Aug 27 3 MLB games postponed, players decide after Kenosha shooting By Steve Megargee, Associated Press Games between the Cincinnati Reds and Brewers in Milwaukee, Seattle Mariners and Padres in San Diego and the Los Angeles Dodgers and Giants in San Francisco were called off hours before they were set to begin. Continue reading
Jul 27 2 MLB games postponed as Miami Marlins deal with coronavirus outbreak By Associated Press The Marlins' home opener against Baltimore was called off, as was the New York Yankees' game at Philadelphia. The Yankees would have been in the same clubhouse the Marlins used last weekend. Continue reading
Jul 23 Watch 5:45 Can MLB play ball and still avoid an outbreak? Months after the start of spring training, the first pitch of the 2020 Major League Baseball season will be thrown Thursday night. Opening Day gets underway with the Washington Nationals hosting the New York Yankees. But the season will be… Continue watching
Jul 22 MLB players taking visible stance on social justice By Associated Press The most recent protests during the anthem seemed to draw the ire of President Donald Trump. Continue reading
May 05 Korean baseball season begins in empty stadiums By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press The new baseball season has begun in South Korea with the crack of the bat and the sound of the ball smacking into the catcher’s mitt echoing around empty stadiums. Continue reading
Apr 22 MLB strips Red Sox of draft pick, former manager banned in sign stealing scams By Ronald Blum, Jimmy Golen, Associated Press The Boston Red Sox were stripped of their second-round pick in this year’s amateur draft by Major League Baseball for sign stealing in 2018 and former manager Alex Cora was suspended through the 2020 postseason for his previous conduct as… Continue reading
Mar 12 MLB delays opening day by at least 2 weeks because of virus By Ronald Blum, Associated Press Major League Baseball is delaying the start of its season by at least two weeks because of the coronavirus outbreak. Opening day had been scheduled for March 26. MLB also has suspended the rest of its spring training game schedule. Continue reading
Feb 21 Watch 5:22 Why MLB players are frustrated over Astros’ lack of punishment The fallout from a major cheating scandal in Major League Baseball continues. After investigators found that the Houston Astros used an elaborate sign-stealing scheme in 2017, when they won the World Series, members of the team's front office were disciplined. Continue watching
Feb 10 New ‘smart mound’ can help analyze pitchers’ efficiency By Pat Eaton-Robb, Associated Press The Minnesota Twins will be working with a new piece of smart technology at spring training this year. Continue reading
Jan 17 Giants make Alyssa Nakken first female major league coach By Janie McCauley, Associated Press Nakken is a former softball standout at first base for Sacramento State who joined the club in 2014 as an intern in baseball operations. Continue reading