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September 15, 2020

MLB's Rob Manfred aims to have fans in attendance at World Series, LCS: report

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred is optimistic that baseball fans will be able to attend the sport’s biggest platform later this month after a shortened regular season saw empty stadiums across the U.S.

September 15, 2020

Hard ball: COVID-19 slams Cleveland's baseball bars, clubs

No band has plugged its guitars into the amplifiers on Wilbert's stage since mid-March, and there's usually an open bar stool or three these days at the music joint just a long relay throw outside the outfield walls of Progressive Field.

September 15, 2020

World Series at Arlington, first time at one site since 1944

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

July 29, 2020

John McNamara, manager of Red Sox in 1986 World Series, dead at 88

John McNamara, who managed the Boston Red Sox to within one strike of a World Series victory in 1986 before the team's unprecedented collapse, has died. He was 88.

July 23, 2020

MLB, players agree to expand playoffs to 16 teams

Major League Baseball and the players’ union agreed Thursday to expand the playoffs from 10 teams to 16 for the pandemic-delayed season, a person familiar with the deal said, a decision that makes it likely teams with losing records will reach the postseason.

February 23, 2020

Former MLB player Aubrey Huff explains World Series reunion snub: 'It was all about President Trump'

Former MLB player Aubrey Huff shared his take Saturday night on why his former team, the San Francisco Giants, snubbed him from a reunion of their 2010 World Series team, being planned for this coming baseball season.

February 19, 2020

Jim Gray slams MLB's 'ridiculous' response to Astros sign-stealing scandal, calls for player suspensions

Veteran sportscaster and Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ contributor Jim Gray slammed the Major League Baseball (MLB) organization's "ridiculous" response to the Houston Astros' sign-stealing scandal on Wednesday and called for players' suspensions. 

February 19, 2020

Aaron Judge: Astros should be stripped of 2017 title, players punished by commissioner

Anger surrounding the Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal hasn’t abated. New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge is the latest player to criticize the 2017 World Series winners, saying Houston should be stripped of its title and the offending players should be punished, according to reports.

January 16, 2020

LA City Council may ask MLB to declare Dodgers 2017, 2018 champs following Astros, Red Sox cheating probes

The Los Angeles Dodgers lost consecutive World Series titles to teams now linked to cheating scandals – so L.A. city officials may be going to bat for the hometown team.

November 2, 2019

World Series MVP Stephen Strasburg opts to be free agent: reports

On the same day the Washington Nationals celebrated their World Series triumph with a victory parade in D.C., their fans learned that Series MVP pitcher Stephen Strasburg may be heading out of town.