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A look at whats happening all around the majors Thursday:---NOT GEORGES YANKSThe Yankees are a changin, and that continued Tuesday when team owner Hal Steinbrenner said rookie catcher Gary Sanchez was taking over full-time responsibilities from veteran Brian McCann. Sanchez is hitting .360 with five homers and 11 RBI in 53 plate appearances, and McCann called him a future All-Star in graciously acknowledging the shifting roles. Steinbrenner said he had to overcome a little bit of DNA issues to usher in New Yorks recent youth movement -- his dad was George Steinbrenner, after all -- but thinks Yankees fans are ready to embrace the Baby Bombers .MARQUEE MATCHUPGiants ace Madison Bumgarner (11-7, 2.11) will pitch the series opener against Jacob deGrom (7-5, 2.30) and the Mets. The All-Star Bumgarner threw seven shutout innings against Baltimore in his most recent outing to snap a streak of five winless starts in which he was 0-3 and the Giants were 0-5. DeGrom is 1-0 with an 0.65 ERA in his past four starts.MARINERS SALEMajor League Baseball owners were set to vote on the proposed sale of a controlling stake in the Seattle Mariners from Nintendo of America to a group of minority owners led by John Stanton. As part of the sale, Stanton will take over as control person from current chairman Howard Lincoln, who is retiring. The agreement was announced in April and approval is expected. The sale could close this week.LA STELLA BACK TO BASEBALLTommy La Stella is back in the fold with the Chicago Cubs and is expected to return to the majors next month. La Stella reported to Double-A Tennessee after refusing a minor league assignment in July and returning home to contemplate his career. La Stella, who was hitting .295 in 51 games with the Cubs this season, could be back with the Cubs by Sept. 1, said manager Joe Maddon.BEATING THE BRAVESNationals rookie Reynaldo Lopez (1-1, 5.74) faces the Braves after delivering seven innings of one-run ball against Atlanta on Saturday. It will be Lopezs fourth big league start, and his first two went poorly before he pitched well in the 7-6 win against the Braves. Wholesale Hornets Jerseys .J. -- Seven games into a disappointing season, New York Giants defensive catalyst Jason Pierre-Paul is getting the feeling hes back. Cheap NBA Jerseys . Pence singled in the winning run with no outs in the ninth inning to give the Giants a 7-6 victory over the San Diego Padres on Sunday. http://www.cheaphornetsjerseys.com/ . Inter president Erick Thohir says in a club statement on Wednesday that Vidic is "one of the worlds best defenders and his qualities, international pedigree, and charisma will be an asset. Miles Bridges Jersey .R. Smith realized how easily basketball can be taken from him, and he wasnt going to take his place in the NBA for granted anymore. Cheap Charlotte Hornets Jerseys . The Masters champion and winner of last weeks Australian PGA has a three-round total of 14-under 199 at Royal Melbourne. "Im in a really good position for tomorrow," Scott said.Mark English has had to withdraw from the World Indoor Championships in the US this weekend because of an unlucky training accident. The 22-year-old Sky Academy Sports Scholar and 800m runner has been in sizzling form during the winter with impressive performances in Germany, Sweden, Ireland and Glasgow.They were enough to earn him a late spot running for Ireland at the high-profile three-day championships at Portland in Oregon, starting Thursday, but the Letterkenny star has reluctantly opted to rest after the incident.English said: Ive had to pull out. I ran over a pothole in training and hurt my left foot. My coach and I feel that it is too much of a risk at this stage to try racing and do any more damage to it.I feel like that it is best to pull out of Oregon and focus on recovering for Rio.It is tough luck on English who has produced a fine run of results on the pre-season European circuit following his three-break wintter training trip in South Africa.ddddddddddddHe set an Irish record (1 minute 1.93 seconds in the 500m in Stockholm), was second behind Polands European outdoor champion Adam Kszczot in the 800m at the Glasgow Indoor Grand Prix and picked up a fourth 800m Irish indoor title. English has already secured the Olympic qualifying time for the 800m and will now rest for the start of the outdoor season with Rio less than five months away.WHATS COMING UP FOR OUR SCHOLARS...MARCH 19: Sam Oldham, English Championships, LoughboroughMar 28 - April 3: Jessica Judd, pre-season training in USAApril 9/10: Sam Oldham, British Championships, Liverpool Also See: English bows out in style About the Scholarship Meet the athletes Blogs Videos Galleries ' ' '