The baseball thread

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Mets just signed Juan Soto to biggest contract in sports history, 15 years and $765 million. He will make $51 million per season.

https://nypost.com/2024/12/08/sports...lion-contract/

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I interpret this as "justice served."

Ippei Mizuhara, Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter, sentenced to 57 months in prison after $17 million theft

https://sports.yahoo.com/ippei-mizuh...224636848.html

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Pete Rose, MLB's all-time hit leader, was banned for betting on games. MLB has reinstated him and now he is eligible for the Hall of Fame.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/13/sport...b-decision-spt

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The Athletics are playing their 2025-27 home games at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento. According to ESPN, their average attendance so far this year is 9,773. Wooh! The team will move to Las Vegas in 2028.

Athletics hold groundbreaking ceremony for $1.75 billion Las Vegas stadium

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...p/84326911007/

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Nick Kurtz of the A's hit 4 home runs tonight against the Astros. He is the 20th MLB player, and the first rookie, to hit 4 home runs in a game.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...-hrs-vs-astros

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Ichiro Suzuki and 4 others were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame today.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...llen-hall-fame

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Shohei Ohtani got his 1,000th major league hit today.

https://www.mlb.com/news/shohei-ohta...mlb-career-hit

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Davey Johnson died. He played second base for four teams and managed the Mets, Reds, Orioles, Dodgers and Nationals.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...s/86013481007/