GOP’s Baseball Antitrust Exemption Bill May Disrupt MLB Labor Talks
In the latest attempt to end Major League Baseball’s historical exemption from federal antitrust law, Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-South Carolina) introduced a bill on Wednesday…
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Nationals Still Tumbling Down From 2019 World Series Peak
Nothing has gone right for the Washington Nationals since winning the 2019 World Series. Bad enough that they collapsed last year under the strains of a season…
Musgrove Breaks Padres Record No-Hitter Drought as Club Rebound Continues
For 41 years, Ted Leitner was an anchor play-by-play man on San Diego Padres radio broadcasts. Through all those seemingly endless seasons, he never was able to call a…
Francisco Lindor’s $43.3 Million 2021 Payday Sets One-Year MLB Record
It’s official. After agreeing to contract terms just ahead of Opening Day, the New York Mets and star shortstop Francisco Lindor put pen to paper this week to complete…
MLB’s Antitrust Exemption Explained as Revocation Bill Looms
In response to Major League Baseball moving the 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta to Denver on account of a new election law in Georgia, several members of Congress have…
Denver to Host All-Star Game as MLB Moves Without Player Polling
Major League Baseball has moved the annual All-Star Game to Denver after removing the Mid-Summer Classic this year from Atlanta because of changes to voter registration…
Baseball Staggers Out of the Gate Amid Snow, Rain and More COVID
Major League Baseball returned to a 162-game season Thursday that officially began in New York at 1:10 p.m. ET with a game the Yankees lost to the Toronto Blue Jays in…
MLB’s 2021 Agenda: Find Fans, Avoid COVID and Labor Strife
With Major League Baseball openers scheduled Thursday from Yankee Stadium in New York to Petco Park in San Diego, the game faces myriad complications. Coming off a…
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A’s Ballpark Project Heading Toward Oakland City Council Approval
The Oakland A’s are heading down the homestretch in their pursuit of building a new stadium and ballpark village at the Howard Terminal site on the San Francisco Bay…
Mets, Yankees to Open Season at 20% Capacity in New York
With vaccinations increasing and the rate of the coronavirus spread at least leveling off, the Yankees and Mets will open the regular season at 20% capacity in their…
Minor Leagues Seek Distressed Oaktree Loans to Meet New MLB Terms
For the first time, there are numbers attached to the amount of money lost in 2020 by minor league baseball, and it’s going to take a lot of ticket and hot dog sales to…
Baseball Faces Permanent Changes a Year After COVID Shutdown
Kim Ng was still working for Major League Baseball this time last year, when the coronavirus became so acute in the U.S. that major professional sports leagues began to…
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