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Teenager Piolo Perez swings his bat on a baseball field built atop the Philippines' most notorious trash heap, sending home run balls crashing through the shanties mushrooming on the outfield. Inspired by a Hollywood film starring Kevin Costner about a farmer who builds a baseball diamond on his cornfield, Manila's huge landfill nicknamed Smokey Mountain has its own "Field of Dreams" to stop its youth going astray. Poverty is widespread in the Philippines, with one in four Filipinos earning a mere $1.30 a day, but the conditions at the Smokey Mountain squatter colony are especially dire. Continue to Article

July 19, 2016 2:48:am EST

Mike Trout's three-run, seventh-inning home run led a four-run rally that gave the Los Angeles Angels a 9-5 victory over the Texas Rangers on Monday night at Angel Stadium. Ji-Man Choi added his first major league home run as the Angels earned their eighth win in 10 games and their fourth in succession, matching their season high. Right-hander JC Ramirez (1-0) pitched 1 2/3 innings of hitless relief with one strikeout and a hit batsman for his first American League win. Continue to Article

July 19, 2016 1:39:am EST

Teenager Piolo Perez swings his bat on a baseball field built atop the Philippines' most notorious trash heap, sending home run balls crashing through the shanties mushrooming on the outfield. Inspired by a Hollywood film starring Kevin Costner about a farmer who builds a baseball diamond on his cornfield, Manila's huge landfill nicknamed Smokey Mountain has its own "Field of Dreams" to stop its youth going astray. Poverty is widespread in the Philippines, with one in four Filipinos earning a mere $1.30 a day, but the conditions at the Smokey Mountain squatter colony are especially dire. Continue to Article

July 19, 2016 12:12:am EST

With the MLB All-Star game now in the past, it’s time for teams to decide whether they’re trade deadline buyers or sellers. The wheeling-and-dealing has already begun, as the Boston Red Sox acquired Drew Pomeranz in the first high-profile move before the Aug. 1 deadline. There’s no David Price or Jon Lester out there waiting to shake up entire divisions. Continue to Article

July 18, 2016 7:26:pm EST

Jonny Gomes, part of the 2015 World Series-winning Kansas City Royals (who you might remember from his enthusiastic World Series parade speech), recently received some bad news. According to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, Gomes has not been invited to the White House with other members of the 2015 World Series champion Royals. As you might expect, the Royals couldn’t just bring everyone who wanted to attend, or even everyone who contributed to their World Series victory. Continue to Article

July 18, 2016 9:42:am EST