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Los Angeles Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani voiced his support on Friday for health care workers in his homeland who are battling the coronavirus. “I’m sure it’s hard for everyone. But many people including the healthcare workers are working hard right now to solve this,” Ohtani said in a statement […]

Nishinomiya, Hyogo Pref. – The Hanshin Tigers have donated 4,500 rain ponchos to the city of Osaka for use as emergency protective gear in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic the club revealed on Friday. Facing a shortage of protective clothing for health care workers battling the highly infectious and […]

Nippon Professional Baseball will not host interleague contests this season with the start of the campaign still delayed due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, the circuit announced in an online news conference on Friday. The league came to the conclusion after a teleconference with representatives of all 12 clubs earlier […]

Los Angeles – Mike Trout has major concerns about the possibility of players being quarantined if the MLB season moves forward once the coronavirus outbreak slows. The Los Angeles Angels superstar told NBC Sports Network on Wednesday that the idea of being confined to hotels and ballparks is « pretty crazy. » […]

Baseball is back — at least in Taiwan. Perhaps in South Korea, too, pretty soon. In Japan, though, the wait continues. While the rest of the sports world is mostly at a standstill because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Chinese Professional Baseball League and Korea Baseball Organization are taking a […]

Fort Lauderdale, Florida – Baseball Hall of Famer Roy Halladay had high-levels of amphetamines in his system and was doing extreme acrobatics when he lost control of his small plane and nosedived into the Gulf of Mexico in 2017, killing him, a National Transportation Safety Board report issued Wednesday said. […]

New York – Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker celebrated Jackie Robinson’s legacy on the 73rd anniversary of the fall of the major league color barrier and lamented the lack of African Americans in today’s game. « It’s frustrating because we’ve talked about it forever … but it seems like the numbers […]

New York – Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey says his state is willing to host all 30 major league teams if public health concerns allow it, which could lead to the start of the baseball season primarily in empty spring training ballparks. MLB and the players’ association have had preliminary discussion […]

New York – Hank Steinbrenner, the oldest son of George Steinbrenner and one of the four siblings who own the controlling shares of the New York Yankees, died Tuesday at age 63. The team said he died at home in Clearwater, Florida, due to a long-standing health issue. A chain […]

Miami – Marlins manager Don Mattingly and his team are coping with being in limbo as the coronavirus pandemic continues to create uncertainty in the world of professional sports and for many other businesses. Mattingly has grown out a bushy light gray beard in the month since Major League Baseball […]