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Don Mattingly isn't just keeping the seat warm in Philadelphia. The interim skipper told reporters he wants the Phillies job full time, and with the club sitting firmly in playoff contention heading into the All-Star break, the front office has every reason to take that conversation seriously. This one's moving fast.
Across the league, the drama in Dallas has nothing to do with the court. Mark Cuban is going public with allegations that Mavericks governor Patrick Dumont has been running adversarial business practices as the franchise weighs a move out of downtown. Cuban built that organization, and now he's saying he's being frozen out of major decisions. This ownership battle is only getting louder.
And on the diamond, Dylan Cease was twenty-seven outs away from history. The Blue Jays right-hander carried a no-hitter into the ninth inning Wednesday night before Heliot Ramos lined a single to center field, ending the bid with one swing. Cease still delivered a performance worth remembering, but that last out will sting for a while.
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