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MLB champ Astros lose Altuve for two months after surgery

Miami (AFP) - Reigning Major League Baseball champion Houston likely will be without second baseman Jose Altuve for two months after he underwent surgery on his fractured right thumb on Wednesday.

AFP

MLB clarifies rule changes as season openers loom

New York (AFP) - Major League Baseball issued a memo Wednesday to clarify rule changes that have shaved the average time of pre-season games by 25 minutes ahead of next week's 2023 season openers.

AFP

Regional Sports Networks Are In Trouble But How Did They Get There?

Billions of dollars are owed and nut the money is not there to pay the bills

Zenger

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MLB updates rules on the pitch clock

Major League Baseball will allow umpires to delay the start of the pitch clock after big swings in which a hitter loses footing or when a pitcher covers first base, third or home, in addition to other clarifications.

Chicago Sun-Times

Friday Night Baseball to resume on Apple TV throughout 2023 MLB regular season

After the success of the MLS' partnership with Apple TV, Major League Baseball are hoping for a similar boost - and the return of Friday Night Baseball is part of the plan.

Daily Mirror

'He has changed my life completely.' What it's like covering Shohei Ohtani.

Naoyuki Yanagihara's life mostly revolves around Shohei Ohtani.

Los Angeles Times

Enjoy the Most Wholesome Celebration You’ll Ever See

You won't see anything better on the internet today than these classmates going wild.

Sports Illustrated

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Cuban catcher defects in Miami after World Baseball Classic game

MIAMI — Just hours after playing in the World Baseball Classic in Miami, Cuba’s national baseball team took an early-morning flight back to the island on Monday — a quick return home in line with the Cuban government’s desire to prevent defections by its athletes.

Miami Herald

Japan’s Roki Sasaki might be the best pitcher in the world. But when will he arrive in MLB?

It could be a long time.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Longtime Universal TV Exec Steve Rosenberg Out as President of Diamond Sports Group

Bankrupt operator of the Bally Sports regional sports networks sheds another Sinclair-appointed exec as it tries to get right with Major League Baseball

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David Murphy: Edwin Díaz’s injury has people questioning the World Baseball Classic. But there is an answer.

CLEARWATER, Fla. — How did you spend your Wednesday night? I spent mine counting the number of Colombian baseball players I could name while sitting at a bar that shares a parking lot with a Shell station and a laundromat. This was a few miles from the Tampa airport, near…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Patrick Reusse: World Baseball Classic swings mightily — and it’s a big miss

The Twins' Dustin Morse was again serving as the press officer for the team titled "Netherlands'' in the World Baseball Classic. This is a euphemism for the Lesser Antilles islands in the Caribbean that are still associated with the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Tribune News Service

Major sports broadcaster files for bankruptcy in huge blow for MLB, NBA, NHL

Diamond Sports Group has filed for bankruptcy just days before they were set to broadcast a large part of the Major League Baseball season, but they're committed to work though it

Daily Mirror

Sinclair’s regional sports unit files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Sinclair Broadcast Group’s big bet on regional professional sports veered into Bankruptcy Court on Tuesday as the company’s unit that broadcasts local games filed for Chapter 11 protection.

Los Angeles Times

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Tribune News Service

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred at core of Orioles’ and Nationals’ MASN arguments in New York’s highest court

BALTIMORE — The nearest baseball field to the New York Court of Appeals is a sandlot that will soon host a youth league, ages 4 to 6. But inside the Albany, N.Y., courthouse Tuesday, Big Baseball was taking place.

Los Angeles Times

Former Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer reportedly signs with Japanese team

Trevor Bauer, effectively exiled from Major League Baseball after his suspension for violating the league's sexual assault policy expired, has reportedly agreed to play in Japan.

Tribune News Service

Mac Engel: An 11-year-old breaks down exactly why MLB had to put in rules changes purists hate

FORT WORTH, Texas — The purists who loathe the MLB’s changes to baseball need to turn down George Will, or nearly all ex-players, and listen to a kid.

Chicago Tribune

Mike Clevinger ‘just trying to move forward’ after MLB ruling that the Chicago White Sox starter won’t face discipline

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Speaking publicly for the first time since Sunday’s announcement, Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Mike Clevinger called Major League Baseball’s ruling that he won’t face discipline “a weight lifted.”

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Bob Costas on His Performance Calling Last Year’s Playoffs: ‘I Was Off My Game’

TBS’ Costas opens up about much-criticized call during Yankees-Guardians series.

Chicago Tribune

MLB won’t impose discipline on Mike Clevinger, closing its investigation of allegations against the Chicago White Sox pitcher

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Major League Baseball will not impose discipline on Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Mike Clevinger in connection with allegations of domestic violence and child abuse, the commissioner’s office announced Sunday.

Chicago Sun-Times

White Sox’ Mike Clevinger will not face discipline from MLB

“I had nothing to hide and cooperated fully with MLB,” Clevinger says.

Tribune News Service

Former A’s great Jason Giambi favors team’s move to Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS — The debate about the future home of the Oakland Athletics was on full display Saturday as the A’s lost, 10-9, to the Cincinnati Reds in the first game of Big League Weekend at Las Vegas Ballpark.

Chicago Sun-Times

Love is in the air because of Major League Baseball’s new pitch clock

The innovation will bring more excitement to a game in dire need of it.

Sports Illustrated

Stephen A. Smith Causes a Stir for the Dumbest Reason

People are upset because he isn’t an NHL fan.

Daily Mirror

Harry Brook swaps 'Bazball' for baseball as England star joins MLB training before Ashes

England star Harry Brook will join Major League Baseball side St Louis Cardinals at their spring training camp in Florida where he will swap sports and attempt to smash some home runs

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