Baseball

As monuments, statues and memorials around the world come under increased scrutiny, some former Most Valuable Players in Major League Baseball are saying they’d like to see a change in future MVP plaques.

Major League Baseball says a team will not specifically announce a COVID-19 injured list placement for a player who is removed from the club after testing positive, just an IL trip

Players like Rockies outfielder Ian Desmond and Nationals slugger Ryan Zimmerman say they’re opting out of the upcoming 60-game season.

Former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama are among those who are tipping their caps in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Negro Leagues.

Major League Baseball will return in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The season will be shorter and have some new rules to account for the coronavirus and a shorter season.

Major League Baseball appears headed to its shortest season since the 1870s

Major league teams have released hundreds of young players with the minor league season in doubt due to the coronavirus pandemic

During the off-season the Padres brought back the brown, much to the delight of the majority of the San Diego baseball fan base. To celebrate, San Diego-based distillery Cutwater Spirits produced a new brown and yellow Padres-themed Vodka Mule can, complete with the pinstripes.

Youth sports organizers are faced with the question of when to return to play as parts of the country begin to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic.

AP source: MLB owners approve giving players’ union plan to start season around Fourth of July in ballparks without fans

A pair of fans in New York sued Major League Baseball, Commissioner Rob Manfred and the 30 teams, asking for their money back for tickets and for certification of class-action status.

Professional baseball season has begun in Taiwan but with no fans. To help prevent the spread of coronavirus, the games are being played in empty stadiums with cardboard cut-outs of fans.

Eric Byrnes spent 11 years in the Major Leagues as an outfielder. He was known as one of the more energetic players in the game. So when his playing career ended Byrnes needed a way to stay active. His next passion came about the way so many life-changing endeavors do. “On a dare I got challenged to go do a…

Adrian and Betsy Gonzalez graduated from Eastlake High School in the year 2000 and have been together ever since. After Adrian’s 15-year playing career … including five with his home town Padres that put him 2nd on the franchise’s all-time home runs list … Betsy started Mia Becar, a luxury shoe brand. That work takes her often to Italy, which…