While Darling broadcasts the young MLB stars of today from New York, Viola coaches kids trying to make it to the bigs from a minor league diamond in the North Carolina Piedmont. The past, present and future, intertwined four decades ago on a sunny Thursday afternoon at Yale Field and still connected today.Tampa Bay Rays

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"I don't care if you're young or in the middle of your career or an older veteran, you need to see results when you have a good process. And he's doing that right now."

Cox turned 80 years old on Friday. The former Braves manager still has plenty of say within the organization, and could be seen patrolling the dugout at spring training time and again before recently battling health issues.

Detroit Tigers outfielder Nomar Mazara's name wasn't penciled into manager AJ Hinch's lineup card for Thursday's four-game series finale against Cleveland.Toronto Blue Jays



White Sox broadcaster Ken "Hawk" Harrelson was furious with MLB umpire Joe West, as many have been these past 44 years. On this day in 2010, West had called a second balk of the game on Mark Buehrle, and Hawk was so outraged he said on the air, "Joe West should retire!"Boston Red Sox

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See, Turner is an excellent contact hitter. He connects on more than 88 percent of his swings at pitches in the strike zone (where league average is 83.5 percent and sinking fast), and he has an above-average eye that forces pitchers to throw it over the plate. His other defining quality is speed. Before he gets to the base-stealing portion of his journey, that speed also helps him overachieve his quality of contact. So a middling grounder that would be an out for most hitters could be a hit for Turner; a looping liner that finds grass is a single for most hitters, and a double for Turner, etc. Kansas City Royals



"I think center field would be the priority. I just think that's the second priority," the South Side skipper said. "The first priority is, when he comes back, what's his regimen for activity? Watch him close. ... You're going to have to be careful, lean on him about being honest about how he feels. I'm sure he doesn't want to get hurt again.