Posts Tagged ‘BASEBALL’
Column: Rules tinkering by baseball bosses ruining sport
By HAL BOCK, AP The proprietors of baseball, charged with the task of protecting and preserving the sport, insist on tinkering with it instead. They keep fooling around with the…
Read MoreNew OF Christian Yelich gives Brewers lefty bat, flexibility
PHOENIX (AP) — Christian Yelich is giving the Milwaukee Brewers’ outfield a new look. The Brewers could plug him into the No. 2 spot in the lineup, while Yelich has…
Read MoreManfred promises pace changes by next week
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says proposed rules changes to speed pace of play will be in place by the start of big league exhibition games…
Read MoreCleveland Indians dropping Chief Wahoo logo from uniforms
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Indians announced Monday they are dropping the Chief Wahoo logo from their uniforms next year, bowing to decades of complaints that the grinning, red-faced caricature…
Read MoreUPDATE: Ballfield approved on Isle La Plume
A third field at Carroll Ball Park on lsle la Plume got the green light by a city committee in La Crosse on Monday. The city Board of Public Works…
Read MoreBaseball players reject pitch clock, mound limits
NEW YORK (AP) — The players’ association rejected Major League Baseball’s proposal to institute 20-second pitch clocks and limits on mound visits, a move that dares management to unilaterally impose…
Read MoreBaseball agent fired after report he placed camera in shower
ATLANTA (AP) — A baseball agent has been fired after an accusation he used a camera to surreptitiously record clients in a shower. CSE Talent, the agency headed by Lonnie…
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