Baseball

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 […]

Taichung, Taiwan – Taiwan swung into a new baseball season on Sunday — with one team planning to place robot mannequins in its crowdless stands — as the island bucked the global trend for scrapping sports events during the coronavirus. Despite its proximity and trade links with China, Taiwan has […]

Seoul – With new cases of the coronavirus falling in South Korea, the country’s baseball league is targeting an early May restart with teams ready to play preseason exhibition games as early as April 21. On Wednesday, the country recorded 53 new infections, the third consecutive day that has seen […]

With Japan facing the threat of the coronavirus pandemic, a number of former baseball players from overseas have been hitting social media with public service messages for a country that captured their hearts. So far over 20 former players have posted videos online in coordination with the Japan Retired Foreign […]