Every year Major League Baseball has a slightly different flavor. The ingredients are always the same: a ball, a bat, a glove, batting, throwing, catching, etc. Recipe portions are constantly changing, but weather aside, baseball still tastes about the same on the last day of the season as it does on Opening Day. Anyway, that’s … Read more
Some turn off their phones and ignore the “noise.” Others have conversations with their bosses just to find out what their position is. Many just take things as they come, because everyone agrees: When you are ready to become a free agent and the second half of July is here, there is very little you … Read more
On MLB in recent years it has been concerned with being a more inclusive league both in the players who play on the field how in offices, corporate positions and even coaches and managers. The truth is that among the players, you see more and more players of different ethnic origins and in the last … Read more
On day 1 of 2021 MLB draft is in the books, with the list of 36 selections of First round then. Day 2 of the Draft begins today Monday at 1 pm ET with the start of the second round and will continue through the completion of Round 10, exclusively on MLB.com, with MLB Network … Read more
Major League Baseball and Nike introduced the City Connect series this season to revolutionize uniform design across sport in the most dramatic way since the league introduced Turn Ahead the Clock alternatives in the late 1990s. After assuming the role of supplier of uniforms for the NFL and NBA, Nike pushed for radical changes in … Read more
NEW YORK – Pitcher reviews began Monday, a week after Major League Baseball (MLB) commissioner Rob Manfred announced a crackdown on the use of illegal substances for better ball grip. How’s the matter going so far? The answer depends on who you ask. Although the players have offered various opinions, many have been expressive and … Read more
When the manager of the D-backs, Torey Lovullo, ran into the Venezuelan infielder Eduardo Escobar In the weight room Tuesday afternoon, he told the player that he was going to be out of the lineup for the second day in a row. Escobar insisted his injured right quadriceps was good enough to play. “I thought … Read more
During their pregame meeting to go over the scouting report on the opposing team’s hitters, the Arizona D-backs pitching coach Matt Herges, looked at the starting pitcher Merrill kelly. “That”, of course, didn’t need to be explained, because all the players in that clubhouse knew what “That” was: a 17-game losing streak that broke the … Read more
The goal for Thursday’s series finale against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park was the same as every game: to win. But the Arizona D-backs they knew what was at stake. History was at stake. Lose and stand alone. One last chance. As the game progressed, reality began to settle. Try as the D-backs … Read more
NEW YORK – All fully vaccinated players and staff members can stop wearing face masks (masks) in dugouts, bullpens and clubhouses in the most recent Major League Baseball (MLB) change in protocols for COVID-19. In addition, fully vaccinated players and staff members can go out to restaurants without restrictions and attend sporting events as spectators … Read more
