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Toronto Blue Jays Jose Bautista (19) gets hit by Texas Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor (12) after Bautista slid into second in the eighth inning of a baseball game at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas, Sunday May 15, 2016. (Richard W. Rodriguez/Star-Telegram via AP)

MLB players police unwritten rules for acceptable conduct

by Ronald Blum Associated PressMay 16, 2016

Boston Red Sox manager John Farrell shoves umpire Ron Kulpa away from designated hitter David Ortiz after Ortiz reacts to a called second strike off of New York Yankees relief pitcher Andrew Miller n the ninth inning of a baseball game, Friday, May 6, 2016, in New York. The Yankees won 3-2. Both Farrell and Oritiz were ejected from the gam. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

Ortiz, Farrell ejected in loss to Yanks

by Ronald Blum Associated PressMay 6, 2016

FILE - In this April 16, 2014, file photo, Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber speaks during a news conference in Atlanta, announcing the city will be getting an MLS expansion team. Garber, speaking with the Associated Press Sports Editors on Thursday, April 21, 2016, says St. Louis and Sacramento, California, are the leading candidates for the next round of expansion.(AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

St Louis, Sacramento among leading MLS expansion candidates

by Ronald Blum Associated PressApril 21, 2016

Fans try to keep warm in the upper deck of the baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Houston Astros at Yankee Stadium, Tuesday, April 5, 2016 in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Yankees lose argument and opener to Astros, 5-3

by Ronald Blum Associated PressApril 5, 2016

FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2015, file photo, New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka pitches in the first inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays in New York. As Tanaka enters his third season in the major leagues, the Yankees ace can communicate with his teammates in English. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek, File)

Accustomed to US life, Yankees’ Tanaka now one of the guys

by Ronald Blum Associated PressMarch 28, 2016