Every baseball fan has been there.

In the third inning of Milwaukee's tilt against the Los Angeles Dodgers at American Family Field, Brewers manager Pat Murphy thought a ball was heading out for a home run. It fell just a few feet short.

Appearing on the national TNT broadcast, Murphy was mic'd up from the Brewers' dugout as third baseman Andruw Monasterio lifted a Clayton Kershaw slider 360 feet onto the left field warning track where it was caught by outfielder Michael Conforto.

"Get out of here. Get up. Get out of here. S—," Murphy said on the TNT broadcast.

Too relatable.

The Brewers did plate three runs Tuesday night, which was enough to earn a 3-1 win over the Dodgers. Rookie sensation Jacob Misiorowski dazzled the Dodgers' star-studded lineup, logging 12 strikeouts and allowing just one run over six innings of work.

Tuesday's MLB All-Star Game will feature a change that baseball fans have been longing to see.

The Automated Ball-Strike System will be in place for the Midsummer Classic as the league continues to test the system out before officially bringing it to MLB. And it seems that implementation may be just around the corner.

During a Monday appearance on , MLB commissioner Rob Manfred let slip that Tuesday's use of the ABS system will be a major test ahead of its potential introduction in MLB in 2026.

"This year the emails about bad balls and strike calls have gone up like crazy, because [fans] have now seen that you can do it better, and the sort of theme of the emails is 'What the hell are you waiting for?'" Manfred said.

"We're going to use [the ABS] tonight. It's been used in the minor leagues for several years and we tested it with big league guys in spring training last year. We're in a process directed at bringing it to the big leagues next year," he added.

Manfred made clear that while the league is hoping to implement the ABS in MLB by 2026, it fully intends to "preserve" the roles of umpires in games, and he even denounced the term "robot umpires" when discussing the Automated Ball-Strike System.

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Manchester City are known for their spending power following their 2008 takeover by the Abu Dhabi United Group and have won everything under Pep Guardiola.

Jack Grealish is the club’s biggest ever addition at a cost of £100m, whereas star striker Erling Haaland looks a bargain at just over £50m.

Man City's most expensive signings of all time

The Citizens have spent a lot of money over the years.

By
Barney Lane

Jan 28, 2025

However, those at the Etihad Stadium have also brought in some big fees for some star players in recent years, with Cole Palmer’s move to Chelsea one that City arguably regret.

Here is a list of Man City’s most expensive departures of all time, with a detailed look at the top 10.

10

Kelechi Iheanacho

£25m to Leicester, 2017

Eight years before full-back Yan Couto, Man City sold forward Kelechi Iheanacho for a fee of £25m.

The Nigerian scored 21 goals in 64 games at the Etihad, however, in search of regular game time, signed for the Foxes where he would make more than 230 appearances.

He won the FA Cup for Leicester, whereas City were happy with the money after bringing the forward through their academy.

9

Riyad Mahrez

£30m to Al-Hilal, 2023

After winning the treble with Man City in 2022/23, winger Riyad Mahrez swapped Manchester for Saudi Arabia.

Mahrez was 32 years of age when Al-Hilal came calling, with City recouping half of the £60m they paid Leicester for the right-winger in 2018.

8

Oleksandr Zinchenko

£30m to Arsenal, 2022

Full-back Oleksandr Zinchenko played more than 125 games for Man City after joining in 2016 from FC Ufa.

Zinchenko cost just £1.8m, so would go on to make a huge profit when selling the Ukrainian to Arsenal. It proved to be a wise call, with the left-back struggling to make the same impact at the Emirates.

7

Danilo

£34.1m to Juventus, 2019

Brazilian full-back Danilo arrived from Real Madrid in Guardiola’s first season and would make 60 appearances for Man City.

He left for Juventus in 2019 after winning back-to-back Premier League titles, two EFL Cup trophies and an FA Cup, with City making profit in the process.

6

Cole Palmer

£42.5m to Chelsea, 2023

A sale that Man City look set to regret for a long time is academy graduate Cole Palmer.

When Man City accepted Chelsea’s £42.5m offer for the attacking midfielder in 2023, it appeared as if it was a wise decision and one that would help with FFP.

However, Palmer has gone from strength to strength at Stamford Bridge and is now seen as one of the best creative attackers in world football.

5

Leroy Sane

£44.7m to Bayern, 2020

Arriving at the Etihad in 2016 for an initial £37m, Leroy Sane made a big impact on the wing for Man City, with his lightning speed terrifying full-backs in the Premier League.

