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So Much for America’s Pastime. The Heart of Baseball Is in Japan Now.

A full-strength roster, rabid support from fans, and players who were willing to push their bodies to the limit combined for a deserving WBC champion.

Sports Illustrated

Rob Manfred Hints at Looming Pitch Timer Adjustments

MLB’s commissioner said while the timer’s basic structure will remain in place, some “common sense” issues will be addressed.

Sports Illustrated

Sinclair Broadcast’s Diamond Sports Group, which airs games for 14 MLB teams, files for bankruptcy protection

Diamond Sports Group, a struggling subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group that owns regional sports networks, filed for a bankruptcy reorganization late Tuesday, burdened by more than $8 billion in debt.

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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

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.

Tribune News Service

MLB may finally have a popular rule change with its new pitch clock

Baseball games are getting shorter as pitchers and batters are forced to hurry up play. It may help bring in the younger fans the game craves

The Guardian - US

New rules could drastically alter look, length of MLB games

PEORIA, Ariz. — Oh yeah, change is coming.

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A rough patch: the Astros’ new sponsorship deal with Oxy is doubly ugly

Houston are the latest MLB team to secure a uniform advertising deal as their players become walking billboards for Occidental Petroleum

The Guardian - US

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred calls Angels owner Arte Moreno 'a good steward'

PHOENIX — On a day Arte Moreno made his first appearance at Angels spring training, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred shared his thoughts on the Angels owner and his decision to take the team off the market last month.

Los Angeles Times

MLB Indicates Path for Potential End of Local Blackouts for Some Teams

The move may happen if the financially troubled parent company of Bally Regional Sports networks defaults its MLB broadcast rights.

Sports Illustrated

Manfred: MLB prepared for whatever happens with Diamond

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says the league is prepared for whatever happens with Diamond Sports Group after the financially troubled parent company of 19 Bally Sports regional networks skipped about $140 million in interest payments

The Independent UK

MLB makes extra-inning ‘ghost runner’ permanent

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

Chicago Sun-Times

Washington Nationals owner Ted Lerner dies at 97

Longtime Washington Nationals owner Ted Lerner has died at the age of 97

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

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Plan outlined for new Tampa Bay Rays ballpark, redevelopment

A new Tampa Bay Rays ballpark will be built as part of a massive redevelopment project in what was once a thriving Black neighborhood

The Independent UK

A's running out of time to find home in Oakland, Las Vegas

The Oakland Athletics have spent many years trying to get a new stadium

Chicago Tribune

Paul Sullivan: Another Baseball Hall of Fame ballot means another debate about whether cheaters deserve entrance

Last month in San Diego, the Contemporary Era committee of the Baseball Hall of Fame met to consider candidates overlooked by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

Chicago Sun-Times

Dodgers release pitcher Trevor Bauer

Los Angeles designated Bauer for assignment on Jan. 6 after arbitrator Martin Scheinman reduced Bauer’s suspension over sexual misconduct allegations

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How can Dana White bounce back when he isn’t facing real consequences for hitting his wife? | Opinion

UFC boss Dana White's words about his domestic violence are one thing, but where's the accountability without any meaningful repercussions?

WEKU

LA Dodgers cut pitcher Trevor Bauer after his suspension was reduced

The team is cutting ties with Bauer, whose unprecedented 324-game suspension over sexual misconduct allegations was reduced two weeks ago.

Sports Illustrated

What We'll Remember From 2022: MLB

Aaron Judge's home run chase and Houston's second title headlined a baseball season that, for a time, seemed like it might not happen at all.

Sports Illustrated

Jeff Luhnow’s Next Act: Soccer

The scandal-marked former Astros GM says he has nothing to apologize for.

WEKU

Pitcher Trevor Bauer's suspension for sexual abuse is ended by an MLB arbitrator

The 31-year-old Los Angeles Dodgers star got an unprecedented two-season suspension without pay for violating the league's domestic violence and sexual assault policy. He can resume play this spring.

Chicago Sun-Times

Arbitrator reinstates Cy Young winner Trevor Bauer

The 31-year-old Los Angeles Dodgers star was given an unprecedented two-season suspension without pay by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on April 29 for violating the league’s domestic violence and sexual assault policy.

Los Angeles Times

Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer reinstated immediately after suspension is reduced

LOS ANGELES — Trevor Bauer’s two-year suspension from Major League Baseball was reduced Thursday, and now the Dodgers have two weeks to restore him to their roster or release him.

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