ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Big league managers say Major League Baseball instructed them to prepare for spring training to start on time in mid-February despite uncertainty around the coronavirus. Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash said Wednesday that officials from the commissioner's office had a meeting with managers Tuesday and...
City Slashes Stadium Rent for Fresno Grizzlies. Is Facility Delivering on Promises?
Even though the Fresno City Council unanimously approved changing the terms of the Chukchansi Park lease with the Fresno Grizzlies, the discussion centered around priorities of city spending. With the 7-0 vote, major changes include reducing the team's yearly rent from $500,000 to $100,000 and sharing naming revenue for the park...
Confirmed: Grizzlies Will Move to Cal League in Deal with Major League Baseball
The Grizzlies will continue as a minor league club for a Major League Baseball team, but it took a proverbial walk-off homer in extra innings to make it happen. MLB announced its invitations for licensees (the new term for Player Developments Contracts) Wednesday. Fresno will be the Low Single-A team...
Minor Speculation Has Grizzlies Moving to Cal League. Will Attendance Take a Hit?
There will be Fresno Grizzlies baseball in 2021. If there is minor league baseball. The latter may be conditional on the course coronavirus pandemic and the minors return next season after being wiped out in 2020. Nothing has been determined in about the structure Minor League Baseball and what type...
Grizzlies And Its Possible New League Could Be Demoted in New Baseball
[aggregation-styles] Ballpark Digest It’s crunch time in the takeover of MiLB by MLB, with sweeping changes to Class A leagues, unresolved transitions for the Pioneer and NY-Penn Leagues, and plenty of new affiliations—but still no final list of the 120 teams comprising the future of Minor League Baseball. It’s never...
Fitting Finale: Dodgers Win Title, Turner Tests Positive
ARLINGTON, Texas — No large dogpile, no champagne and a mask on nearly every face — the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrated their first World Series title since 1988 in a manner no one could have imagined prior to the coronavirus pandemic. They started the party without Justin Turner, too, after...
2 Giants-Seattle Games off Due To Smoky Skies, Moved To SF
SEATTLE — The two-game series between the San Francisco Giants and the Mariners in Seattle that was scheduled to start Tuesday night was postponed because of smoky skies caused by the West Coast wildfires. The teams will now play Wednesday and Thursday at Oracle Park in San Francisco, with game...
Single Site for World Series This Year, First Time Since 1944
NEW YORK — The World Series will be played entirely at the Texas Rangers’ new ballpark in Arlington, Texas, as part of a bubble agreement between Major League Baseball and the players’ association, the first time the sport’s championship will be played entirely at one site since 1944. As part...
Dickerson Homers 3 Times, Giants Win Big Over Rockies, 23-5
DENVER — Alex Dickerson hit three home runs and matched a career high with six RBIs, highlighting one of the biggest offensive shows ever at Coors Field as the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 23-5 on Tuesday night. “That’s by far the best game I’ve ever had in...
Pham, Padres Use Big Six-Run 10th for 12-7 Win Over Giants
SAN FRANCISCO — Tommy Pham hit a go-ahead single in the 10th inning after Trent Grisham began at second base under baseball’s new extra-innings rule, and the San Diego Padres beat the San Francisco Giants 12-7 on Thursday night. Pinch-hitter Greg Garcia added a key two-run single against Tyler Rogers...