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Baylor hires former longtime Cookeville coach with USA Baseball experience
Baylor School announced Wednesday morning that it has hired Butch Chaffin as the next head coach of its five-time state championship baseball program.

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Walt Weiss gets tossed, Braves lose again, Twins sweep series
The Atlanta Braves have scored 15 runs while losing five of their past six games, and they're 8-for-43 with runners in scoring position in that span.

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Bell’s home run, Jeffers’ two-run double push Twins past Braves
Josh Bell hit a two-run homer, Ryan Jeffers drove in Minnesota’s other two runs, and the Twins beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1 on Tuesday night.

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AL wild-card race looks like a mess. It could be lots of fun
The middle of the American League standings has turned into a medicore mess.

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Matt Olson has winning homer as Braves avoid sweep vs. Diamondbacks
After dropping back-to-back games at home this weekend, the Atlanta Braves forced the Arizona Diamondbacks to put away their brooms Sunday afternoon at Truist Park.

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Tommy John, namesake for pioneering elbow surgery, dies at 83
Tommy John won 288 games during his 26-year MLB career and became the first pitcher to successfully return after groundbreaking elbow surgery that later was named after him.

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Ronald Acuña Jr. homers early, but Braves get routed by Diamondbacks
The Arizona Diamondbacks have outscored the Atlanta Braves 12-2 through the first two nights of a three-game series at Truist Park.

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Cardinals’ Joshua Báez homers in his first three MLB at-bats
CHICAGO — St. Louis Cardinals rookie Joshua Báez smashed the first pitch he saw in the majors almost 450 feet, then flashed a grin…

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Braves frustrated by Diamondbacks in rare Friday night home loss
The Atlanta Braves were 10-0 in Friday night home games this season, but the Arizona Diamondbacks ended that run by coming out on top in a pitchers' duel at Truist Park.

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MLB All-Star Game headed back to San Francisco in 2028
SAN FRANCISCO — The Major League Baseball All-Star Game is returning to San Francisco in two years.
