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The Latest Breaking News from Major League Baseball

Bill Shaikin: Is Major League Baseball really dying? Survey says: No.

You might have heard this before: Baseball is dying.

Los Angeles Times

Rats, No Warm Water, Food Issues: NFL Player Survey Reveals Work Conditions for Each Team

NFL teams get graded on facilities, work conditions in new player survey.

Sports Illustrated

MLB could take over local broadcasts for 17 teams

The Cubs and White Sox would not be affected by any broadcast reshuffling.

Chicago Sun-Times

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MLB sets up local media group, could broadcast 17 teams

Major League Baseball has added three executives to its new local media department as it prepares for a possible takeover of local broadcasts for 17 teams amid the financial deterioration of the Bally and AT&T SportsNet regional sports networks

The Independent UK

Dieter Kurtenbach: I love baseball’s new pitch clock, which is already changing the sport for the better

There is a tell-tale rhythm to broadcasting a baseball game. The downtimes between pitches and at-bats are opportunities to opine, inform, or tell stories, as the greats have done.

Tribune News Service

Tim Cowlishaw: With pitch clocks here to stay, Rangers must embrace MLB’s new, fast-paced game

GOODYEAR, Ariz. — The pitch clock has arrived in Major League Baseball. It’s here to stay, and that’s a wonderful thing, no matter how loudly people howl on Twitter or anyplace else about the end of Saturday’s Braves-Red Sox game in Florida.

Tribune News Service

Baseball rule changes divide opinion as season looms

Los Angeles (AFP) - After nearly 150 years of ploughing its own unapologetically somnolent furrow in an increasingly frenetic US sporting landscape, baseball is finally hitting the accelerator.

AFP

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Tom Krasovic: Padres' contract with Manny Machado has been a win-win-win deal so far

Hang a gold star on the first four years of the 10-year contract between Manny Machado and the Padres.

Tribune News Service

Shohei Ohtani gives contract update after private talks with Los Angeles Angels owner

The Japanese superstar could become the most sought-after free agent in Major League Baseball history at the end of this season with his contract expiring in November

Daily Mirror

Dave Roberts Says 2018 Dodgers Didn’t Illegally Steal Signs

Roberts made the comments after a new book alleged that the team engaged in sign-stealing in 2018.

Sports Illustrated

White Sox’ Mike Clevinger said he expects to be exonerated

“It’s really embarrassing,” Clevinger said of MLB investigation into allegations of domestic abuse. “It’s not who I am.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Las Vegas Strip Now Leading the Race for the Oakland A's

It's not a done deal, but the Strip seems to have an edge over the team moving elsewhere or staying in Oakland.

The Street

Matt Calkins: Why the Mariners might be better in 2023, and why they might not be

Normally, opening day in Major League Baseball serves as the pinnacle for optimism, even if such positivity is unwarranted. But when your team just snapped a 21-year playoff drought and compounded that euphoria with a historic comeback playoff victory, the buzz begins much sooner.

Tribune News Service

Evers wants to give Brewers nearly $300M to repair stadium

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says his executive budget will hand the Milwaukee Brewers almost $300 million to enact repairs on American Family Field

The Independent UK

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AFP

MLB permanently adopts automatic runner in extra innings

New York (AFP) - Major League Baseball's joint competition committee made permanent on Monday a rule change putting an automatic runner on base in extra innings for regular-season games.

Chicago Sun-Times

MLB makes extra-inning ‘ghost runner’ permanent

The rule was adopted as a pandemic measure for the 2020 season.

Tribune News Service

Bradenton, the Pirates' Florida hub, has been defined by a century of baseball

When what was formerly known as Bradenton's City Park opened in 1923, Major League Baseball's commissioner at the time, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, arrived for pregame festivities on a biplane piloted by a Manatee County official.

Los Angeles Times

Disney's Bob Iger says ESPN is not for sale. Now the pressure is on

Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Bob Iger this week announced a "major transformation" for the entertainment media giant, raising a familiar question from Wall Street: What will happen to ESPN?

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Sports Illustrated

This Man Broke Baseball’s Color Barrier Before Jackie Robinson

More than six decades before No. 42, Moses Fleetwood Walker was the first Black man to play for a Major League Baseball team, but his story is often overlooked.

AFP

Ohtani, Trout among MLB stars playing in World Classic

Miami (AFP) - Japan's Shohei Ohtani, US captain Mike Trout and three Cuban-born Major League Baseball standouts are among the players named Thursday to roster spots for next month's World Baseball Classic.

The Independent UK

MLB prepared to take over local TV broadcasts from Sinclair

About $1 billion of Major League Baseball’s revenue is at risk if a cable television company fails to make payments for local broadcasting rights to 14 teams, and the sport is preparing to take over telecasts

Daily Mirror

Vanessa Hudgens 'couldn't be happier' as she announces engagement to Cole Tucker

High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens has announced her engagement to boyfriend Cole Tucker, sharing a sweet snap with her fans as she showed off her new ring on Thursday night

The Independent UK

AP source: MLB forms economic group as regional TV in peril

Major League Baseball has formed a new economic study committee in light of a possible bankruptcy for the company that owns local broadcasting rights to 14 of 30 teams

USA Today Sports Media Group

NFCA, MLB team up on free PLAY BALL youth event prior to Division I Leadoff Classic

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Major League Baseball and the NFCA will team up for a free event for local youths on Feb. 9, the day before the Division I Leadoff Classic begins at the Eddie C. Moore Complex in Clearwater, Fla. Schedule (PDF) | Tournament Central ...

Boston Herald

MLB’s new uniform rules won’t prevent Red Sox from keeping Boston traditions

Major League Baseball is limiting teams to five uniform styles this year, but the Red Sox are reportedly receiving an exemption, and for good reason.

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