Japanese baseball has adopted a rule to punish players for dangerous swings, as an umpire remains unconscious almost a month after being accidentally hit on the head by a bat. Umpire Takuto Kawakami was behind home plate during a game in Tokyo on April 16 when slugger Jose Osuna swung his bat, which flew out […]
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Major League Baseball cancels more games after labor talks stall
New York: Major League Baseball canceled a further slate of fixtures on Wednesday after a fresh round of marathon labor talks with players ended in deadlock. In a statement, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said the 2022 season would not start until April 14 at the earliest after the latest negotiations failed to yield a breakthrough. […]
Baseball deal deadline extended as talks continue
Miami: Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association extended talks to hammer out a labor agreement after a deadline to reach a deal in time for the new season expired, reports said on Monday. MLB officials and representatives from the players union met for an eighth straight day in Jupiter, Florida in an effort […]
Two World Series champs, four MLB All-Stars on US Olympic team
World Series champion pitchers Edwin Jackson and David Robertson were among four former Major League Baseball All-Stars named Friday to the United States baseball team for the Tokyo Olympics. The Americans will compete for gold against host Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Israel and the Dominican Republic when the Olympic tournament begins July 28. Jackson, a […]
‘Brockmire’ Season 3 — a powerful story on a baseball play-by-play announcer
Season One chronicled the return of the titular honey-voiced play-by-play man from decades of debauched international exile following an on-air meltdown about his wife’s adultery. Starting over at rock bottom for a barely-viable indie league team, Brockmire rediscovered his love of baseball while making a new friend in Tyrel Jackson Williams’ anxious Charles and a […]