Articles filed under Baseball
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Baseball's comeback fact sheet: What the pandemic-shortened season will look likeJun 24, 2020 1:00 am - For weeks, which actually felt like years, major-league baseball was stuck in place. Owners submitted a financial proposal to launch an abbreviated season. Players rejec...
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Boomers' season canceled in Schaumburg, but baseball is on in RosemontJun 24, 2020 1:00 am - There will be no joy in Schaumburg from the Boomers baseball team in 2020, but fans can make the short drive to Rosemont to hear calls of "play ball" and the crack of th...
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Source: Masur to succeed the late Ed Farmer in Sox radio boothJun 24, 2020 1:00 am - This was supposed to be Ed Farmer's 29th year in the White Sox's radio booth. The season was halted by the coronavirus pandemic March 12, and Farmer passed away April 1 ...
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U of Cincinnati removing Marge Schott's name from stadiumJun 23, 2020 7:00 am - CINCINNATI (AP) - The University of Cincinnati is removing Marge Schott's name from its baseball stadium and a library archive in light of her racist comments while owne...
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Royals sign 6-man draft class, add 7 undrafted free agentsJun 23, 2020 7:00 am - KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Kansas City Royals brought their entire six-man draft class to town this week, signing them to their first professional contracts and giving ...
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This Date in BaseballJun 23, 2020 7:00 am - June 24 1936 - Rookie Joe DiMaggio hit two homers in the fifth inning and added two doubles in the New York Yankees' 18-4 victory over the St. Louis Browns. 1950 - Wes W...
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Ontario health officer says MLB has not submitted a planJun 23, 2020 7:00 am - TORONTO (AP) - Major League Baseball has not submitted the required plan to Canadian authorities that is needed for the Blue Jays to play in Toronto, Canadian officials ...
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Rozner: MLB sprinting toward the abyss once againJun 23, 2020 1:00 am - Major League Baseball could foul up a one-car parade. And it has done so once again. Experts often mistake MLB for baseball itself - and they are two very different thin...
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MLB plans 60-game slate, shortest since 1878, as union balksJun 22, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball plans to unilaterally issue a 60-game schedule for its shortest season since 1878 after the players' association rejected a negotia...
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This Date in BaseballJun 22, 2020 7:00 am - June 23 1917 - In baseball's greatest relief effort, Ernie Shore of the Boston Red Sox came in for Babe Ruth with nobody out and a man on first. The base runner was cut ...