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Rory McIlroy on the 18th green after winning the Masters.

Rory McIlroy, the baseball superstar and the inside story behind this moment

Rory McIlroy, weeping on his knees, will go down as one of the iconic images of golf. And it was captured by one of the most famous baseballers in history.

  • Iain Payten

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Geoff Freeman pitches at the club’s centenary heritage day at Ross Straw Field in Parkville.

‘Who’s that old fart?’: The septuagenarian baseballers still going strong

Geoff Freeman and Graeme Bales have been playing for the same baseball team since 1968.

  • Carolyn Webb
Juan Soto will sign with the Mets for a record figure.

Record deal: Baseball star signs staggering $1.2 billion contract

All eyes had been on Juan Soto as he weighed up whether to stay with the Yankees or sign elsewhere. Now Soto has agreed to a mammoth $1.2 billion deal with the Yankees’ cross-town rivals.

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When honesty is the blast policy

And baseball is a series of parochial events.

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Periodical takes a base hit

It meant the world.

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Staffers getting ahead

While some motoring terms have been around for donkey’s years.

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Travis Bazzana is set to make his debut for Australia next month.

No.1 draft pick, $13m deal and now Australian selection, life is good for Travis Bazzana

Fresh from his first three months inside the Cleveland Guardians organisation, Travis Bazzana has been picked to play for Australia at next month’s Premier 12 baseball tournament.

  • Vince Rugari
Retired Yankees slugger Babe Ruth warms up with three bats before stepping to the plate at New York’s Yankee Stadium, August 21, 1942. (AP Photo/Tom Sande, File)

More air than Jordan: The Sultan of Swat is still breaking records

A baseball jersey won 92 years ago has sold for $35 million. Yep, you read that right.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Danny Jansen

Danny Jansen may be the first elite athlete to play for two teams in the one game

A bizarre set of circumstances has resulted in a Major League Baseballer playing against himself.

  • Jayson Stark / The Athletic
Travis Bazzana.

Ku-Ring-Gai to Cleveland: Bazzana becomes millionaire Australian MLB success

Sydney’s Travis Bazzana has been selected by the Cleveland Guardians with the top pick in Major League Baseball’s draft.

  • Billie Eder and Claire Siracusa

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