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MLB Opening Day 2021 to start with Yankees-Jays, Tigers-Indians
Nation World
MLB renews 7-inning doubleheaders, runners on 2nd in extras
The deal did not include last year’s experimental rule to extend the designated hitter to the National League or expanded playoffs.
Nation World
AP source: MLB slightly deadening ball amid home run surge
A record 6,776 homers were hit during the 2019 regular season, and the rate of home runs fell only slightly during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season.
Nation World
ESPN baseball reporter Pedro Gomez dies at 58, network says
Gomez covered baseball for 35 years and had been with ESPN since 2003.
Nation World
MLB season to start on time after union rejects delay
The season will start April 1 and MLB will plan to play a full 162-game schedule.
Nation World
MLB proposes delaying start to April 28, cut to 154 games
The MLB plan would cut the regular season from 162 games to 154 for each team. Also, the playoffs would be expanded from 10 teams to 14.
Nation World
Baseball Hall of Fame elects no players for Class of 2021
Curt Schilling, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were among the closest to being elected, but fell short of the 75% needed for induction.
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Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron dies
The Atlanta Braves announced his death Friday morning.
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Watch the moment Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth's home run record
It was a magical night in 1974.
Nation World
Tommy Lasorda, Hall of Fame Dodgers manager, dies
The Dodgers said in a statement that Lasorda suffered from "a sudden cardiopulmonary arrest in his home." He was taken to a local hospital where he died.
Nation World
MLB reclassifies Negro Leagues as major league
The league said it was “correcting a longtime oversight in the game's history” by elevating the Negro Leagues on the centennial of its founding.
Mlb
'It is time to move forward': Cleveland Indians officially begin process to change team name
The club will still be called the Indians while they search for a new identity.
Nation World
MLB renews 7-inning doubleheaders, runners on 2nd in extras
The deal did not include last year’s experimental rule to extend the designated hitter to the National League or expanded playoffs.
Nation World
AP source: MLB slightly deadening ball amid home run surge
A record 6,776 homers were hit during the 2019 regular season, and the rate of home runs fell only slightly during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season.
Nation World
ESPN baseball reporter Pedro Gomez dies at 58, network says
Gomez covered baseball for 35 years and had been with ESPN since 2003.
Nation World
MLB season to start on time after union rejects delay
The season will start April 1 and MLB will plan to play a full 162-game schedule.
Nation World
MLB proposes delaying start to April 28, cut to 154 games
The MLB plan would cut the regular season from 162 games to 154 for each team. Also, the playoffs would be expanded from 10 teams to 14.
Nation World
Baseball Hall of Fame elects no players for Class of 2021
Curt Schilling, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were among the closest to being elected, but fell short of the 75% needed for induction.
Mlb
Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron dies
The Atlanta Braves announced his death Friday morning.
Sports
Watch the moment Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth's home run record
It was a magical night in 1974.
Nation World
Tommy Lasorda, Hall of Fame Dodgers manager, dies
The Dodgers said in a statement that Lasorda suffered from "a sudden cardiopulmonary arrest in his home." He was taken to a local hospital where he died.
Nation World
MLB reclassifies Negro Leagues as major league
The league said it was “correcting a longtime oversight in the game's history” by elevating the Negro Leagues on the centennial of its founding.
Mlb
'It is time to move forward': Cleveland Indians officially begin process to change team name
The club will still be called the Indians while they search for a new identity.
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