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Vic Davalillo, a two-time World Series champion who spent 16 seasons in the major leagues and won a Gold Glove as an outfielder, died on Wednesday in Caracas, Venezuela. He was 84 or 87; sources differ on his age.His daughter Helga Davalillo said he died after emergency surgery for an intestinal obstruction and renal insufficiency.Baseball Reference lists Davalillo’s date of birth as July 30, 1939, but Davalillo considered July 31 his birthday, and his biographer, Asdrúbal Fuenmayor, wrote that Davalillo was born in 1936. The 1969 Sporting News Baseball Register also said he was born in 1936.Davalillo signed with the Cincinnati Reds organization in 1958 at age 18, starting as a left-handed pitcher in minor league ball. But he was eventually prized more for his bat and increasingly used in ...

Shohei Ohtani’s singular pursuit of history, one man’s quest to rewrite the baseball world’s understanding of what is possible, reached another summit on Saturday when he agreed to the largest contract in the annals of major North American team sports, a 10-year, $700 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, his agency CAA announced.Ohtani announced his decision on Instagram. The deal ends years of feverish speculation about Ohtani’s future. Ohtani, a 29-year-old two-way sensation, has captivated the industry since he left Japan for Major League Baseball heading into the 2018 season. He has done things that appeared impossible in the modern era, feats that harkened back to Babe Ruth. As he traveled the country with the Los Angeles Angels this past summer, fans serenaded him with recr...

Raheem Mostert and Alec Ingold have been doubted by fans, opponents and even their own teams. It’s why they could never doubt each other.

NASSAU, Bahamas — At least one person says it’s monstrous. Others say they don’t understand the anger. But everyone has opinions.The decision by the USGA and R&A to “roll back” golf balls universally across all levels of golf is now one of the most debated topics in the game. After three years of a “notice and comments” period in which the governing bodies proposed a bifurcated system with only the pros using a different ball, such strong opposition to bifurcation led to a universal decision.In less than a decade, the golf balls you and the pros are using will no longer be within the rules. But there’s a whole lot more to parse through with this massive move.What does a ball rollback mean?Golf balls will be scaled back to ensure they can not go as far, combatting a long-term issue of p...

It was obvious how badly the San Francisco 49ers wanted this one, how much the scars from that afternoon last January remained seared in their minds, an opportunity at a Super Bowl berth effectively lost the moment their starting quarterback went down 22 snaps into the game.49ers star receiver Deebo Samuel didn’t hide from it during the offseason, admitting what a handful of his teammates were surely thinking: With no healthy quarterbacks, the 49ers were effectively playing a man down in last year’s NFC Championship Game against the Eagles in Philadelphia.In other words: they never got a fair shake. That made the 31-7 loss harder to swallow.Eleven months later the 49ers returned to Lincoln Financial Field and pummeled the defending conference champs 42-19, further muddying the NFC playoff ...