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Braves’ Freeman wins NL MVP, White Sox slugger Abreu gets AL

NEW YORK – Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman easily won the NL MVP award Thursday, topping off a trying year that saw him become so ill with COVID-19 he prayed “please don’t take ...

DATE: Nov 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Landis’ name pulled off baseball MVP plaques after 75 years

NEW YORK – The name of the former baseball commissioner who never had a Black player in the majors during his long reign is being pulled off all future MVP plaques after more than 75 years. ...

DATE: Oct 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Pandemic MLB postseason: Brewers, Astros in despite losing records

Christian Yelich and the Milwaukee Brewers got off to a ragged start this year. They never got above .500. And they dropped their last game to finish with a losing record. Guess w...

DATE: Sep 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Congressional group wants Landis name pulled from MVP plaque

NEW YORK – A group of House Democrats called Tuesday for the name of former baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis to be pulled off future Most Valuable Player plaques, an idea endors...

DATE: Aug 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

MLB will play 7-inning doubleheaders

NEW YORK – Shortened season, shorter games. Big league doubleheaders will now become a pair of seven-inning games, baseball’s latest radical rule change during a season reshaped b...

DATE: Jul 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

MLB Opening Day arrives amid coronavirus

Masks, empty parks, social justice

DATE: Jul 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

MVP plaque presenters to discuss Landis’ name on MLB trophy

NEW YORK – The baseball organization that presents the annual MVP awards will consider whether the name of former commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis should be pulled from future plaques. ...

DATE: Jul 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Rockies All-Star Charlie Blackmon tests positive for coronavirus

Outfielder had been working out recently at Coors Field

DATE: Jun 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

For openers: MLB tries again with short season, skewed rules

NEW YORK — So, where were we? Mid-March, a spring training exhibition between the St. Louis Cardinals and Miami Marlins at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida. Even before the ...

DATE: Jun 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

MLB proposes up to 16 teams for postseason

Shorter regular season, but a chance at glory for teams that get hot

DATE: Jun 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Like it or not, National League designated hitters limber up

Before all the self-proclaimed purists forecasting the destruction of baseball strategy and the very sanctity of the sport as we know it go berserk bemoaning the inclusion of a designated hi...

DATE: May 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Nationals top Astros in Game 7 to win 1st World Series title

Kendrick, Rendon homers back Scherzer start, Corbin’s relief effort

DATE: Oct 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports