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[March 11, 2017] March 10 (The Sports Xchange) - Toronto Blue Jays left-hander T.J. House was taken off the field via ambulance after being hit in head by a line drive during Friday's spring training game against the Detroit Tigers.

House, 27, was struck with the hard-hit ball off the bat of Detroit's John Hicks in the ninth inning. The ball ricocheted off the back of House's head into the air and was caught for an out.

House was on the ground for nearly 20 minutes while being attended to by trainers. He was eventually placed on a stretcher and gave the crowd a thumbs-up gesture as he was being placed in the ambulance.

Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said House was talking before being removed from the field.

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Colorado Rockies right-hander Chad Bettis will be sidelined indefinitely after revealing that his testicular cancer has spread.

Bettis said that he will soon begin chemotherapy after the cancer spread to his lymph nodes.

Bettis was diagnosed with testicular cancer in November. He underwent surgery to remove a testicle on Nov. 29.

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A woman who was stalking Tim Tebow at the New York Mets' spring training complex at Port St. Lucie, Florida, was arrested on trespassing charges.

Michelle Marie Thompson, 36, of Arvada, Colorado, was given a trespassing warning on Feb. 26 and arrested two days later when she returned to the complex.

Thompson told authorities that she was in a relationship with Tebow, a former NFL quarterback who is trying his hand at baseball. Officers asked if the relationship was friendly, platonic, romantic or matrimonial, and Thompson laughed before saying "all of the above."

Tebow made one brief comment about the situation.

"I wish her the best and wish she gets the help she needs," Tebow said.

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The Chicago Cubs signed 2016 National League SVP Kris Bryant to a $1.05 million, one-year deal, making him the highest-paid player after a second year of service in major league history.

The third baseman's deal breaks the previous record set by Los Angeles Angels center fielder Mike Trout, who re-signed with his team for $1 million in 2014. FanRag Sports first reported Bryant's new contract and it was later confirmed by multiple media outlets.

Bryant was set to make to $652,000 this season and he will not be eligible for arbitration until the 2018 season.

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Bill Hands, who once won 20 games for the Chicago Cubs, died at the age of 76.

Hands died Thursday night in an Orlando, Florida., hospital after a brief illness.

Hands went 20-14 with a 2.49 ERA in 41 starts for the 1969 Cubs, a team that became infamous that season for blowing a nine-game lead in mid-August. Hands went 18-15 the following season and was 92-86 in seven seasons with Chicago. (Editing by Gene Cherry)

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