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Even if a single game isn't played this season, former Houston Astros manager A.J. Hinch and GM Jeff Luhnow will fulfill their one-year suspensions given by Major League Baseball for the team's illicit use of electronics to steal signs, according to an ESPN report. Hinch and Luhnow, who were later fired by owner Jim Crane, were handed suspensions in January following […]
MLB has been exploring ways to play as many games as possible in 2020 after losing a chunk of the season to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Extreme ideas have included a 140-game slate with lots of doubleheaders and playoffs extending into late autumn. A much more modest idea reached the rumor stage Wednesday. A source told Chicago sports […]
Shin-Soo Choo is looking out for the younger players in the Texas Rangers minor league system during this pandemic. The outfielder/designated hitter is giving each of the 190 minor league players in the Rangers' organization $1,000, Choo's agency, Scott Boras Corporation, confirmed to USA TODAY Sports. The story was first reported by Korean website Naver Sports. Choo […]
Sports reporter, Kansas City Star, 2002-09 Writer, Baseball, Baseball Prospectus Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus Member, Baseball Writers Association of America Member, Professional Basketball Writers Association Willie Mays was still finding himself as a player when he departed the New York Giants in late May of 1952. There was no doubt he’d already displayed one of […]
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball is extending its financial support to minor league players through May while suspending their contracts because of the new coronavirus pandemic. Minor league contracts have a provision allowing them to be suspended “during any national emergency.” MLB said Tuesday it had told the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, […]
It's safe to say Paul Lo Duca is not fond of Alex Rodriguez's rehabilitated image. The former New York Mets catcher called A-Rod "one of the fakest people" during an interview Monday on the WFAN Sports Radio. “People know I’m not a fan, and I’m sorry,” said Lo Duca. “Never will be a fan. I just think […]
On this day in 1992, Sammy Sosa still had dark skin. While the former slugger’s skin pigmentation has taken a turn for the obscure, this day in history hasn’t: because it was the day Sosa and reliever Ken Patterson were traded to the Cubs for George Bell. Sosa was signed as a high-schooler out of […]
MESA, Ariz. — Rachel Folden figured something out early on during her first spring training with the Chicago Cubs — long before the coronavirus pandemic wiped out team activities. None of the players care all that much that one of their coaches is a woman. As for the girls she encounters, they care very much […]
Senior writer of SweetSpot baseball blog Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 “The Rookie,” which airs on ESPN on Friday at 8 p.m. ET and is available on Disney+ anytime, tells the real-life story of Jim Morris, the former Tampa Bay Devil Rays reliever who went from being a high […]
It’s no secret that baseball players love video games, and what better video game for baseball players to play as they wait out the delayed start to the season than the newest version of “MLB The Show?” Spoiler: There is no better game, or so I’ve been told. Tonight, you can watch MLB take its […]