The Latest Breaking News from Major League Baseball

Tim Cowlishaw: Even after 50 years, the Texas Rangers still feel like a franchise just getting started

The home opener arrived a bit behind schedule that year — Apr. 21 to be precise — due to the first strike in Major League Baseball history. I was there as a fan on opening night, part of the crowd of just over 20,000 at barely modernized Turnpike Stadium as…

Tribune News Service · Apr 6, 2022

Interest in MLB season tops ire over lockout: AP-NORC poll

About 1 in 4 fans of Major League Baseball feel at least some anger toward the sport after its first work stoppage in a generation, according to a new poll, but the vast majority are still excited about the new season

The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2022

Major League Baseball: Don't Nationalize it, Privatize it!

Opening Day and a bad New York Times op-ed are timely reminders that much of what ails professional baseball is the intrusion of government.

Reason · Apr 6, 2022

The Terrible Marriage Between Baseball and Streaming: TRAINA THOUGHTS

Streaming deals will no absolutely nothing to "grow" MLB

Sports Illustrated · Mar 30, 2022

MLB to return to London with Home Run Derby X challenge

Major League Baseball has announced a new global event which kicks off in London on July 9.

Evening Standard · Mar 30, 2022

Exclusive: Boston Red Sox pledge to make Fenway Park carbon neutral

This would be a first for Major League Baseball.

Axios · Mar 30, 2022

Supreme Court Reminds Us That the Best Answer to Unwanted Speech Is More Speech

Plus: On tipping and slavery, cities see population declines, and more...

Reason · Mar 25, 2022

Joe Starkey: We've officially lost our minds with the 'ghost runner' rule

PITTSBURGH — The news here isn't that the so-called "ghost runner" rule will return to Major League Baseball this season. It's that so many people barely blink an eye at the thought of it.

Tribune News Service · Mar 24, 2022

Expanded rosters give Cubs’ new-look pitching staff a boost

Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association agreed to give teams two extra roster spots and remove the 13-pitcher limit for April.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 24, 2022

Chelsea sale: Every takeover bid submitted as Nicky Candy "significantly" ups offer

The deadline has passed for initial offers to be submitted from parties interested in owning Chelsea with Raine Group set to whittle down the number of consortiums to three

Daily Mirror · Mar 22, 2022