The insular relationships that protected Shohei Ohtani — until they didn’t
Someone always wanted something from Shohei Ohtani. An autographed baseball. A special meeting on the field. But often during his ...
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Cardinals’ celebration ‘definitely not a political statement,’ player says
St. Louis Cardinals designated hitter Matt Carpenter addressed online speculation regarding his team’s recent celebration, stating multiple times that the ...
MLB midseason awards: MVP and LVP, Cy Young and Cy Yuk, top rookies and more
We interrupt your mid-July search for your favorite tube of sunscreen for this important announcement: Somehow or other, the All-Star ...
Statcast at 10: From MLB’s secret project to inescapable part of modern baseball
By Stephen J. Nesbitt, Rustin Dodd and Eno SarrisThe email landed in Cláudio Silva’s inbox on the evening of Dec. ...
Five years after Tyler Skaggs’ death, his loved ones’ grief remains raw
LOS ANGELES — Without even noticing, Debbie Skaggs, the mother of the late Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, slips into the ...
Where did all the Latin American starting pitchers go?
The best Latin American starting pitcher in baseball signed out of Venezuela for just $25,000. He never ranked as a ...
Fifty years later, the chaos of Cleveland’s 10-Cent Beer Night still shocks
There were streakers, kissers and wannabe prize fighters. There were arrests, threats and flying chairs. There were bruises, there was ...
The long climb back for Fernando Tatis, Jr., once the next ‘face of baseball’
On May 20 in Atlanta, in the evening game of a doubleheader, Fernando Tatis, Jr. sped 84 feet across the ...
Does lightning-rod umpire Angel Hernandez deserve his villainous reputation?
Standing at second base, Adam Rosales knew. So did the fans watching on TV and the ticket holders in the ...
Could MLB nationalize its media rights? Why some clubs are pushing to end local TV deals
Sixty years ago, baseball commissioner Ford Frick received a telegram from a Wisconsin congressman. Rep. Henry Reuss was worried the ...
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