The German won two league titles with City and returned to his native country with Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich four years later, with the Blues making money on the attacker.

4

Gabriel Jesus

£45m to Arsenal, 2022

Like Zinchenko, Gabriel Jesus also made the move from Man City to Arsenal in 2022, and the Brazilian cost the Gunners more at £45m.

Jesus scored 95 goals in 236 games for City, winning four Premier League titles. He cost the Blues around £27m, meaning those at the Etihad made a tidy profit despite selling to a rival.

3

Ferran Torres

£46.7m to Barcelona, 2021

Ferran Torres’ stay in Manchester was short and sweet, and much of his 18-month stay at the Etihad was during the pandemic and played behind closed doors, so City fans never really got to see the forward up close.

The Spaniard did catch the eye in England, so much so that Barcelona were willing to pay £46.7m for his services at the end of 2021.

2

Raheem Sterling

£47.5m to Chelsea, 2022

Raheem Sterling spent seven years as a Man City player and won four Premier League titles at the Etihad, going down as a club legend.

The winger cost City just under £50m from Liverpool in 2015, so recouping the majority of that fee when Chelsea came in was seen as a shrewd piece of business.

1

Julian Alvarez

£64.4m to Atletico Madrid, 2024

Top of the list as Man City’s most expensive sale of all time is forward Julian Alvarez, who played second fiddle to Haaland for large parts of his Etihad career.

The Argentine did win the World Cup while at City and impressed when given the chance under Guardiola.

However, those at the Etihad couldn’t turn down an initial £64.4m offer from Atletico Madrid, and that could rise to £81.5m with add ons.

Sometimes an MLB pitcher delivers a ball to the plate so good there’s simply nothing a batter can do.

Such was the case on Monday night when Diamondbacks starting pitcher Brandon Pfaadt put away Padres first baseman Luis Arraez.

Pfaadt delivered a changeup that dropped so far off the plate that Arraez nearly lost his footing chasing after it. After his swinging third strike, cameras caught Arraez mouthing “Wow,” simply in awe of his opposition.

Arraez is not an easy guy to make look silly at the plate. As the two-time reigning NL batting title champion, Arraez is used to figuring out a way to get on base. But against Pfaadt on Monday night, he was left looking for answers that never came.

The Diamondbacks would go on to win the game, 6–2.

كشفت تقارير إعلامية اليوم الأحد، سبب عدم مشاركة نجم نادي برشلونة، روربرت ليفاندوفسكي، خلال مباراة أوساسونا يوم أمس السبت بالدوري الإسباني.

برشلونة استطاع مواصلة صدارته لبطولة الدوري الإسباني للدرجة الأولى، وتمكن من تحقيق انتصار جديد وهذه المرة على حساب أوساسونا بهدفين دون رد، ليبتعد البلوجرانا في صدارة الليجا بفارق سبع نقاط عن ريال مدريد الثاني.

لكن مدرب برشلونة، هانز فليك، عول على خدمات فيران توريس كمهاجم صريح، إلى جانب رافينها دياز، وماركوس راشفورد، ولامين يامال في خط الهجوم.

وأشارت صحيفة سبورت بجانب الصحفية ميريرا رويز، إلى أن ليفاندوفسكي كان يعاني من آلام على مستوى أوتار الركبة، وهي مشكلة عضلية دفعت هانز فليك إلى عدم المخاطرة بالدولي البولندي في لقاء الأمس.

اقرأ أيضًا.. بديل ليفاندوفسكي.. برشلونة يتراجع عن ضم نجم يوفنتوس

وأضافت أن ليفاندوفسكي كان بإمكانه اللعب لمدة 15 دقيقة في لقاء الأمس في حال تعقد المباراة، لكن بعد هدف رافينها الأول تم استبعاد دخول اللاعب إلى أرضية الملعب.

وأوضحت أن هذه هي المباراة الخامسة التي يغيب فيها ليفاندوفسكي عن صفوف برشلونة هذا الموسم بسبب مشكلة عضلية، مما أثار قلق النادي الإسباني.

وأردفت أن ليفاندوفسكي شارك خلال 17 مباراة مع برشلونة هذا الموسم وسجل خلالها 8 مباريات فقط وهو معدل غير معتاد في مسيرة اللاعب البولندي.

وتعتبر هذه هي المباراة الثانية على التوالي التي يجلس فيها ليفاندوفسكي في بطولة الدوري الإسباني على مقاعد البدلاء دون أن يشارك دقيقة واحدة، بعدما لم يلعب الدولي البولندي ضد ريال بيتيس الأسبوع الماضي.

