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Major League Baseball to sponsor USA Olympic softball team

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball is using its financial muscle to support the U.S. women’s softball team, which already is assured a spot in the Tokyo Olympics while the American men’s ...

DATE: Jan 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

Larry Walker first Rockies player to Hall of Fame; joins Derek Jeter in 2020

NEW YORK – Known for two decades as No. 2, Derek Jeter is now linked to the number 1 – as in, who was the lone Hall of Fame voter who didn’t put a check mark next to his name? Jet...

DATE: Jan 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Baseball has become a prisoner of technology

NEW YORK – Technology unleashed baseball’s Analytics Era, and now it’s holding the sport prisoner. AJ Hinch, Alex Cora and Carlos Beltrán are casualties, a triple play of hubris. ...

DATE: Jan 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Betts’ $27M, Bryant’s $18.6M skip arbitration with big deals

NEW YORK – Outfielder Mookie Betts agreed Friday to a $27 million contract with the Boston Red Sox, the largest one-year salary for an arbitration-eligible player, while Chicago Cubs third b...

DATE: Jan 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Curt Flood set off the free-agent revolution 50 years ago

St. Louis Cardinals’ outfielder set off baseball free-agent revolution

DATE: Dec 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Average MLB salary drops for 2nd straight year

NEW YORK – The average salary in the major leagues has dropped in consecutive years for the first time since the players’ association started keeping records more than a half-century ago. ...

DATE: Dec 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

MLB, union agree to testing for opioids after Skaggs’ death

SAN DIEGO – Major League Baseball will start testing for opioids and cocaine, but only players who do not cooperate with their treatment plans will be subject to discipline. Marij...

DATE: Dec 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

MLB’s winter meetings turned into Scott Boras show

Agent closing in on $1 billion in deals this offseason

DATE: Dec 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

MLB instituting 3-batter minimum for 2020 season

SAN DIEGO – Major League Baseball is pushing ahead with a rules change for 2020 that requires pitchers to face at least three batters or finish a half-inning. Baseball Commissione...

DATE: Dec 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Astros probe widens to almost 60 witnesses, 76,000 emails

SAN DIEGO – Major League Baseball has interviewed almost 60 people and obtained tens of thousands of electronic messages in its investigation into allegations the Houston Astros broke rules ...

DATE: Dec 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Strasburg, Nationals reach record $245M, 7-year deal

SAN DIEGO – Stephen Strasburg returned to the Washington Nationals with a record contract on the first day of the winter meetings, a deal that puts fellow free agent pitcher Gerrit Cole in p...

DATE: Dec 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Stephen Strasburg goes from shutdown to World Series MVP

HOUSTON — The shutdown that shook baseball paid off for Stephen Strasburg and the Washington Nationals. It just took seven seasons. Strasburg was voted MVP of the World...

DATE: Oct 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports