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Concentration is an important quality for a Major League Baseball player to posses . They need it to focus on the pitch about to leave the pitcher's hand, to drown out the booing/cheering crowd, to follow the ball off the bat in the field, and so much more. But most players don't have their concentration tested the way Martin Prado's was Thursday night. After the Miami Marlins' 5-1 win against the Washington Nationals, Prado did a post-game interview to discuss his 2-for-4 night against Max Scherzer. About two minutes into the interview, this happened. Continue to Article

April 22, 2016 10:46:am EST

Gio Gonzalez surely would have notched a win by now had he been backed by more than one run. Bryce Harper has been producing at least one every day. The reigning NL MVP can match a Washington Nationals record with an RBI in a ninth straight game Friday night and help Gonzalez become the last member of the rotation to get a victory as he faces the visiting Minnesota Twins. Continue to Article

April 21, 2016 7:43:pm EST

The Minnesota Twins finally won a game on the road this season. After snapping a season-opening, seven-game road losing streak, the Twins had classic songs by pop superstar Prince blaring over the audio system in the visiting Miller Park clubhouse. In the stands, one fan in box seats behind the Brewers clubhouse held up a picture - hastily drawn on a large piece of cardboard - of the symbol that Prince used on albums. Continue to Article

April 21, 2016 6:53:pm EST

The news shocked us all when it was confirmed Thursday: Prince was dead . The iconic musician, whose ability to be cool knew no bounds, had died at age 57, found at his Paisley Park estate near Minneapolis. Music fans, culture buffs and regular-ol' people who grew watching "Purple Rain" were stunned. [ Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest now ] In Minnesota, they loved Prince just a little bit more than the rest of us. He was their icon, their homegrown superstar who traveled the globe but always came back home. So it was poetic, really, that it was raining Thursday in Minneapolis. The Twins posted this picture saying farewell to Prince. Fitting that it's raining in Minneapolis today. pic.twitter.com/s5KFurDhHi — Minnesota Twins (@Twins) April 21, 2016 Prince wasn't the biggest baseball fan around. He was way more into basketball . But Prince's music is at least a big part of the baseball experience for Twins fans. After a majority of the homers hit by Twins players, Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" plays throughout Target Field. Fans love it, because they're from Minnesota so they're required to love both Prince and Twins homers. That particular pairing has been a tradition since 2010 when Target Field opened. "When we moved to Target Field," Dustin Morse, the Twins' senior director of communications told Yahoo Sports, "it was a way of rebranding. How do we incorporate Prince? What about if we did this after we hit a home run?" Continue to Article

April 21, 2016 4:42:pm EST

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Alex Presley has been called up from Triple-A Colorado Springs by the Brewers, giving Milwaukee another left-handed option in center field. Continue to Article

April 21, 2016 1:38:pm EST

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