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Cleveland Is on the Brink of Baseball History

Guardians have one-game lead over Detroit and once trailed by 15 1/12 games

(Newser) - The Detroit Tigers are on the verge of a historic collapse. The Cleveland Guardians beat Detroit on Wednesday night to take a one-game lead in the AL Central with just four games left in the season, reports the AP . Back in July, the Guardians were 15 1/2 games behind the...

What It Looks Like When You Take a 99mph Ball to the Face

David Fry was expected to be hospitalized overnight

(Newser) - Guardians designated hitter David Fry was expected to be hospitalized overnight after he was hit in the face by a pitch from Detroit's Tarik Skubal in the sixth inning of Cleveland's 5-2 win over the Tigers on Tuesday night, a victory that deadlocked the AL Central division. Fry...

MLB Probe Reaches Star Guardians Pitcher

Emmanuel Clase is team's second pitcher this month to be removed from active duty for gambling probe

(Newser) - A second star pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians has been put on leave as Major League Baseball intensifies its investigation into betting on baseball. Emmanuel Clase is now on nondisciplinary leave, the team announced Monday, per CNN . He joined teammate Luis Ortiz on that list. Gambling monitors had found...

Baseball's Dirty Secret Is Hiding in Plain Sight

The sport's latest gambling problem is especially difficult to spot

(Newser) - As legal sports betting booms across the US, the threats to game integrity are growing in number—but shrinking in size. A new form of corruption known as spot-fixing is quietly creeping into American sports. Unlike traditional match-fixing, it doesn't involve throwing games—it targets tiny moments like a...

MLB Hands Out Punishment After Knockdown Brawl

Play at second base touched off a 15-minute melee between the White Sox and Guardians

(Newser) - Players, managers, and a coach received suspensions and fines Monday for their involvement in an on-the-field brawl during a game Saturday between the Chicago White Sox and the Cleveland Guardians. MLB imposed the stiffest penalties on the principal combatants, Chicago's Tim Anderson and Cleveland's José Ramirez, CBS Sports...

Cleveland Wins Last Home Game Before Name Change

Indians will be Guardians next season

(Newser) - As they've done in countless ninth innings over decades, fans in Progressive Field stood to cheer during the final three outs. It was different Monday. They chanted "Let's Go Indians!" One last time. The Indians won their final home game before becoming the Guardians, beating the...

Donald Trump Really Hates Cleveland Team's New Name

Former president declared himself a 'FORMER' baseball fan

(Newser) - Donald Trump is so mad about the Cleveland Guardians that he doesn’t even like baseball anymore. The former president weighed in on the Cleveland Major League Baseball team changing its name to the Guardians Friday. In a statement, Trump wrote that he is a “FORMER” baseball fan and...

Indians Are Now Guardians, and Twitter Is in a Mood

Some love the name and some have no idea what it means

(Newser) - Does anything really happen until it’s roasted on Twitter? The baseball team formerly known as the Cleveland Indians is now the Cleveland Guardians . Sure, there’s a contingency of people who saw no need for a change. And there are plenty of people who are puzzled because they don’...

Baseball's Newest Team Name: The Guardians

Cleveland is no longer the Indians

(Newser) - Known as the Indians since 1915, Cleveland’s Major League Baseball team will now be called the Guardians, per the AP . The ballclub announced the name change Friday with a video on Twitter narrated by "Cleveland fan" Tom Hanks, ending months of internal discussions triggered by a national reckoning...

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