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Patrick Reusse: Twins fail in many ways — and it starts with the deals they’ve done

Major League Baseball decided to bring more excitement to its product by playing with an enlarged golf ball for the 2019 season. The Twins took advantage of this by hitting an all-time record 307 home runs and winning 101 games in the regular season.

Tribune News Service

Giants to play at Willie Mays’ former Negro Leagues home in 2024

It’s been 75 years since Willie Mays first played at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Ala., for the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues.

Tribune News Service

Alabama’s Rickwood Field, the country’s oldest ballpark, will host MLB game honoring Negro Leagues

The game will also honor Hall of Famer Willie Mays, a Birmingham native who began his professional career with the Birmingham Black Barons in 1948.

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Yankees know A’s fans are hurting after years spent in Montreal and Oakland

Brad Wilkerson remembers feeling “pretty emotional” on Sept. 29, 2004.

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Adam Minter: Baseball fans should root for gambling’s expansion

The next time your favorite baseball team negotiates a nine-figure deal for an injury-prone pitcher, blame the oddsmakers. They’ll soon be the source of cash upon which baseball depends to sustain the sport’s lofty pay packages.

Tribune News Service

Bally Sports' troubles could transform how fans watch sports

LOS ANGELES — Major League Baseball turned to its preferred voice of pomp and circumstance, Bob Costas, to make a major announcement two weeks ago.

Los Angeles Times

Homers will be a bit harder for Cubs, Cardinals to hit in London

The center field wall will be 392 feet from home plate, seven feet deeper than four years ago, as part of changes that Major League Baseball said came about because of some seat restructuring at London Stadium.

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Governor signs public funding bill for new A's stadium in Vegas, growing global sports destination

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo has signed into law a $380 million public financing package to help build a Major League Baseball stadium for the Oakland Athletics on the Las Vegas Strip

The Independent UK

Number of Black MLB players falls to record low

Black players represented just 6.2% of players on Opening Day rosters, down from last year’s previous record low of 7.2%.

Chicago Sun-Times

AP PHOTOS: MLB teams celebrate LGBTQ+ community with ballpark Pride Nights

All but one Major League Baseball team will celebrate Pride Night this season as a show of support for LGBTQ+ fans.

The Independent UK

Luis Arráez and the quest for baseball’s elusive .400 barrier

The Miami Marlins second baseman’s exceptional season has given him a chance to do something no one has achieved in the majors since 1941

The Guardian - US

Bally Sports Kicks Another Asset to the Curb: ACC Football and Basketball Games

Bankrupt Sinclair subsidiary Diamond Sports Group tells rights holder Raycom to find another distribution arrangement for the Atlantic Coast Conference

Broadcasting & Cable

Bryce Miller: How did Ethan Salas, the Padres' $5.6 million catching prospect, reach pro baseball so fast?

It's truly starting now for Ethan Salas, the teen catcher with a $5.6 million international signing bonus inked by the Padres, the largest among Major League Baseball's 2023 class.

Tribune News Service

Oakland A’s secure crucial votes in Nevada, close in on $380 million stadium deal

Nevada lawmakers on Tuesday granted the A’s a crucial win in their dreams of a state-of-the-art, $1.5 billion Las Vegas ballpark, part of a whirlwind day for Oakland’s last major sports franchise.

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Sally's Night events mark 40 years since 1st US woman flew in space

From an afternoon at the ballpark to Afternoon Tea, museums and science centers are celebrating Sally's Night and the 40th anniversary of Sally Ride becoming the first American woman in space.

Evening Standard

Can Rishi Sunak convince the US he’s more than just a ‘caretaker’ PM?

Sunak has high hopes for his sojourn but can Joe Biden view him as anything more than an interim leader? Sarah Baxter reports from Washington

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak guest of honour at Major League Baseball game in Washington DC

The Prime Minister watched Washington Nationals take on Arizona Diamondbacks during his trip to the US.

The Independent UK

MLB will discuss postponing games in New York, Philadelphia due to wildfire smoke

Major League Baseball plans to discuss whether to postpone games in New York and Philadelphia on Wednesday night because of poor air quality caused by smoke from Canadian wildfires

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TechRadar

How to watch Yankees vs Red Sox live stream from anywhere

New York takes on Boston once more. Here are all the ways to watch the Yankees vs Red Sox live stream online wherever you are in the world.

The Independent UK

Las Vegas ballpark pitch revives debate over public funding for sports stadiums

The proposal to help finance a new ballpark for Major League Baseball's Athletics in Las Vegas has revived nationwide debates about public funding for private stadiums, pitting Nevada’s powerful tourism industry and labor unions against some progressive groups raising concerns about ceding tax revenue when services such as public schools…

USA Today Sports Media Group

Could the LPGA and PGA tours start streaming services? In today’s media landscape, it’s not a crazy idea

You can imagine a world where the PGA Tour has its own streaming service, with the PGA Tour Champions and the Korn Ferry Tour.

Multichannel News

Bally Sports Plus Has 203,000 Subscribers, Only 55% of Diamond’s Goal

Key disclosure comes amid 'vitriolic' bankruptcy court exchange Wednesday between MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred and Diamond Sports management

Broadcasting & Cable

Meet the New Boss: Major League Baseball Officially Launches Into the RSN Biz With 'MLB San Diego Padres'

Baseball sets up a new pay TV home for the Padres, as Twins, Guardians, Diamondbacks and Rangers petition in Texas bankruptcy court to cut them loose from Bally Sports, too

USA Today Sports Media Group

The Diamond Sports Group’s failed Padres payments and what it means for MLB and RSNs, explained

What does the Padres' broadcast changes mean -- and what it means for the future of regional sports networks.

Multichannel News

MLB Announces Plans to Air San Diego Padres Games

Deals set with Charter, Cox, DirecTV, AT&T U-verse TV, Fubo and on MLB.com without local blackouts

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