Major League Baseball to return to London with St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs games The two-game series will be played at West Ham’s London Stadium The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2022
Iconic broadcaster Vin Scully was baseball’s merry poet laureate and so much more Vin Scully, the LA Dodgers broadcaster who died on Tuesday at 94, leaves behind a towering legacy: gone is a paragon of joy in a world of anger and calm in a time of chaos The Guardian - US · Aug 4, 2022
Padres get Juan Soto, Josh Bell in trade with Nationals; Eric Hosmer leaves in separate deal SAN DIEGO — The Padres on Tuesday pulled off one of the biggest deals in the history of Major League Baseball. Tribune News Service · Aug 2, 2022
White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson suspended 3 games for making contact with plate umpire CHICAGO — Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson received a three-game suspension and fine from Major League Baseball for making contact with umpire Nick Marley after his ejection during the seventh inning of Friday night’s loss to the Oakland A’s. Chicago Tribune · Jul 30, 2022
MLB to Congress: Without our antitrust exemption, players and fans lose LOS ANGELES — Would minor league players be paid more if they could negotiate freely with every team? Los Angeles Times · Jul 29, 2022
Scots baseball player on road to stardom signed by US Major League team Gabriel Rincones Jr, who plays with a glove emblazoned with a saltire, is on his way to Philadelphia after being drafted by a Major League Baseball (MLB) team. Daily Record · Jul 22, 2022
From Fife to the Phillies – Gabriel Rincones Jr hopes to make MLB impact The 21-year-old grew up in Glenrothes. The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2022
It definitely paid off for Kyler Murray to choose football over baseball The Oakland Athletics' are paying $48.5 in salary to their entire team. Murray's extension is worth $46.1 million per year. USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 21, 2022
Helene Elliott: MLB All-Star Game provides a fun, big league escape for players and fans LOS ANGELES — Baseball's All-Star Game was a sweet treat, a refreshingly icy blast on a hot July afternoon, a nod to the game's tradition that featured enough new wrinkles and fresh personalities to make it entertaining and help keep the All-Star format vibrant for years to come. Los Angeles Times · Jul 20, 2022
2022 MLB draft, Day 3 tracker: Orioles close final day by taking seven pitchers, including a 7-foot left-hander The Orioles completed the 2022 Major League Baseball draft Tuesday with their picks in the 11th through 20th rounds. Tribune News Service · Jul 20, 2022
Bryce Miller: How Ty France earned singular respect of Manny Machado, baseball One day in Peoria, Ariz., in the middle of mundane and relentless spring-training drills, Ty France decided to up the ante with one of the most confident and established players in Major League Baseball. Tribune News Service · Jul 19, 2022
Congress asks Rob Manfred for MLB antitrust rationale in letter The Senate Judiciary Committee got right to the point in a letter to Commissioner Rob Manfred on Monday: If America's other major sports have to follow antitrust law, why should baseball remain exempt from that law? Los Angeles Times · Jul 18, 2022
Pitch clocks, shift limits, larger bases in MLB's future Major League Baseball is considering a pitch clock for next year along with shift limits, larger bases and restrictions on pickoff attempts The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2022
Mets, Yankees make first round draft selections Major League Baseball’s first-year player draft kicked off on Sunday night, and the Big Apple’s teams made three picks. Tribune News Service · Jul 18, 2022
Los Angeles Times · Jul 17, 2022 Jorge Castillo: Angels should follow Nationals’ Juan Soto blueprint with Shohei Ohtani ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Major League Baseball world was upended Saturday. That’s what happens when a player of Juan Soto’s caliber is said to be on the trade market.
Los Angeles Times · Jul 17, 2022 Druw Jones part of a growing class of next-gen stars with last-gen bloodlines LOS ANGELES — Pull up to Dodger Stadium on Tuesday and you’ll watch the best baseball players in the world on the same field for Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game. Shohei Ohtani. Aaron Judge. Mookie Betts. Mike Trout.
Los Angeles Times · Jul 16, 2022 Bill Shaikin: Rob Manfred says MLB antitrust exemption has one 'meaningful' use. Here's what it is. NEW YORK — To baseball fans across America, the time-honored cry of summer is this: Kill the ump!
Los Angeles Times · Jul 16, 2022 Major League Baseball agrees to pay minor leaguers $185 million to settle lawsuit As Major League Baseball agreed to pay $185 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the league had violated federal wage laws in compensating minor leaguers, an advocacy group called the settlement a "first step" toward overhauling the minor league pay structure.
Tribune News Service · Jul 14, 2022 Rays’ Shane McClanahan furthers All-Star starter bid in win over Red Sox ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — If American League/Astros manager Dusty Baker or Major League Baseball officials somehow need any more convincing that Shane McClanahan deserves to start next week’s All-Star Game, he gave it to them Wednesday.
The Conversation · Jul 12, 2022 Hotter temperatures increase violent behaviour in Major League Baseball We normally associate the arrival of warmer weather with positive experiences, such as vacations, walks on the beach and evenings eating on outdoor patios with friends. However, exposure to heat can also generate negative feelings that lead to socially inappropriate behaviour, such as excessive violence in sports.
Tribune News Service · Jul 10, 2022 How much baseball do baseball players watch when they aren’t at the ballpark? NEW YORK — Baseball players work some very strange hours.
Los Angeles Times · Jul 9, 2022 Why haven’t MLB and players agreed on an international draft? Money, mistrust and more. LOS ANGELES — In two weeks, Dodger Stadium, after 42 years, will finally host the MLB All-Star Game again. Stars will descend. Celebrities will surface. Major League Baseball will cash checks.
Los Angeles Times · Jul 9, 2022 Dylan Hernandez: Leave Japanese pitching phenom Rōki Sasaki out of proposed MLB international draft LOS ANGELES — He could be the best pitching prospect to ever come from the same Japanese prefecture that produced Shohei Ohtani.
Tribune News Service · Jul 5, 2022 The wife of ailing Orioles owner Peter Angelos met with MLB commissioner after her son’s lawsuit questioned her leadership BALTIMORE — A week after one son’s lawsuit described her as isolated and indecisive, the wife of ailing Orioles owner Peter Angelos and her other son met with Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred, who was reassured about her oversight of the team as part of her control over her…
The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2022 White Sox, MLB decide to play game after parade shooting The Chicago White Sox talked to Major League Baseball about postponing their game against the Minnesota Twins after a gunman opened fire on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago, killing at least six people