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Chicago Cubs outfielder Dexter Fowler left the field during Saturday's 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates with right hamstring discomfort.

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Fowler Undergoing Further Evaluation

Sunday, June 19

The Cubs' official Twitter account provided the update after Fowler appeared to injure his hamstring while trying to beat out a throw to first base in the first inning. 

One year, one hip surgery, six-and-a-half months on the open market and three minor league starts since the last time he toed a major league mound, Tim Lincecum sent a message Saturday:

The Freak lives.

Two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum made his 2016 debut Saturday with the Los Angeles Angels, holding the Oakland Athletics to one run on four hits in six innings in a 7-1 victory. 

Injuries, as they say, are part of the game. But we can all agree they're never the good part.

This week, the Pittsburgh Pirates placed pitcher Gerrit Cole and catcher Francisco Cervelli on the 15-day disabled list. The New York Mets announced third baseman David Wright would undergo surgery to repair a herniated disc in his back.

We want to see players, particularly of the caliber of the three aforementioned, play the game. Watching them rehab isn't entertaining.

The Toronto Blue Jays always had this in them, and it's why they always had to be considered a serious factor in the American League East.

Michael Saunders always had this in him, too, and it's why the Blue Jays wanted to get him. It's not just because he's Canadian, although the one major league team north of the border always does like the idea of having a Canadian star.

"The greatest hitter who ever lived" gave Claudia Williams a batting clinic that spanned two decades.

 SALEM, Va. — It’s been a wondrous 53 weeks for 2015 Chicago Cubs first-round draft pick and Myrtle Beach Pelicans second baseman Ian Happ on the baseball diamond.

Sunday delivers a poignant reminder of his greatest personal loss off it.

It will be Happ’s first Father’s Day since the passing of his dad, Keith, who died in October at age 58 as a result of brain cancer.

Few pitchers in baseball have been better than Michael Fulmer (7-1, 2.52 ERA) of the Detroit Tigers (34-32) lately, as the rookie has been nearly unhittable over his past four starts en route to a personal five-game winning streak.

Fulmer will try to make it six in a row when he and the Tigers visit the defending World Series champion Kansas City Royals (35-31) in the second game of a four-game series Friday as -115 road betting favorites (bet $115 to win $100) at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark.

MLB teams can't count on prospects flying in from the minor leagues to save the day. 

Last year's influx of talent spoiled baseball fans. Kris Bryant, Carlos Correa, Francisco Lindor and Noah Syndergaard wasted no time assimilating to the big leagues, instead offering All-Star production from Day 1. Welcoming such an exceptional crop of future stars isn't the norm.

On June 15, the Miami Marlins' Ichiro Suzuki collected his 4,257th professional hit. In one sense, he passed Pete Rose on the all-time hits list. In another, he didn't, since 1,278 of those knocks came during Ichiro's days in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

You can read my ruminations on the subject here. The point, though, is that some stats are controversial.