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 Little League World Series remains on the schedule for the last week in August in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, but organizers are increasingly worried that the annual youth baseball tournament won’t happen this year. Currently, Little League programs are on hold worldwide until at least May 11 due to the COVID-19 […]
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 […]
Professional baseball enjoyed its first official regular-season game of 2020 on Sunday as the Taiwan-based Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) played its opening day. The Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions booked a 4-1 win over the Chinatrust Brothers in an 11-inning thriller that lasted over 4.5 hours. CPBL Says Play Ball After […]
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 […]
A handful of sports leagues are still playing games, and eventually, many more competitions will join them as the world regains some sense of normalcy in the future. But even when athletes retake the field, they’ll likely do so without supporters in the stands, which has led some teams to […]
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 […]
A class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of DraftKings players against Major League Baseball and the Houston Astros struck out when a federal judge ruled against the plaintiffs on Friday. Judge: Teams Broke Rules, but DFS Players Don’t Get Compensation Judge Jed Rakoff of the Southern District of New York issued […]
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 […]
Former MLB All-Star pitcher Dan Haren is auctioning his massive bobblehead collection on eBay. Bidders have until April 1 for a chance to own a unique piece of baseball history and help charities during this time of need. Dan Haren is one of the few pitchers to have beaten all […]
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 has postponed the start of its season in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, with Opening Day pushed back to late May or early June even under the most optimistic scenarios. But baseball fans could get chance to watch competitive games sooner than that, thanks to professional […]
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