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Senzatela, Rockies agree to $3 million, 1-year contract

DENVER – Antonio Senzatela and the Colorado Rockies agreed Tuesday to a $3 million, one-year contract that avoided salary arbitration. A right-hander who turns 26 on Jan. 21, Senz...

DATE: Jan 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Tommy Lasorda, beloved Hall of Fame Dodgers manager, dies at 93

LOS ANGELES — Growing more and more frail, Tommy Lasorda looked on from a suite at Globe Life Field in Texas, watching as the Los Angeles Dodgers clinched the World Series in Game 6 against ...

DATE: Jan 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Yard Dawgs youth baseball team needs help to get to Cooperstown

Four Corners team fundraising to get to Cooperstown Dream Park

DATE: Dec 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Youth Sports

AP Exclusive: MLB payrolls drop nearly $2.5B in pandemic

NEW YORK — Major League Baseball payrolls plunged to $1.75 billion during the pandemic-shortened season from $4.22 billion, and the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers led with $98.6 m...

DATE: Dec 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Rangers sign OF David Dahl to $2.7 million, 1-year contract

ARLINGTON, Texas – The Texas Rangers have signed free agent outfielder David Dahl to a $2.7 million, one-year contract after Colorado didn’t offer him a contract coming off right shoulder su...

DATE: Dec 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Cleveland’s baseball team to change name from “Indians”

Owner says name won’t change in 2021

DATE: Dec 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

From Cape Cod to Alaska, college leagues eye MLB changes

Years before he became commissioner of the Alaska Baseball League, Chris Beck pointed to the 6-foot-7 slugger in the Anchorage Glacier Pilots’ uniform and told his son to say hello. ...

DATE: Dec 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Minor league baseball shrinks affiliates by 120 teams

NEW YORK – Jackson, Tennessee, lost its Double-A baseball team for next season, one of 40 cities dropped as professional affiliates as Major League Baseball went through with its plan to cut...

DATE: Dec 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Reds, Rockies swap three pitchers and an outfielder

DENVER – The Colorado Rockies and Cincinnati Reds swapped three pitchers in a four-player trade Wednesday. The Rockies acquired right-hander Robert Stephenson and minor league out...

DATE: Nov 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

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

Cleveland’s Shane Bieber, Cincinnati’s Trevor Bauer win Cy Young Awards

Cleveland Indians ace Shane Bieber was the unanimous winner of the AL Cy Young Award on Wednesday night, and Trevor Bauer became the first player to take home the NL honor for the Cincinnati...

DATE: Nov 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Kevin Cash, Don Mattingly win MLB Manager of the Year awards

Tampa Bay’s Kevin Cash won the AL Manager of the Year award on Tuesday night, and Miami’s Don Mattingly took home the NL honor. Long regarded as one of baseball’s bright young min...

DATE: Nov 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports