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Zac Brown Band steps up to the plate for NBC's 'Sunday Night Baseball' opening
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Zac Brown Band steps up to the plate for NBC's 'Sunday Night Baseball' opening

  • By JOE REEDY - AP Sports Writer
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The Zac Brown Band now has something in common with Carrie Underwood and Lenny Kravitz. The three-time Grammy Award-winning southern rock band will star in the opening for NBC’s Sunday night coverage of Major League Baseball. The band’s opening segment will debut on Sunday when the Atlanta Braves host the Cleveland Guardians in the first “Sunday Night Baseball” game on NBC. The Zac Brown Band sings a reimagined version of Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s “Karn Evil 9, 1st Impression Part 2.”

Guardians' José Ramírez finishes one homer short of membership in baseball's exclusive 40-40 club
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Guardians' José Ramírez finishes one homer short of membership in baseball's exclusive 40-40 club

  • By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer
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CLEVELAND (AP) — José Ramírez never got to take a swing at history and a place in one of baseball's most exclusive clubs. In the end, 40-40 was just out of reach. Cleveland's All-Star third baseman finished one home run shy of becoming the seventh player to hit 40 homers and steal 40 bases in the same season, denied the chance when the Guardians' regular-season finale against the Houston Astros was canceled by rain on Sunday. Ramírez, who had 41 steals, also ended with 39 doubles, leaving him one short of being just the second player with 40 homers, 40 doubles and 40 steals in a season. While disappointed, Ramírez made a promise to Guardians manager Stephen Vogt that he'll do it next year.

Judge Jeffrey Reed throws out first pitch at Thursday's Cleveland Guardians game
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Judge Jeffrey Reed throws out first pitch at Thursday's Cleveland Guardians game

  • By Jeff Fitzgerald
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It was a big day for one local judge as he took the mound at Cleveland's Progressive Field to throw out the first pitch before Thursday's game. Allen County Common Pleas Court Judge Reed had a perfect day to toe the rubber before the first-place American League Central Guardians took on the Kansas City Royals. Judge Reed was chosen by the Ohio Common Pleas Court Judge's Association to throw out the first pitch.