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The Latest Breaking News from Major League Baseball

Rookies make big impact as SF Giants’ homestand ends on positive note

SAN FRANCISCO – Patrick Bailey had an unforgettable first weekend in Major League Baseball.

Tribune News Service

Yankees pitcher Germán suspended 10 games by MLB for using foreign substance

New York Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán has been suspended for 10 games by Major League Baseball and fined for violating the sport’s prohibition of foreign substances on the mound

The Independent UK

A’s move closer to building stadium in Las Vegas

The Athletics reached an agreement with Bally’s and Gaming & Leisure Properties to build a potential stadium on the Tropicana hotel site along the Las Vegas Strip.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Dubai-based professional baseball league announces first franchise, Mumbai Cobras

Baseball United, which swung for the sporting history fences by establishing the first professional baseball league in the Middle East and South Asia, has announced its first franchise, the Mumbai Cobras

The Independent UK

Oakland A's reach agreement for potential stadium site on Las Vegas Strip

The Oakland Athletics have reached an agreement with Bally’s and Gaming & Leisure Properties to build a potential stadium on the Tropicana hotel site along the Las Vegas Strip

The Independent UK

Fans fury after unprecedented MLB move means two games in one day

Major League Baseball and the Washington Nationals outraged fans on Saturday with the decision to hold a split doubleheader on Sunday after the game against the New York Nets was suspended by rain

Daily Mirror

Real baseball is back

There are too many other diversions for baseball to reclaim the hold it once had over the public imagination, Gene Lyons writes. But Major League Baseball’s rules changes are a huge success.

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HBCUs in spotlight as MLB eyes Black American talent

It's one way the league is attempting to dispel years of criticism over the lack of non-Latino Black players.

Axios

Vida Blue, who won 3 World Series in a row with the Oakland Athletics, dies at 73

Blue was drafted in the second round of the 1967 MLB Draft to the Athletics. He spent nine seasons with the team, and was ultimately selected to six All-Star teams throughout his 17-year career.

WEKU

Australia’s baseball prodigy has a fastball that could take her to the major leagues

As the world’s fastest female pitcher, 18-year-old Genevieve Beacom is smashing norms and fielding interest from US colleges

The Guardian - AU

Baseball announcer apologises for accidentally saying racial slur during game

“We had a phenomenal day today. N***** League Museum and Arthur Bryant’s Barbeque,” Mr Kuiper said about his visit to the Negro League Baseball Museum

The Independent UK

Boston Red Sox stars visibly distressed as fan falls into bullpen during MLB game

A Philadelphia Phillies fan fell into the Boston Red Sox bullpen and was taken to hospital during their MLB game with players visibly distressed by the incident

Daily Mirror

Machado leads 11-HR Mexico City slugfest, Padres top Giants

Manny Machado put San Diego ahead in the seventh inning with his second homer and the 11th of the night, and the San Diego Padres outslugged the San Francisco Giants 16-11 in Major League Baseball’s first game in Mexico City

The Independent UK

Integrating USC, UCLA is top priority for new Big Ten commissioner

The longtime Major League Baseball and TV executive Tony Petitti was introduced as the league’s seventh commissioner on Friday, just over two weeks after he was hired to replace Kevin Warren. Warren became president and CEO of the Bears.

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Phoenix Suns Fast-Break to Broadcast With Gray From Bankrupt Bally RSN

All Suns and Mercury games will be free over the air across the state

Sports Illustrated

ESPN Fires Marly Rivera for Obscene Confrontation With Competitor

The national baseball reporter had worked for the company for the past 13 years.

Al Jazeera

MLB seeks ‘best form of baseball’ by picking up the pace

Major League Baseball is using a pitch clock this season, one of a few new rules that experts say are changing the game.

Multichannel News

B+C Hall of Fame 2023: Wonya Lucas

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NFL’s desire for gambling revenue presents an impossible “responsibility” schism

The NFL wants as much gambling revenue as possible, and it's willing to sacrifice its players for the right perception of purity.

Sports Illustrated

Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: New Life for a Former MVP

After three disappointing seasons, Cody Bellinger is off to a hot start. If he’s available on the waiver wire, grab him.

Multichannel News

Bally Sports Bankruptcy: Judge Tells Diamond To Pay Half of What It Owes to MLB Clubs, Pending Restructure

Sinclair’s regional sports networks division failed to make TV rights payments to five Major League Baseball teams

The Independent UK

Nevada lawmakers await details of A's land buy in Las Vegas

Nevada legislative leaders said Thursday that they had little information about the Oakland Athletics’ plans to move to Las Vegas, beyond that a land purchase deal in place, a funding bill is coming and there is no timeline for action

Los Angeles Times

Q&A: 'It was far more sticky than anything that we felt': Umpires discuss Max Scherzer's ejection

LOS ANGELES — When Max Scherzer was ejected for having what umpires deemed a foreign substance on his glove and pitching hand in the fourth inning of Wednesday's game against the Dodgers, the New York Mets right-hander claimed the sticky stuff was caused by a combination of legal rosin and…

The Independent UK

Major leagues, broadcasters pledge responsible betting ads

Most of the nation’s major professional sports leagues, plus the media companies Fox and NBCUniversal are creating an alliance to ensure that sports betting advertising is done responsibly and does not target minors

Tribune News Service

Tom Krasovic: Suspension may have been good thing for Fernando Tatis Jr., Major League Baseball and Padres

Crazy though it sounds, it was a good thing — on balance — that Fernando Tatis Jr. was suspended for testing positive for a banned substance, whether or not he meant to consume the testosterone-boosting anabolic steroid that's banned also by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

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