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New York Yankees skipper Aaron Boone said he is « encouraged » by slugger Aaron Judge’s recovery from a broken rib. During an interview Tuesday with MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM, Boone said the sports hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has given Judge time to heal. « This time down has allowed […]

Taipei – Taiwan will start allowing baseball fans back into stadiums this week as the government begins relaxing some controls implemented to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the health minister said on Wednesday. Taiwan has been relatively successful at controlling the virus, with 439 cases to date and six […]

New York – The season began with Fernandomania and ended with a classic World Series matchup between the Dodgers and Yankees. Mike Schmidt slugged his way to a second consecutive MVP, and Nolan Ryan pitched another no-hitter. But perhaps the best way to describe baseball in 1981 is by recounting […]

Seoul – Cheerleaders danced beneath rows of empty seats and umpires wore protective masks as a new baseball season began in South Korea. After a weeks-long delay because of the coronavirus pandemic, a hushed atmosphere allowed sounds like the ball hitting the catcher’s mitt and the crack of bats connecting […]

Bristol, Connecticut – ESPN will begin airing six regular-season games per week from South Korea’s Korea Baseball Organization. The agreement with Eclat Media Group was announced Monday, the day before the league is scheduled to open its season. The first game featuring the NC Dinos taking on the Samsung Lions […]

Matt Keough, who won 45 games for the Central League’s Hanshin Tigers from 1987-89 and whose father also played professionally in Japan, has died at the age of 64, MLB’s Oakland Athletics said Saturday. Keough, a special assistant with Oakland, was a member of the American League club’s formidable starting […]

With Major League Baseball’s regular season in limbo, Japan’s major leaguers are riding out the coronavirus pandemic, waiting for word on when and how they will be able to play ball once again. If any single player can be said to benefit from the layoff, in which players have been […]

Williamsport, Pennsylvania – This year’s Little League World Series and the championship tournaments in six other Little League divisions have been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. Little League President Stephen Keener announced the cancellations in a Facebook Live broadcast Thursday afternoon from league headquarters in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, saying it […]

Pitcher Carter Stewart, last season’s history-making signing for the Pacific League’s Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, is learning to make the most of his eye-opening opportunity to play in Japan while dealing with the constraints imposed by the coronavirus pandemic. In a joint interview with Kyodo News and the Japan Baseball Weekly […]

New York – Major League Baseball is exploring various options that could allow the season to start if the medical situation allows, including a plan in which the 30 teams could be split into three regional divisions. Among the formats is one in which teams could be restricted to playing […]