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President Donald Trump honored Major League Baseball’s Mariano Rivera with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Monday.

Rivera entered the White House East Room for the ceremony to Metallica’s “Enter Sandman,” the same song that he used as a walkup song during his career with the Yankees.

In the Victorian era, hitting someone across the face with your glove was a way of showing that someone had truly offended you. In 2019, it still means that, and it means you’re out of the ball game.

DARIEN, Conn. (AP) — Police in Connecticut have released body-camera footage showing officers in Darien stopping New York Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman at gunpoint.

MLB will build it, and they will come.

MLB has recently seen a disturbing trend of people getting struck in the head by baseballs. Except this time it wasn’t a fan who got hit, it was a player.

Baseball Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera said he respects President Donald Trump in a visit with ‘Fox &; Friends,’ despite recent criticism.

Long-time New York sports talk host Mike Francesa took umbrage with a Daily Beast article criticizing former Yankee pitcher Mariano Rivera for his “secret far-right politics.”

Former Mets legend Dwight “Doc” Gooden was arrested again for DUI on Monday night, after driving the wrong way down a one-way street in Newark, New Jersey. This latest arrest comes only a little over a month after Gooden was arrested for driving under the influence of cocaine, also in New Jersey.

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — For Mariano Rivera, it was the culmination of a storied career, dreams of being the next Pelé long since forgotten. For Brandy Halladay, the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony was a tearful moment to reflect on the accomplishments of her late husband, and she handled a difficult task admirably.

The Daily Beast published an article Sunday accusing Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Mariano Rivera of “secret far-right politics,” solely on the basis of the fact that he is a Christian who supports the State of Israel.

It was the kind of hit-by-pitch sequence that would have sent most players home, and would have made Rob Riggle’s Hangover character very proud.

New York Yankees Manager Aaron Boone was suspended one game for an expletive-laced tirade directed at home plate umpire Brennan Miller, during a NYY win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday.

In a recent interview, Hall of Fame New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera took time to explain why he is a big supporter of Israel.

The Yankees bought Babe Ruth from the Red Sox for a $100,000. However, fast-forward nearly 100 years, and a cocktail bearing Ruth’s nickname can now be had for nearly half his total sale price.

New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone warned England’s new baseball fans that the historic display of power hitting put on by his side and the Boston Red Sox isn’t how the sport is usually played.

NEW YORK (AP) — Monument Park has a new addition that celebrates diversity.

NEW YORK (AP) — A Babe Ruth road jersey dating to 1928-30 has sold at auction for $5.64 million.

CLEVELAND (AP) — This was not the kind of hard hit Brett Gardner hoped for.

Two things can be expected when the Yankees and the Mets minor league clubs meet: First, there will be a fight. Second, Tim Tebow will try to break it up.

Yankees fans are calling for a boycott in response to the team’s banning of Kate Smith’s version of God Bless America. The team ditched the late singer’s rendition after a they learned Smith had also sung some controversial songs about blacks back in the 1930s.

“Over the course of the 2018 season, the Red Sox were frankly they were unstoppable,” Trump said. “I watched.”

This month, several pro sports moved to tear down statues to and ban songs by Kate Smith, because back in the 1930s she sang songs that many today consider racist. However, FS1’s Jason Whitlock saw nothing but hypocrisy with sports teams banning Smith while at the same time embracing racist, sexist rappers, Newsbusters noted.

The decision of the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Flyers to ditch the songs and statues associated with 1930’s era songstress Kate Smith, has become a heated topic of conversation in the sports world.

ESPN analyst Will Cain came out swinging against the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Flyers for banning singer Kate Smith’s rendition of “God Bless America,” because other songs she sang back in the 1930s may be considered “racist” today.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Flyers are covering a statue of singer Kate Smith outside their arena, following the New York Yankees in cutting ties and looking into allegations of racism against the 1930s star with a popular recording of “God Bless America.”

The New York Yankees have decided to no longer play a 1939 version of God Bless America during the seventh-inning stretch, due to concerns raised over other racist songs the performer sang in the past.

Professional sports is often referred to as the place where men go to become boys. Though, there are certain boyhood behaviors that are better left to boys.

John Wetteland, a one-time World Series MVP, has been indicted on child sex abuse charges in Texas, according to reports.

What do Bryce Harper and Santa Claus have in common? Both have been booed by Philadelphia fans.