The Yokohama BayStars on Saturday became the second NPB team to halt mass balloon launches at their games during spring training due to concerns about the current coronavirus outbreak. The BayStars banned the mass balloon launches, a custom fans of many of NPB’s 12 clubs participate in during the seventh […]
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Ichiro Suzuki receives qualification to teach amateurs
Former major league star Ichiro Suzuki moved a step closer to achieving his goal of bridging the gap between Japan’s professional and amateur baseball worlds on Friday. He was among 94 former professional baseball players and coaches who became qualified to train amateur ballplayers, according to the Japan Student Baseball […]
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Tigers fans asked to abort balloon launches due to coronavirus threat
GINOZA, OKINAWA PREF. – The traditional jet balloon launches by fans of the Hanshin Tigers may fall victim to the current coronavirus outbreak after the team asked fans on Friday to refrain from the practice. For decades, fans of the popular NPB club have inflated the long cylindrical balloons prior […]
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Rose cites steroids, Astros in latest plea for reinstatement
ORLANDO, FLORIDA – Pete Rose again asked Major League Baseball to end his lifetime ban, saying the penalty is unfair compared with discipline for steroids use and electronic sign stealing. Rose’s lawyers submitted the application Wednesday to baseball commissioner Rob Manfred, who in December 2015 denied the previous request by […]
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Dodgers to sign Mookie Betts from Red Sox, send Kenta Maeda to Twins in megatrade: sources
BOSTON – Banking on Mookie Betts to be the missing piece in their World Series pursuit, the Los Angeles Dodgers finally pulled off a blockbluster deal with the cost-cutting Red Sox. Boston agreed to trade the 2018 AL MVP to the Dodgers on Tuesday night, according to two people with […]
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Astros hire Rays executive James Click as new general manager
HOUSTON – The Houston Astros hired James Click as their new general manager Monday, taking the Tampa Bay Rays executive and putting him in charge of the scandal-ridden team a week before the start of spring training. Click succeeds Jeff Luhnow, who along with manager AJ Hinch was suspended by […]
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Curtis Granderson retires after 16 seasons
MIAMI – Three-time All-Star outfielder Curtis Granderson announced his retirement Friday after 16 seasons in the major leagues. Granderson played for seven teams. He was an All-Star for the Detroit Tigers in 2009, and for the New York Yankees in 2011 and 2012. In 2011, he led the majors with […]
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Veteran reliever Yoshihisa Hirano agrees to deal with Mariners
SEATTLE – The Mariners added a veteran arm to their bullpen Thursday, agreeing to a $1.6 million, one-year contract with Yoshihisa Hirano. Seattle also agreed to a minor league contract with left-hander Chen Wei-yin, a deal subject to a successful physical. Hirano has spent the past two seasons with the […]
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Dusty Baker replaces AJ Hinch as Astros manager
HOUSTON – Dusty Baker has been hired to replace AJ Hinch as the manager of the Houston Astros. The team announced the hiring on Wednesday and said Baker will be introduced in Houston on Thursday. The 70-year-old became the oldest manager in the big leagues. Hinch was fired Jan. 13 […]
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Nick Castellanos signs four-year deal with Reds
CINCINNATI – Free agent outfielder Nick Castellanos has signed a $64 million, four-year deal with the Cincinnati Reds on Monday. It was Cincinnati’s latest big-money move to emerge from years of losing. The deal allows Castellanos to opt out and become a free agent after the 2020 or 2021 seasons. […]