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

MLB commissioner addresses growing frustration

DATE: Jun 25, 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

Baseball scrambles back into action amid lingering concerns

Ron Gardenhire and Dusty Baker are a little uneasy. Jim Crane hopes his Houston Astros can play in front of fans at some point. As baseball scrambles to start an abbreviated seaso...

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 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

Baseball has managed to make us feel worse

It’s not a rosy spot for a sport to occupy: In the midst of a global pandemic and a tumultuous national conversation about race, baseball - with the green grass, the crack of the bat, the pe...

DATE: Jun 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Union leaders’ vote and coronavirus threat loom over MLB’s pitch for a 60-game season

The Major League Baseball Players Association’s executive board could vote as early as Sunday on whether to accept the owners’ proposal for a 60-game schedule as the sport continues to navig...

DATE: Jun 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

Japan opens baseball season after 3-month pandemic delay

TOKYO – Japanese baseball managed to do what American baseball has not — play ball. After a three-month delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the world’s second-most famous ba...

DATE: Jun 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

MLB owners and players are so busy yelling, they can’t hear their fans’ frustration

Fair warning: If you have no desire to read even more about the fractious relationship between Major League Baseball and the union that represents its players, stop immediately, right here. ...

DATE: Jun 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional 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

Don’t let MLB owners cry poor. They can afford to do what’s right for baseball.

It’s time for a basic lesson in baseball arithmetic and the incredible, shameless greed of major league owners. The bosses are - again - on the verge of bashing their sport to maximize their...

DATE: Jun 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports