Not baseball. It doesn’t matter whether it’s the first inning or the ninth, whether you’re up by 10 or down by one. You could beAaron Judgeor a struggling rookie, but – save for pinch hitters – if you’re up next, you’re up next. Ad Feedback But, after MLB commissioner R...
Doolittle:I'd like someone who is a combination of Manfred's hyper-pragmatism and Bart Giamatti's poetically infused love of the game. I do think Manfred loves baseball, but for much of his career, it has been hard to tell that is the case. Obviously the position of commiss...
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Arena notes the difference between a patch and a strip, which commemorates a notable death – such as NBA commissioner David Stern, who was memorialized with a black strip on the left shoulder of every player’s uniform after he died in January 2020, and Nate Thurmond, whose Golden State Wa...
Tony Blanco, a former player for the Washington Nationals, was also killed, according to MLB Commissioner Robert Manfred and the Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Sports. At least one US citizen and an unknown number of US residents died in the incident, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio sa...
Head coach Paul Mainieri and the LSU baseball team were on a bus about to head to Oxford, Mississippi, when his AD called. "Stop the bus, don't leave. I need to talk to you." Word had made it through the ranks that SEC commissioner Greg Sankey would suspend the season. Ma...
The on-again, off-again relationship between the Olympics and baseball is heading toward another reconciliation in 2028. That leads to the inevitable discussion of what the rosters could look like. Commissioner Rob Manfredsaid last monthhe was open to the possibilit...
“The rule changes … have been thoroughly tested and refined for years in the minor leagues,” MLB commissioner Rob Manfred on Feb. 1. “Each of these rules have been tested in approximately 8,000 minor league games dating back to last season, which is the equivalent of 3 1/2 complete...
In the report from Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred that brought about the dismissal of Houston Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow and, so far, the managers of three teams, there is a line that jumped out at first reading. Article content “At some p...
Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred, at the request of President Trump, made a mockery of the office by reinstating known gambling violators. Invasion of the seat squatters! A new breed of bold and brazen passengers wants better airline seats without paying. Maybe they're asking to switch or ju...