2013 – The Dodgers complete a two-game sweep of the Diamondbacks in Sydney, Australia with a 7 – 5 win. They jump to a quick 6 – 0 lead against Trevor Cahill thanks to a combined 6 hits by their first two hitters, Dee Gordon and Yasiel Puig. The D-Backs score 4 runs in the bottom of the 9th, including a two-run homer by Mark Trumbo off Kenley Jansen, but it’s not enough to reverse the early deficit.

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2013 – The Dodgers complete a two-game sweep of the Diamondbacks in Sydney, Australia with a 7 – 5 win. They jump to a quick 6 – 0 lead against Trevor Cahill thanks to a combined 6 hits by their first two hitters, Dee Gordon and Yasiel Puig. The D-Backs score 4 runs in the bottom of the 9th, including a two-run homer by Mark Trumbo off Kenley Jansen, but it’s not enough to reverse the early deficit.

2013 – Major League Baseball files a lawsuit against Anthony Bosch and five others connected with the Miami clinic “Biogenesis” that allegedly provided PEDs to a number of players. The suit charges that the defendants “knowingly participated in a scheme to solicit or induce major league players to purchase or obtain performance-enhancing substances in violation of MLB’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.” The suit seeks monetary damages and other relief.

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2013 – Major League Baseball files a lawsuit against Anthony Bosch and five others connected with the Miami clinic “Biogenesis” that allegedly provided PEDs to a number of players. The suit charges that the defendants “knowingly participated in a scheme to solicit or induce major league players to purchase or obtain performance-enhancing substances in violation of MLB’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.” The suit seeks monetary damages and other relief.

2013 – The New York Mets name 3B David Wright as team captain, the fourth in franchise history, the first since John Franco last played for the team in 2004.

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2013 – The New York Mets name 3B David Wright as team captain, the fourth in franchise history, the first since John Franco last played for the team in 2004.

The Padres get some bad news as an exam reveals that their best player last season, 3B Chase Headley, broke his thumb while sliding into second base a day earlier. He will be out a month and will miss the start of the season.

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The Padres get some bad news as an exam reveals that their best player last season, 3B Chase Headley, broke his thumb while sliding into second base a day earlier. He will be out a month and will miss the start of the season.

Only eight days after pitching his final game for Cuba in the World Baseball Classic, Yadier Pedroso dies in a car crash on a highway outside Havana. Pedroso had beaten Yu Darvish in the finale of the 2004 World Junior Championship, been named Serie Nacional Rookie of the Year (2004-2005), had won a Silver Medal in the 2008 Olympics and had been the All-Star relief pitcher in both the 2010 Intercontinental Cup and 2011 Baseball World Cup.

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Only eight days after pitching his final game for Cuba in the World Baseball Classic, Yadier Pedroso dies in a car crash on a highway outside Havana. Pedroso had beaten Yu Darvish in the finale of the 2004 World Junior Championship, been named Serie Nacional Rookie of the Year (2004-2005), had won a Silver Medal in the 2008 Olympics and had been the All-Star relief pitcher in both the 2010 Intercontinental Cup and 2011 Baseball World Cup.

The seemingly cursed Yankees get more bad news when they learn that 1B Mark Teixeira’s wrist injury is more serious than thought and that he will be out until mid-May, with no obvious back-up plan in place. At least, SS Derek Jeter and reliever Mariano Rivera seem to be doing well in their bid to come back from season-ending injuries, but the Yanks’ spring training complex is starting to look like a field hospital, with GM Brian Cashman addressing reporters on crutches resulting from a sky-diving accident.

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The seemingly cursed Yankees get more bad news when they learn that 1B Mark Teixeira’s wrist injury is more serious than thought and that he will be out until mid-May, with no obvious back-up plan in place. At least, SS Derek Jeter and reliever Mariano Rivera seem to be doing well in their bid to come back from season-ending injuries, but the Yanks’ spring training complex is starting to look like a field hospital, with GM Brian Cashman addressing reporters on crutches resulting from a sky-diving accident.

With the Yankees struck by a number of key players either injured, or trying to return from serious injuries, GM Brian Cashman joins the fray. He breaks his fibula and dislocates his right ankle while making a charity parachute jump with the U.S. Army’s skydiving team, the Golden Knights, at Homestead Air Force Base.

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With the Yankees struck by a number of key players either injured, or trying to return from serious injuries, GM Brian Cashman joins the fray. He breaks his fibula and dislocates his right ankle while making a charity parachute jump with the U.S. Army’s skydiving team, the Golden Knights, at Homestead Air Force Base.

2013 – SABR announces its 2013 class of Chadwick Award winners, headed by historians Fred Lieb, Francis Richter and John Thorn, the Hall of Fame’s official historian.

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2013 – SABR announces its 2013 class of Chadwick Award winners, headed by historians Fred Lieb, Francis Richter and John Thorn, the Hall of Fame’s official historian.

2013 – Elvis Andrus adds his name to the list of baseball’s most bizarre injuries, as he is scratched from the Rangers’ line-up before a Cactus League game because of “sensivity and muscle soreness” in his left shoulder, the result of an elaborate tatoo commemorating his late father, reaching from the top of his shoulder to his biceps.

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2013 – Elvis Andrus adds his name to the list of baseball’s most bizarre injuries, as he is scratched from the Rangers’ line-up before a Cactus League game because of “sensivity and muscle soreness” in his left shoulder, the result of an elaborate tatoo commemorating his late father, reaching from the top of his shoulder to his biceps.

Russell Martin withdraws from Team Canada four days before the start of the 2013 World Baseball Classic. Signed by the Pirates as a free agent over the off-season, the veteran catcher had wanted to play shortstop in the tournament, but both the Bucs and the national team brass were cool to the suggestion. He is replaced on the roster by John Suomi, a veteran backstop with 12 minor league seasons of experience.

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Russell Martin withdraws from Team Canada four days before the start of the 2013 World Baseball Classic. Signed by the Pirates as a free agent over the off-season, the veteran catcher had wanted to play shortstop in the tournament, but both the Bucs and the national team brass were cool to the suggestion. He is replaced on the roster by John Suomi, a veteran backstop with 12 minor league seasons of experience.