Author – The Durango Herald

MLB doubleheaders could get shortened to 7-inning games

NEW YORK — Ernie Banks famously said: “Let’s play two.” Baseball players just might not want to play nine innings twice in one day during this pandemic-delayed season. ...

DATE: Jul 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

MLB, players agree to expand playoffs to 16 teams

NEW YORK – Major League Baseball and the players’ union agreed Thursday to expand the playoffs from 10 teams to 16 for the pandemic-delayed season, a decision that makes it likely teams with...

DATE: Jul 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Cardinals replace Yankees to play at Field of Dreams

White Sox still to host on special field Aug. 13

DATE: Jul 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

No minor league baseball in 2020

MLB won’t make players available to affiliates

DATE: Jun 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

No paychecks for 11 big leaguers: advance larger than salary

NEW YORK – Grant Dayton will notice one glaring absence this season after he reports to the Atlanta Braves: his twice-a-month salary. He is among 11 major leaguers whose prorated ...

DATE: Jun 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Manfred: ‘We owe it to our fans to be better’

MLB commissioner addresses growing frustration

DATE: Jun 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

MLB gets a deal done, as Blackmon tests positive for COVID-19

League plans shortest season since 1878 to start July 23

DATE: Jun 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

MLB plans 60-game slate, shortest since 1878, as union balks

NEW YORK – Major League Baseball plans to unilaterally issue a 60-game schedule for its shortest season since 1878 after the players’ association rejected a negotiated deal of the same lengt...

DATE: Jun 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

Balk in baseball coronavirus talks, July 19 start off

NEW YORK – An email from baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred to union head Tony Clark led to a balk in the drawn-out talks to start the pandemic-delayed season, which now won’t begin by July 1...

DATE: Jun 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

Players counter with 70-game season, 10 more than MLB

2020 season remains uncertain despite recent progress

DATE: Jun 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

MLB leaders offer 60-game schedule, full prorated player pay

Manfred, Clark met Wednesday morning

DATE: Jun 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Commissioner Rob Manfred says baseball season in jeopardy

NEW YORK – Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says there might be no major league games this year after a breakdown in talks between teams and the players’ union on how to split up money in a...

DATE: Jun 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports