April 21, 2020 Tyrus Raymond Cobb nicknamed The Georgia Peach, was born in rural Narrows, Georgia. Cobb spent 22 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, the last six as the team’s player-manager, and finished his career with the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1936 Cobb received the most votes of any player on the inaugural Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, receiving 222 out of a […]
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Roy Halladay Drugs, Doing Stunts In 2017 Caused Plane Crashed
April 16, 2020 Roy Halladay lost control of his small plane and took a nosedived into the Gulf of Mexico on Nov. 7, 2017. A National Transportation Safety Board report found Halladay had amphetamine levels about 10 times therapeutic levels in his blood along with a high level of morphine and an antidepressant that can […]
MLB, MLBPA Create Players-Only Esports League
April 13, 2020 Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association are joining in the fast-growing movement to develop player-driven esports events during the ongoing industry shutdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Major League Baseball is joining in the fast-growing movement to develop player-driven esports events during the ongoing industry shutdown. MLB and Sony Interactive […]
Sports News During COVID-19 Shut Down, Donovan Mitchell, MLB Return & More
April 11, 2020 In March, when Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19 and later so did teammate Donovan Mitchell, there were multiple reports that their relationship was on the rocks. In a detailed look at what happened behind the scenes, Shams Charania, Sam Amick and Tony Jones of The Athletic shared that the relationship between […]
Atlanta Braves Could Lose $60 Million If Coronavirus Shortens MLB Season To 80 Games
April 9, 2020 The Atlanta Braves could have an operating loss of around $60 million this year, according to a report today from John Tinker of G.research LLC. The report assumes that, because of the coronavirus crisis, the baseball season will start on the July 4 weekend and be reduced to 80 regular-season games (40 home […]
Ranking Major League Baseball Teams In 2020
April 8, 2020 Once baseball starts this is how it should all shake out. The New York Yankees will be the class of the American League. The COVID-19 gave the Yankees a chance to get healthy. Aaron Judge, Luis Severino, James Paxton and Aaron Hick, Gerrit Cole still awaits his debut as the Yankee ace […]
Major League Baseball Calls Off Games In Mexico, Puerto Rico
March 19, 2020 Major League Baseball called off what was to have been its first two regular-season games in Mexico City, along with a three-game series in Puerto Rico because of the new coronavirus. The Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres were to have played on April 18 and 19 at Mexico City’s Alfredo Harp […]
Arizona Diamondbacks Playing For Second Place & NL Wild Card Spot
March 14, 2020 The Arizona Diamondbacks have been a competitive team over the last three seasons, but they missed the playoffs in 2018 (82-80) and 2019 (85-77). In the team’s 22-year history, Arizona has one World Series title and six trips to the postseason. After adding starter Madison Bumgarner along with outfielders Starling Marté and Kole […]
Los Angeles Dodgers Heavy Favorites To Win NL Pennant & World Series
March 14, 2020 The Los Angeles Dodgers have been on the doorstep of a World Series over the last three seasons. In 2019, They won the most games (106) in the team’s 136-year history, but LA lost in the league division series. The Dodgers made the postseason each of their previous seven years while winning […]
Major League Baseball Headlines News & Notes
March 9, 2020 On Monday, Major League Baseball held a conference call with the 30 team owners to discuss how the league should proceed given the spread of coronavirus. Earlier in the day, Nippon Professional Baseball announced it would delay the start of the regular season, from March 20 until “mid-April,” due to the obvious […]