Cuban two-way player Oscar Colas, who is seeking a path to the major leagues, has rejected the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks’ claims to his services, citing an invalid contract, his agents said Wednesday. Colas, a 21-year-old who burned up Japan’s Western League for the Hawks’ farm team last summer and homered […]
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Fans facing fewer COVID-19 restrictions when attending baseball games in Taiwan
Taiwan, New Taipei City – Taiwan’s Chinese Professional Baseball League is continuing to serve as a trailblazer for sports emerging from coronavirus-induced lockdowns. An easing of restrictions last weekend allows for more fans at Taiwanese ballparks, allows them to sit closer together and also consume food and drinks while they’re […]
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MLB players make offer for 89-game season with full prorated salaries
NEW YORK – Baseball players moved toward MLB on one front but remained far apart economically in their latest proposal for starting the pandemic-delayed season, adamant they receive full prorated salaries while offering to cut the regular season to 89 games. The proposal by the players’ association, given to MLB […]
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MLB considers expanding playoffs to 16 teams
New York – Major League Baseball made another try to start the coronavirus-delayed season in early July, proposing a 76-game regular season, expanding the playoffs from 10 teams to as many as 16 and allowing players to earn about 75 percent of their prorated salaries. Players have refused cuts beyond […]
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Seniors who missed out on Koshien to get dirt from ballpark
Nishinomiya, Hyogo Pref. – Baseball players in their final year of high school will be presented with dirt from Koshien Stadium as a memento after two national tournaments at the ballpark were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Hanshin Tigers and the stadium operator said Monday. The Tigers, who […]
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Theo Epstein says Cubs planning to create diversity committee
Chicago – The Chicago Cubs are creating a diversity committee to help improve the organization’s standards and practices. Owner Tom Ricketts and President of Business Operations Crane Kenney are leading the plans, according to President of Baseball Operations Theo Epstein. The recent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud […]
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MLB players say teams ‘depriving America of baseball games’
Players accused teams of « depriving America of baseball games” as part of a money fight set off by the coronavirus pandemic and raised the possibility baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred might push ahead with a shortened season over the union’s objection. Bruce Meyer, the union’s chief negotiator, sent a letter to […]
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MLB players reaffirm pay stance, no deal with teams in sight
New York – Baseball players reaffirmed their stance for full prorated pay, leaving a huge gap with teams that could scuttle plans to start the coronavirus-delayed season around the Fourth of July and may leave owners focusing on a schedule as short as 50 games. More than 100 players, including […]
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MLB rejects union’s proposal of 114-game schedule
New York – If Major League Baseball and its players take the field for a coronanvirus-delayed 2020 season, it will be after acrimonious negotiations that resemble their labor war of a generation ago. MLB rejected the players’ proposal for a 114-game regular season with no additional salary cuts, and will […]
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Reigning CL MVP Hayato Sakamoto one of two Giants players to test positive for COVID-19
Two Yomiuri Giants players have tested positive for the new coronavirus, the Central League team announced Wednesday, casting a shadow over Nippon Professional Baseball’s plan to start the 2020 season on June 19. Giants shortstop Hayato Sakamoto and catcher Takumi Oshiro are the first pro baseball players in Japan known […]