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Tickets to go on sale Monday for Big League Weekend

Tickets will go on sale at noon Monday for Big League Weekend at Cashman Field, a two-game spring training series on March 15 and 16 between the New York Mets and Chicago Cubs. Tickets for the 1:05 p.m. games, priced at $35, $45 and $50, can be purchased at the Cashman Field box office and through Ticketmaster. The Mets are the major league affiliate of the 51s.

Hoffman’s ‘Moneyball’ portrayal sticks out

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Red Sox players shave beards at charity fund raiser

World Series MVP David Ortiz and Boston Red Sox teammate Shane Victorino had their beards shaved for charity Monday to benefit victims of the Boston Marathon bombings in April.

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