Baseball
MLB is having a tougher time returning than NBA, NHL. What's baseball's problem?
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Monday, 01 June 2020 05:48
The seasons of three of the top four American team sports were thrown into uncertain stasis by the coronavirus pandemic, a stunning turn of events that we've been dealing with for 2½ months now. As the weeks have passed and the country has ever-so-tentatively begun to reopen, Major League Baseball, the NHL and the NBA have all waded into the…
MLBPA proposes 114-game season, sources say
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Sunday, 31 May 2020 21:30
The Major League Baseball Players Association delivered a return-to-play proposal to MLB on Sunday that includes a 114-game season, deferred salaries in the event of a canceled postseason and the option for all players to opt out of a potential 2020 season due to coronavirus concerns, sources familiar with the details told ESPN.The proposal, which was the first from the…
Sources: Price to give LAD minor leaguers $1K
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Friday, 29 May 2020 12:46
David Price has yet to throw an official pitch for the Los Angeles Dodgers, but he has already made a profound impact throughout the organization.The All-Star left-hander will give each minor league player who is not on the Dodgers' 40-man roster $1,000 for the month of June, sources confirmed to ESPN. The act of generosity will impact just over 200…
How Tippy Martinez once picked off the side
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Sunday, 31 May 2020 07:29
You love baseball. Tim Kurkjian loves baseball. So while we await its return, every day we'll provide you with a story or two tied to this date in baseball history.ON THIS DATE IN 1950, Tippy Martinez was born.Martinez was a very good reliever; he had a 3.45 ERA and 115 saves in 546 games. He won a ring with the…
Olney: It's not just the 2020 season at stake, but the future of MLB
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Sunday, 31 May 2020 08:01
Many of the folks inside baseball but outside of the Zoom labor negotiations assume that, eventually, cooler heads will prevail in the talks between the owners and the players' union. Because they have to -- right?Because the alternative -- no attempted restart of baseball in 2020 because of a failure of the two sides to agree to terms -- bears…
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