وأفادت أن فليك لا يخطط للدفع بـ ليفاندوفسكي في مباراة برشلونة المقبلة أمام جوادالاخارا يوم الثلاثاء المقبل في بطولة كأس ملك إسبانيا، وستعتمد عودة اللاعب على مدى جاهزيته في التدريبات خلال الأيام المقبلة.

The rivalry between the Red Sox and Yankees is among the most famous in world sport—and apparently it is so famous it is even recognized by rodents.

During Friday's game between Boston and New York, a squirrel briefly interrupted play at Yankee Stadium. The one-minute delay took place in the top of the fourth inning, with Red Sox right fielder Jhostynxon Garcia facing a full count against Yankees pitcher Max Fried in a scoreless contest.

The squirrel, as YES Network's announcers pointed out, ran right over Garcia's foot before making his way to the pitcher's mound to cheers from the crowd. An annoyed-looking Fried stepped off as the rodent scampered out of harm's way.

Fried wound up walking Garcia, although he escaped the inning unscathed, the squirrel delay having passed.

As New York announcer Michael Kay alluded to, this squirrel would not be the first to grace the Yankees with its presence.

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O Palmeiras treinou nesta tarde de quarta-feira (1), na Academia de Futebol e encerrou a sua preparação para encarar o Botafogo-SP, no Allianz Parque, em jogo válido pela terceira fase da Copa do Brasil 2024.

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Zé Rafael participou mais uma vez de toda atividade e está mais do que pronto para retornar ao time titular do Verdão após seis partidas de fora.

Abel Ferreira não deve poupar muitos titulares e o Palmeiras pode ter força máxima na busca de um bom resultado para já tentar antecipar a vaga para as oitavas da Copa do Brasil.

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Este será o segundo encontro do Palmeiras diante do Botafogo-SP neste ano, uma vez que o Verdão bateu o rival do interior por 1 a 0 na campanha do tri do Paulistão.

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Even three-time MVPs make mistakes sometimes.

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani commited a so-called cardinal sin of baseball during the club's 5-4 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday. With two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning and reigning World Series MVP Freddie Freeman at the plate, Ohtani found himself on second base after swiping the bag moments before. As Blue Jays lefthander Brendon Little delivered a strike to Freeman, Ohtani took off for third in another stolen base attempt but was caught stealing for the last out of the inning.

One of baseball's oldest adages is, never make the last out of an inning at third base. Effectively, the logic is, don't kill a potential two-out rally. While one can quibble about the veracity of this statement, it seems that Dodgers manager Dave Roberts at least partially subscribes to the thinking..

"That was his decision," Roberts, addressing the sixth-inning play, told reporters after the game. "Not a good baseball play."

Aside from the baserunning blunder, it's difficult to pin the blame for Sunday's loss on Ohtani, who belted his 41st home run of the season, tied for the National League lead, while collecting another hit and a pair of walks.

Roberts's frustration with Ohtani's aggressiveness gone wrong on the basepaths was likely a microcosm of how he felt about the game as a whole. Los Angeles had chances to add to its thin 3-2 lead throughout the game, stranding 16 baserunners and going 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position. The Dodgers' struggling bullpen then surrendered the lead in the top of the eighth inning when Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Addison Barger both homered off of Blake Treinen.

"This is frustrating because I just felt there’s no way we should lose this game today," Roberts said. "We had them on the ropes numerous times. And for us not to win is so frustrating."

The Dodgers, clinging to a two-game lead in the NL West, will next take on the Los Angeles Angels before a pivotal divisional face-off against the surging San Diego Padres.

On the eve of Game 1 of the World Series between the Dodgers and Blue Jays, Los Angeles pitcher Alex Vesia is away from his team.

"It's with a heavy heart that we share that Alex Vesia is away from the team as he and his wife Kayla navigate a deeply personal family matter," the Dodgers announced Thursday afternoon. "The entire Dodgers organization is sending our thoughts to the Vesia family, and we will provide an update at a later date."

On Friday, manager Dave Roberts told reporters via Sonja Chen of MLB.com that Vesia would likely miss the entire World Series.

Vesia, a 29-year-old native of Alpine, Calif., has spent five years with Los Angeles after playing for the Marlins as a rookie in 2020.

In 2025, Vesia pitched in 68 games. He has appeared in seven games this postseason, including the final two games of the National League Championship Series against the Brewers.

The Dodgers are seeking their second straight World Series title; no Major League Baseball team has done that since the Yankees won three straight from 1998 to 2000.