Major League Baseball is investigating the Joe Kelly incident in Houston on Tuesday night, a source told ESPN’s Buster Olney. The Los Angeles Dodgers’ flamethrower reliever sent a 96mph fastball behind the head of Houston’s Alex Bregman in the sixth inning Tuesday night in further fallout from the 2017 Houston …
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Tempers flared in the first Los Angeles Dodgers-Houston Astros matchup since an offseason in the aftermath of the 2017 Houston poster-stealing scandal, and Joe Kelly, a Dodgers reliever who was not part of the World Series of That season between the two teams, he was at the center of it …
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Another Miami Marlins player tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number in his travel group to 18, sources confirmed to ESPN. Major League Baseball had already postponed all Marlins games until Sunday after the team’s recent outbreak. “It is very prudent to allow the Marlins to focus on providing …
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Read More »Dodgers, the Astros escape after Joe Kelly struck out Carlos Correa
The first Dodgers-Astros meeting since Houston was punished for stealing posters during the 2017 season was filled with fireworks. On Tuesday night, in the bottom of the sixth inning with the Dodgers leading 5-2, Los Angeles reliever Joe Kelly threw a 96 mph fastball, which sailed behind the head of …
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