At age 14, Jonah Tong wanted to chase his baseball dreams as an outfielder. He told his coach with the Toronto Mets that he did not care to pitch because he was having so much fun hitting. “Yeah,” Rich Leitch told him, “but you’re not very good at it.” “But I’m still the best defensive outfielder that we’ve got,” Tong …
Read More »Moses Itauma cemented his place as the future king of the heavyweight division. Itauma, 20, blew away former WBC heavyweight title challenger Dillian Whyte inside two minutes of the opening round in the DAZN pay-per-view main event Saturday evening from the ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Advertisement Itauma’s speed advantage — with both hands and feet — was visible …
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First-round draft pick Seth Hernandez is the latest reason for Bucco optimism. The Pirates’ head scout called the high school right-hander a “culture changer.” But Paul Skenes hasn’t changed the Pirates’ culture. Skenes is MLB’s best pitcher. But he’s 4-8, and the Pirates are last in the NL Central. If Skenes can’t be a “culture changer,” what hope does Hernandez …
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