SACRAMENTO — California officials will allow people to attend Major League Baseball games and other outdoor sporting events, go to Disneyland, and watch live performances in limited capacities starting April 1. The rules announced Friday coincide with baseball’s opening day. The San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Angels, and Oakland Athletics...
Council Quickly Sets Saturday Meeting Over Threat to Fresno Grizzlies Status
It's Single-A ball or nothing for the Fresno Grizzlies, Major League Baseball has told the city. On Saturday, the Fresno City Council will hold an emergency meeting to discuss the matter in closed session. In a letter sent to city officials, MLB Deputy Commissioner Daniel Halem said the Fresno franchise...
Duke Study: One Mask Type Spreads COVID-19 Faster. Will MLB Take Note?
For months, the message has been pretty simple. Wear a mask to help stop the spread of COVID-19. Now, many months into the pandemic we have a clearer picture of which masks work and which actually spread the virus. Researchers at Duke University created a simple technique to analyze the...
Altuve Nicked by Pitch, Astros Stars Booed on Road vs Tigers
LAKELAND, Fla. — José Altuve insisted he tuned out the hecklers. He couldn't avoid a pitch that grazed him. “He was hit in the foot. That ain’t nothing, you know what I mean?” Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker said Monday after an 11-1 win over Detroit at half-empty Joker Marchant...
Max Muncy, Dodgers Agree to $26 Million, 3-Year Contract
LOS ANGELES — Infielder Max Muncy and the Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to a $26 million, three-year contract Thursday and avoided salary arbitration. Muncy gets a $4.5 million signing bonus, payable within 30 days of the deal's approval by Major League Baseball, and salaries of $1 million this year, $7.5...
MLB Proposal Would Drop Fresno Grizzlies to Single-A Cal League
Will Major League Baseball force the Fresno Grizzlies out of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League and down two notches to the California League? Listen to this article: Details have emerged of an MLB proposal to drastically alter its relationship with Minor League Baseball. These include eliminating 42 teams and others,...
Red Sox Manager Alex Cora Fired in Sign-Stealing Scandal
BOSTON — Alex Cora has already been identified as a ringleader in an illegal system of sign stealing when he was with the Houston Astros. The Red Sox didn't wait to see what punishment Major League Baseball might give him for possibly bringing a similar scheme with him to Boston....
Hinch, Luhnow Fired for Astros' Sign Stealing
HOUSTON — Astros manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow were fired Monday after the pair were suspended by Major League Baseball for the team's use of electronics for sign-stealing during Houston's run to the 2017 World Series title and again in the 2018 season. In U.S. sports' largest scandal since...
Larsen, Who Threw Only Perfect World Series Game, Dies at 90
NEW YORK — Don Larsen, the journeyman pitcher who reached the heights of baseball glory when he threw a perfect game in 1956 with the New York Yankees for the only no-hitter in World Series history, died Wednesday night. He was 90. He died of esophageal cancer while in hospice...
Mighty Bernie at Bat? Sanders Makes Pitch for Minor Leagues
BURLINGTON, Iowa — Take Bernie out to the ball game? Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate, is aggressively opposing a Major League Baseball plan to cut 42 minor league teams across the country after 2020. Among the targeted are the Vermont Lake Monsters, the Single-A affiliate of...