May 13 Watch 5:28 Baseball reinstates Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson, making them Hall of Fame eligible By Geoff Bennett, Jackson Hudgins, Azhar Merchant After previously being on the ineligible list, Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson are now eligible to be inducted into Baseball’s Hall of Fame. The two immensely talented players were both tainted by scandal. Rose admitted to betting on games… Continue watching
May 13 Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson, baseball stars once tarnished by scandals, will now be eligible for Hall of Fame By Ronald Blum, Associated Press Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred announced Tuesday that he was changing the MLB's policy on permanent ineligibility, saying bans would expire at death. … Continue reading
Apr 07 WATCH: Trump meets 2024 World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers at the White House By Associated Press Manager Dave Roberts called it a huge honor that each World Series champion gets to experience. Continue reading
Feb 07 Ohtani’s ex-interpreter sentenced to nearly 5 years for bank and tax fraud By Amy Taxin, Associated Press Ippei Mizuhara has acknowledged using the money to cover his growing gambling bets and debts with an illegal bookmaker, in addition to $325,000 worth of baseball cards and his own dental bills. Continue reading
Jan 22 Ichiro Suzuki elected to Baseball Hall of Fame with more than 99 percent of the vote By Ronald Blum, Associated Press Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for the Hall, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he was elected along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner. Continue reading
Dec 21 Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, baseball’s legendary ‘Man of Steal,’ dies at 65 By Josh Dubow, Associated Press Henderson had a lengthy list of accolades and accomplishments over his nomadic 25-year career — an MVP, 10 All-Star selections, two World Series titles and a Gold Glove award. But it was stealing bases where he made his name and… Continue reading
Oct 29 Shohei Ohtani’s rural hometown shows intense pride for one of the game’s greatest By Stephen Wade, Associated Press Oshu City is most famous for Ohtani himself, and the intense pride local people show for one of the game’s greatest players. Continue reading
Oct 27 Shohei Ohtani suffers partial dislocation of his left shoulder during World Series game By Joe Reedy, Associated Press Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani partially dislocated his left shoulder during the seventh inning of Saturday's Game 2 of the World Series against the New York Yankees when he tried to steal second base. Continue reading
Oct 23 Fernando Valenzuela, Dodgers pitcher who inspired ‘Fernandomania,’ dies at 63 By Beth Harris, Associated Press Valenzuela was one of the most dominant players of his era and a wildly popular figure in the 1980s, although he was never elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Continue reading
Oct 01 Watch 3:33 The life and complicated legacy of Pete Rose By Jeffrey Brown, Jonah Anderson Pete Rose was a baseball legend who became the all-time hitting king and yet was later banned from the game for life. His legacy and questions over whether he should have been admitted to the Hall of Fame are still… Continue watching