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MLB thinks ‘robo-umps’ could automate pitch counts by 2024

It's part of a broader shift to speed up the pace of the game and draw in more viewers for a league that's been in steep decline.

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Yooooo, Rob Manfred: Hurry the heck up with the robot umps!

The MLB boss has some good news about robot umps.

USA Today Sports Media Group

MLB may introduce robot umpires with an automated ball-strike zone by 2024

Baseball fans will have to wait a little bit longer to see robot umps.

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St. Pete mayor reopens talks on future of Rays stadium site

The mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida, is reopening talks about the future of the Tropicana Field site where baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays play their home games

The Independent UK

Manfred Said It’s ‘Ridiculous’ People Think He Hates Baseball

He touched on some of the criticisms and hate he has gotten recently.

Sports Illustrated

Padres farmhands getting at look at robo umps, pitch clocks in El Paso

The confidence Trent Grisham has in his strike-zone judgment is likely why his career on-base percentage is nearly 100 points above his batting average ... and also why he's been among the league leaders in called strike threes since becoming a regular with the Padres.

Tribune News Service

Theo Epstein is leaving Chicago 2 years after leaving the Cubs. Here’s how he spent his final weekend in the city.

He gone.

Chicago Tribune

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Blackburn burnishes All-Star credentials as A’s end dismal trip on positive note

Oakland A’s right-hander Paul Blackburn might not have been quite as efficient Thursday as he was in his previous start, which was arguably the best of his Major League career.

Tribune News Service

Commissioner Rob Manfred says ‘time has come’ for Rays stadium solution

NEW YORK — Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred didn’t quite start the clock on resolution of the Rays’ ongoing pursuit of a new stadium in the Tampa Bay area before considering relocation options, but he appears to be at least checking the batteries.

Tribune News Service

Rob Manfred Addresses Automated Strike Zone for 2023 Season

With more scrutiny than ever on balls and strikes calls, the commissioner addressed on how likely we are to see an automated zone in the near future.

Sports Illustrated

MLB: Galarraga call stands, commish says in response to Monmouth law students

DETROIT — Time may heal most things, but it rarely changes the circumstances.

Tribune News Service

Paul Sullivan: For the sake of the game — and our sanity — Mike Trout needs to resign as fantasy football commissioner

CHICAGO — There should be no question Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout needs to resign as commissioner of his fantasy football league.

Chicago Tribune

Rob Manfred is apparently content with letting the horrific umps ruin MLB, which stinks for all of us

Yooooo MLB, your umps stink!

USA Today Sports Media Group

A-Rod Reveals Five Things He’d Change About MLB

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if the baseball legend was commissioner?

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Los Angeles Times

Bill Plaschke: MLB is right to suspend Trevor Bauer. Now the Dodgers need to banish him from team

LOS ANGELES — Thank you, Major League Baseball.

Los Angeles Times

Trevor Bauer to appeal 324-game suspension handed down by Major League Baseball

LOS ANGELES — Trevor Bauer was suspended for two years by Major League Baseball on Friday, triggering a new front in Bauer's efforts to fight sexual assault allegations that could keep him off the field until well into the 2024 season.

Los Angeles Times

Q&A: What comes next for Trevor Bauer in his suspension fight against MLB?

LOS ANGELES — Fourteen months ago, the Dodgers signed Trevor Bauer, fortifying their roster for a World Series championship defense with the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner, a hometown star who played at UCLA.

Los Angeles Times

Trevor Bauer to appeal 324-game suspension handed down by Major League Baseball

LOS ANGELES — Trevor Bauer was suspended for two years by Major League Baseball on Friday, triggering a new front in Bauer’s efforts to fight sexual assault allegations that could keep him off the field until well into the 2024 season.

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Baseball reacts to release of letter that outlined Yankees' sign-stealing methods in 2015 and 2016

NEW YORK — After years of speculation and failed legal arguments, the “Yankees letter” became public before Tuesday’s games began. It confirms that the Yankees’ players used the video replay room to steal signs and decode pitch sequences in 2015 and 2016 and tried to use runners on second base…

Sports Illustrated

Yankees Letter Reveals Past Fine for Sign-Stealing Methods

The fine for using the dugout phone to help relay signs was not been previously reported.

Tribune News Service

Infamous ‘Yankee Letter’ finally published

NEW YORK — After years of legal wrangling, the infamous Yankee Letter from Rob Manfred to Brian Cashman is now public, with a few redactions. Much of the text of the letter was published by SNY on Tuesday, after the Yankees lost a court ruling aiming to keep it sealed.…

Sports Illustrated

Court Denies Yankees’ Appeal to Keep Sign-Stealing Letter Sealed

With Thursday’s rejection, the letter must be made public within the next two weeks.

Sports Illustrated

Group Led by Dave Stewart Seeks to Bring MLB Team to Nashville

If Stewart is successful, it would become the first majority minority-owned team in MLB history.

Los Angeles Times

Dylan Hernández: Trevor Bauer's impasse with MLB creates a continuous nightmare for Dodgers

He was there when Clayton Kershaw pitched seven perfect innings.

Los Angeles Times

Trevor Bauer may fight leave and try to return to Dodger Stadium on Sunday, sources say

LOS ANGELES — Could Trevor Bauer try to rejoin the Dodgers as soon as Sunday?

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