MLB September 2, 2019 MLB batters set monthly HR record for 3rd time in 2019 Major league batters broke the monthly home run record for the third time this year and are on pace to shatter the season mark with weeks to spare, part of a season in which strikeouts also are occurring at an unprecedented rate.
MLB August 30, 2019 Wally Backman, former Mets great, arrested in New York: police Former New York Mets great Wally Backman was arrested in New York, police said Friday.
MLB August 13, 2019 On deck: 2020 baseball gets early jump with March 26 openers Major League Baseball will open its 2020 season March 26, its earliest start other than international games. The schedule also features a late April series in Puerto Rico between the New York Mets and Miami Marlins.
MLB August 4, 2019 Astros pitchers combine for no-hitter -- with Nolan Ryan there to see it Aaron Sanchez looked like a reinvented pitcher in his Houston debut, throwing six stellar innings to start the Astros on a combined no-hitter Saturday night in their 9-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners.
MLB July 8, 2019 Omar Vizquel shows off quick hands during MLB All-Star Futures Game If 11-time Gold Glove Award winner Omar Vizquel isn’t in the Baseball Hall of Fame, he showed Sunday that his hands at the very least should get a crack at it.
MLB June 16, 2019 Yankees add AL home run leader Edwin Encarnación after trade with Mariners The New York Yankees acquired AL home run leader Edwin Encarnación in a trade with the Seattle Mariners on Saturday night, adding another feared slugger to what could be baseball's most powerful lineup when Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton return from injuries.
Seattle Mariners June 8, 2019 Seattle Mariners' Mitch Haniger suffers ruptured testicle after foul ball to groin Seattle Mariners outfielder Mitch Haniger underwent surgery Friday after a foul ball to the groin resulted in a ruptured testicle.
MLB May 10, 2019 ‘Trump 2020’ banner unfurled at Boston’s Fenway Park – then quickly ripped down Members of baseball’s world champions, the Boston Red Sox, were less than unanimous on accepting President Trump’s invitation to the White House this week. On Friday night, mixed reactions to the president were on display at Fenway Park as well.
MLB May 10, 2019 Seattle Mariners' Dee Gordon expresses frustration over getting hit by pitch: 'I've got a family' Seattle Mariners second baseman Dee Gordon ripped New York Yankees pitcher JA Happ after leaving the game early before Thursday night’s loss.
MLB March 29, 2019 John Wetteland, former World Series MVP, indicted on child sex charges Former World Series MVP John Wetteland was indicted Thursday on “three charges of aggravated sexual assault of a child.”
MLB March 21, 2019 Ichiro Suzuki gets standing ovation as he walks off baseball field for the final time Ichiro Suzuki on Thursday walked off the Tokyo Dome field to a standing ovation as he left what is thought to be the final game of his major league career.