George Springer’s move to the Blue Jays was broken by Brendon Kuhn and Joey Vendetta hours before the U.S. insiders
This is the latest case of a local MLB scoop confirmed by national writers much later.
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Braves fan Brian Chandler beat the world to the Yasiel Puig signing
Chandler tweeted about seeing Puig at an Atlanta hotel at 2:11 p.m. Eastern Tuesday, and speculated that that meant "Puig to the Braves," hours before any of the MLB insiders had that news.
Greg Howard, Joel Anderson and Don Van Natta Jr. discuss scoops that got away
Scoops getting away turned out to improve other stories for some sports reporters.
