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LONDON -- For only the fourth time in Wimbledons 139-year history, matches will be scheduled on the two-week tournaments middle Sunday. Bob Gibson .All England Club spokesman Johnny Perkins said Friday evening that the decision had been made to add the extra day of play, necessitated by repeated rain delays during Week 1 that created a backlog of matches.If all goes to plan, the grass-court Grand Slam tournament is supposed to have completed the entire third round of the mens and womens singles draws by Saturday, allowing for a traditional day of rest on Sunday.But as of Friday evening, there were still second-rounders in singles that had not concluded -- one mens match, and three womens. That is because there have been interruptions by rain on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.The only other times that tournament organizers opted to have play on the middle Sunday were 1991, 1997 and 2004. Each time, the occasion -- dubbed Peoples Sunday -- created a carnival-like atmosphere, with the normally staid grounds filled with rowdy fans who snapped up tickets they rarely get the opportunity to buy.Unlike in the past, when folks would queue up outside the club overnight to get seats, the tournament announced Friday that all tickets will be made available for online purchase in advance, limited to two per household, and none will be sold at the box office on Sunday.In addition to now having a 14th day of play in hopes of making sure the event finishes by July 10, Wimbledon chose to reduce mens doubles matches in the first and second rounds this year to best-of-three-sets, instead of best-of-five.The singles draws have become out of sync. Seven-time champion Roger Federer is the only man already into the fourth round, thanks to a straight-set victory over Daniel Evans on Friday. Meanwhile, 24th-seeded Alexander Zverev of Germany and Mikhail Youzhny of Russia have yet to wrap up their second-round match, which was suspended in the fifth set.In womens play, five-time champion Venus Williams and 12th-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro have their fourth-round spots sewn up, but a half-dozen players are still stuck in the second round, including two-time champion Petra Kvitova, No. 11 Time Bacsinszky and No. 18 Sloane Stephens.---Follow Howard Fendrich on Twitter at http://twitter.com/HowardFendrich Bruce Sutter . PAUL, Minn. Ramon Urias . President of baseball operations Larry Beinfest was fired Friday after 12 years with the Marlins. The move came as the team neared the end of its third consecutive last-place season in the NL East. http:///...ersey-large-71q.html . Thousands of fans at Mosaic Stadium will be cozying up to each other in an effort to stay warm in chilly temperatures and block the Prairie wind that locals say can knock your socks off. The Baltimore Orioles have agreed to a one-year deal with free-agent catcher Welington Castillo, sources confirmed to ESPNs Eddie Matz on Wednesday.Sources told ESPN that the $6 million deal is pending a physical and also features a $7 million player option for 2018.Castillo, who made $3.7 million in 2016, became a free agent after the Arizona Diamondbacks did not tender him a contract for 2017.?He hit .264 with 14 homers and 68 RBIs in 111 games with Arizona last season. The 29-year-old is expected to take over from four-time All-Star Matt Wieters, who became a free agent.Wieters acceppted a $15. Vada Pinson. 8 million qualifying offer last offseason and hit .243 with 17 homers and 66 RBIs in 124 games. He was not given a $17.2 million qualifying offer last month.Castillo represents a lower-priced option. The 29-year-old broke into the big leagues in 2010 with the Chicago Cubs and has also played with Seattle.He has a .255 career batting average with 60 home runs and 230 RBIs over 1,904 games.The Associated Press contributed to this report. ' ' '