Articles filed under Baseball
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Sydney Blue Sox release Manny Ramirez amid disjointed seasonJan 11, 2021 6:00 am - SYDNEY (AP) - Manny Ramirez has been released by the Sydney Blue Sox because of uncertainty over the Australian Baseball League season during the COVID-19 pandemic and a...
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Will spring training start on time? Baseball waiting for clarityJan 09, 2021 12:00 am - Spring training is just over a month away. Well, it usually it is. Like everything else in the age of COVID-19, nothing is certain in major-league baseball right now, an...
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Baseball Way Back: Raye-Stout the straw that stirs the drinkJan 09, 2021 12:00 am - Part 1 of 2 When Cheryl Raye-Stout produced Chet Coppock's sports talk show on WMAQ radio in the 1980s, he dubbed her "the straw that stirs the drink." Players and other...
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Schwarber signs one-year contract with NationalsJan 09, 2021 12:00 am - Not long after the Cubs non-tendered Kyle Schwarber in early December, manager David Ross was asked about the popular slugger. "Unfortunately for everybody, it didn't tu...
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Vignettes from life of Hall of Fame manager Tommy LasordaJan 08, 2021 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Vignettes from the life and career of Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda. He died Thursday at age 93. MOUND VISITS Pitcher Orel Hershiser, the 1988 Wo...
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Lasorda, fiery Hall of Fame Dodgers manager, dies at 93Jan 08, 2021 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Growing more and more frail, Tommy Lasorda looked on from a suite at Globe Life Field in Texas, watching as the Los Angeles Dodgers clinched the World...
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Is international help on the way for White Sox?Jan 08, 2021 12:00 am - The White Sox were competitive last season, finally. General manager Rick Hahn wants to keep it that way. "We feel the window is open and we are now going to be aggressi...
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Mega deal: Indians trade star Lindor, Carrasco to MetsJan 07, 2021 6:00 am - CLEVELAND (AP) - The Indians drafted and developed Francisco Lindor, who blossomed into an All-Star shortstop and one of baseball's best all-around players. Cleveland ch...
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Sugano fails to sign with major league team by deadlineJan 07, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Japanese star pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano failed to agree to a contract with a major league team by Thursday's 5 p.m. EST deadline. A right-hander who turned...
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Red Sox's Smith excited to be MLB's 1st Black female coachJan 07, 2021 6:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - Bianca Smith has always wanted to work in baseball. And for years she followed a path she hoped might set her up to be a major league general manager. Inst...