MLB
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This Date in Baseball
Apr 12, 2020 7:00 am - April 13 1914 - The first Federal League game was played in Baltimore and the Terrapins defeated Buffalo, 3-2, behind Jack Quinn. A crowd estimated at 27,000 stood 15 ro...
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Beckert, 4-time All-Star second baseman for Cubs, dies in FloridaApr 12, 2020 1:00 am - Glenn Beckert, a second baseman for the Cubs from 1965 to 1973 and a four-time All-Star, passed away in Florida Sunday morning at the age of 79. Often overshadowed by Ha...
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Rozner: Stone pitches for expansion in baseballApr 12, 2020 1:00 am - • Second in a series A billion here, a billion there and soon you're talking about real money. No joke, Everett Dirksen, but like every other business, baseball will be ...
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Former baseball stars come to life in old-school board gameApr 12, 2020 1:00 am - Imagine playing a baseball game with a lineup that includes Honus Wagner, Rickey Henderson, Alex Rodriguez, Ken Griffey Jr., Bill Madlock and Carl Yastrzemski. Randy Jo...
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This Date in Baseball
Apr 11, 2020 7:00 am - April 12 1906 - Johnny Bates of Boston became the first modern player to hit a home run in his first major league at bat. Irv Young allowed one hit as Boston beat Brookl...
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Baseball Way Back: Farmer remained working-class heroApr 11, 2020 1:00 am - In a commercial with booth partner Darrin Jackson, the late broadcaster Ed Farmer talked about his dream job, driving a Windy City Limousine. It was a joke, of course, b...
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Go Figure: Chicago baseball on Easter by the numbersApr 11, 2020 1:00 am - It's Easter Sunday. In a world without COVID-19, both Chicago baseball teams would have been playing home games and nearing the 10-percent mark of their 162-game regular...
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Baseball in May? More questions than answers on getting MLB startedApr 11, 2020 1:00 am - As we look back on what now passes for a newsy week in major league baseball, it would be wise to begin the review with some words from Los Angeles Dodgers president Sta...
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Correction: BBO--Virus Outbreak-South Korea story
Apr 10, 2020 7:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - With new cases of the coronavirus falling in South Korea, the country's baseball league is targeting an early May restart with teams ready to p...
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This Date in Baseball
Apr 10, 2020 7:00 am - April 11 1907 - New York catcher Roger Bresnahan appeared wearing shin guards for the first time in a major league game. 1912 - Rube Marquard of the New York Giants bega...