Articles filed under MLB
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This Date in BaseballJun 04, 2020 7:00 am - June 6 1918 - Casey Stengel, after being traded by Brooklyn in the offseason, made his return to Ebbets Field a memorable one. In his first at-bat, Stengel called time, ...
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MLB players reaffirm pay stance, no deal with teams in sightJun 04, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Baseball players reaffirmed their stance for full prorated pay, leaving a huge gap with teams that could scuttle plans to start the coronavirus-delayed s...
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This Date in BaseballJun 04, 2020 7:00 am - June 5 1911 - Boston's Smoky Joe Wood struck out three Chicago White Sox pinch hitters in the ninth to preserve a 5-4 win. 1915 - Philadelphia's Grover Cleveland Alexand...
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Gregor: A 50-game baseball season is an awful ideaJun 04, 2020 1:00 am - This is not 1994-95. Back then, I would put in a call to Mike LaValliere once a week. "Spanky" was the White Sox's backup catcher, and he was also the player representat...
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This Date in BaseballJun 03, 2020 7:00 am - June 4 1940 - The Pirates beat the Boston Bees 14-2 in the first night game at Pittsburgh's Forbes Field. 1940 - The St. Louis Cardinals play their first night game at S...
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Yomiuri Giants cancel practice game; 2 players test positiveJun 03, 2020 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Two players with Japan's most famous baseball team have tested positive for COVID-19. The Tokyo-based Yomiuri Giants called off a preseason game with the Se...
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MLB rejects 114-game schedule, threatens plan of about 50Jun 03, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - If Major League Baseball and its players take the field for a coronanvirus-delayed 2020 season, it will be after acrimonious negotiations that resemble t...
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Report: MLB owners say no to 114-game regular season with prorated payJun 03, 2020 1:00 am - On Wednesday, the NBA reportedly approved a plan for 22 teams to return from the coronavirus pandemic in July. Last week, the NHL announced a plan to return to the ice. ...
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This Date in BaseballJun 02, 2020 7:00 am - June 3 1918 - Dutch Leonard of the Boston Red Sox pitched his second no-hitter, blanking the Detroit Tigers 5-0. 1932 - Lou Gehrig became the first American League playe...
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Gregor: If baseball does come back, here's what it might look likeJun 02, 2020 1:00 am - There are two ways to look at major-league baseball returning for an abbreviated season. On the one hand, it's not that important given the nation's serious problems dea...