
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- Jul 11, 2026
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MLB salary cap remains top sticking point as players, owners make familiar arguments in labor talks (opens the original)
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PHILADELPHIA — It’s only the first inning in this year’s negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement. The current five-year deal expires Dec. 1. But listening to the principals at this point, there seems to be little wiggle room on the main contention of the talks: a salary cap. Both sides appear immovable. The result will almost certainly be an owners’ lockout of the players this offseason. The only question is whether games will be missed in 2027 if both sides remain locked in their
White Sox' Miguel Vargas strikes blow for Chicago with home run in All-Star Game (opens the original)
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PHILADELPHIA — White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami was asked to mimic the sound of a home run coming off his bat. Without hesitation — and without waiting for an English-to-Japanese translation — he said simply: ‘‘Bang!’’ Sox third baseman Miguel Vargas provided a big bang for the American League in the eighthinning of its 4-0 victory Tuesday against the National League in the All-Star Game with a homer to left against Dodgers hurler Justin Wrobleski. All three Sox All-Stars — Vargas, Murakami a
He’s not Shohei Ohtani, but Munetaka Murakami is worth every bit of attention in White Sox’ surprise season (opens the original)
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PHILADELPHIA — With the Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani missing the All-Star Game and not even in the building Monday, Munetaka Murakami of the White Sox was supposed to be the big Japanese headliner in the outfield plaza at Citizens Bank Park for media day. Murakami was a late add to the American League All-Star team and Monday night’s Home Run Derby after missing 35 games with a Grade 2 strain of his right hamstring. The media throng Monday was thin — certainly not like it would have been for Ohtani, w
Larry Bowa has a Pheel-good story about Ryne Sandberg (opens the original)
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PHILADELPHIA — With Larry Bowa there’s always a story and he didn’t disappoint on Sunday prior to the annual Future’s Game during All-Star weekend, this year at Citizens Bank Park. Bowa managed the American League’s 6-1 winners and Shane Victorino the National League. The two represented the 1980 and 2008 Phillies teams, the only ones in Philadelphia history to win the World Series. Bowa played his entire 16-year career as a shortstop in the NL, the first 12 with the Philles and virtually the la
Sox get their man, picking Roch Cholowsky with top overall pick in MLB Draft (opens the original)
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PHILADELPHIA — The White Sox created a logjam at shortstop when they selected UCLA captain Roch Cholowsky with the first pick of the MLB Draft on Saturday. The announcement was delivered by commissioner Rob Manfred at a live event at the Philadelphia Convention Center carried nationally on NBC, which broadcast the first 10 picks. The Sox, who won the draft lottery in December, opted for Cholowsky — who had a slash line of .329/.448/.624 for his three college seasons — over Texas high school shor
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