With the start of the MLB season delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, there’s some light at the end of the tunnel with whispers that baseball will resume by mid-summer. At the start of May, the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees are co-favorites to win the 2020 World Series […]
Every summer, 10 teams of college ballplayers scattered around in various beach towns compete in the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) in Massachusetts. Now, due to the coronavirus pandemic, officials voted unanimously to cancel the upcoming season for the first time in 75 years. The Cape Cod Baseball League originally […]
Baseball fans received a glimmer of hope on Monday as former MLB third baseman Trevor Plouffe tweeted that the Major League season could resume as early as July 1. The tweet cited multiple sources and also stated that a second spring training could begin on June 10. No Official Word […]
On one misty day in June 1970, Dock Ellis pitched a no-hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the San Diego Padres while soaring high on lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). It’s a rare feat to toss a no-no, but the fact that Ellis had ingested LSD the morning before the game […]
Manny Ramirez, who turns 48 at the end of the month, wants to return to the baseball diamond by eyeing a comeback in Taiwan. Ramirez won the World Series twice with the Boston Red Sox in the mid-2000s. Manny being Manny, once again. Ramirez, a 12-time All-Star, slugged 555 home […]
This will be the first summer without little league baseball in Williamsport, Pennsylvania since the inception of the Little League World Series in 1947. Organizers officially canceled the 2020 Little League World Series (LLWS) due to the coronavirus outbreak. Quarantine and lockdowns have been especially harsh on kids. But now […]
The National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York canceled the induction ceremony for the incoming class of 2020, which includes Derek Jeter, Larry Walker, Marvin Miller, and Ted Simmons. The Class of 2020 will be inducted next summer with the Class of 2021. The board of directors voted […]
Blake Snell guided the virtual Tampa Bay Rays to a 24-5 regular-season record in the MLB The Show Players League, a mark that has clinched the No. 1 seed for the league playoffs. He’ll be joined by seven other MLB stars in the postseason, which will be broadcast live on […]
The Boston Red Sox lost their 2020 second-round draft pick, but emerged otherwise largely unscathed after Major League Baseball wrapped up its investigations into allegations that the team stole signs during the 2018 season. MLB also suspended Red Sox video replay system operator J.T. Watkins without pay through the 2020 […]
Minor League Baseball appears prepared to accept a modified version of a Major League Baseball proposal that would eliminate more than 40 teams as part of the new Professional Baseball Agreement (PBA), according to a Baseball America report. MLB officials advanced that proposal in November as part of a sweeping […]
Former baseball player Alex Rodriguez and entertainment icon Jennifer Lopez are raising money to buy a stake in the NY Mets. According to Variety, the power couple is working with JPMorgan Chase to raise capital for a possible bid. J-Lo and A-Rod are hardly the first suitors for the New […]
The Japanese baseball season will not begin in May, as Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) has determined that the 2020 season will be shortened and start no earlier than June. NPB had planned on starting regular-season play on March 20, but officials have pushed that date back multiple times due to […]
The start of the 2020 MLB season has been postponed indefinitely during the coronavirus pandemic. In the meantime, MLB executives and league officials have discussed multiple scenarios to start the season. One such idea includes division realignment by the MLB, splitting the league in two (the Cactus League in Arizona […]
Players from each of the 30 Major League Baseball teams will take the virtual field over the next month to compete in an MLB The Show league. Each team is represented by one player, who will compete in a round-robin regular season in the hopes of making the playoffs. Round-Robin […]
Major League Baseball and its players’ union are considering a plan that would see the league start playing games as early as May in Arizona, according to multiple media reports. ESPN and the Associated Press cited sources who said that MLB officials had discussed several different plans for beginning the […]
According to reports, the New York Mets are still up for sale. While this is arguably the worst time to sell a major league team, the Wilpons have never been known for their timing. Like most major league sports, MLB’s season is on hiatus due to a global pandemic. Would-be […]
In 1984, Barry Levinson directed “The Natural” starring Robert Redford as Roy Hobbs, a mysterious middle-aged rookie with a checkered past who comes out of nowhere to lead the worst team in the National League, the New York Knights, to the pennant. TriStar made “The Natural” on a budget of […]
Two prime-time pitchers will be going under the knife and are expected to miss the 2020 baseball season and part of the 2021 season. Chris Sale (Boston Red Sox) and Noah Syndergaard (New York Mets) will undergo Tommy John Surgery to repair elbow-related injuries in their respective pitching arms. Players […]
Major League Baseball announced a delay to the start of the 2020 regular season on Thursday, becoming the latest professional sports league to take drastic steps in response to the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement, the league announced that the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks […]
Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander has a strained latissimus dorsi muscle injury and has been shut down by the team. Verlander, who won the 2019 AL Cy Young, will most likely miss Opening Day, but he’s not expected to miss more than a start or two with the lat injury. […]
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