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Which teams have drafted best in the first five rounds the past five years

TEst 4 June 16, 2020 - 6:50am
Using performance and projections, we look at early-round aces and teams that have done the least.

Newman and Kramer, Bush and League: The great name combinations in baseball history

TEst 4 June 16, 2020 - 6:50am
Oh, but that's not all. There was Black and Decker, Ray and Romano, Nova and Cain and so many more. Only in baseball can you go down this kind of rabbit hole of names.

Just how dire is MLB's ongoing money fight?

TEst 4 June 15, 2020 - 10:20pm
Could the commissioner really force a season? Would players even show up? Why are the negotiations such a mess?

Players 'disgusted' as Manfred cites risk to season

TEst 4 June 15, 2020 - 7:20pm
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred told ESPN on Monday that he is not confident that there will be a season after the players' association rejected MLB's most recent offer. In response, the union said players "are disgusted" by Manfred's backtracking.

Manfred now less confident about 2020 season

TEst 4 June 15, 2020 - 4:19pm
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred told ESPN on Monday that he's not confident there will be a season after the players' association rejected MLB's most recent offer. In response, the union said players "are disgusted" by Manfred's backtracking.

Just how ridiculous is MLB's ongoing money fight?

TEst 4 June 15, 2020 - 1:19pm
Could the commissioner really force a season? Would players even show up? Why are the negotiations such a mess? Answering 20 burning questions.

Source: MLB tells teams scouting can resume

TEst 4 June 15, 2020 - 10:17am
Major League Baseball has told its teams they can resume scouting activity, sending up to three scouts to each amateur event this summer, a source told ESPN.

Absence of College World Series leaves gaping hole for Omaha and college baseball

TEst 4 June 15, 2020 - 10:17am
For the first time since 1950, Omaha won't host the event.

Joe Torre: 1998 Yankees never got the recognition they deserved

TEst 4 June 15, 2020 - 7:16am
While everyone else watched Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa hit homers in 1998, the Yankees had one of MLB's greatest seasons -- but it has been largely lost to history. And that still irks Joe Torre.

KBO Weekly: Latest Power Rankings and the end of a streak for the ages

TEst 4 June 15, 2020 - 7:16am
The biggest KBO news of the week came from the bottom of the standings, where the Hanwha Eagles snapped an 18-game slide.

Wine, solar energy and a joint with Jimi Hendrix: The interesting life of Dusty Baker

TEst 4 June 15, 2020 - 7:16am
Dusty Baker isn't simply a retired baseball player and manager. And he was, and is, good at both. But there is so much more to the most interesting man in baseball.

Will there be baseball this year or not? Jeff Passan breaks down MLB's ugly labor fight

TEst 4 June 15, 2020 - 7:16am
Could the commissioner really force a season? Would players even show up? Why are the negotiations such a mess? Answering 20 burning questions.

Worst betting seasons for every MLB team over the past 20 years

TEst 4 June 15, 2020 - 7:16am
Backing the 2018 Orioles or the 2004 Diamondbacks cost bettors a pretty penny. Here are the worst betting seasons for each team from the past 20 years.

Olney: Six reasons -- other than McGwire and Sosa -- MLB survived the '94 strike

TEst 4 June 15, 2020 - 4:03am
No doubt the great home run race of '98 helped rebuild baseball after a World Series was canceled. But here's what else played a huge part.

The Yankees, overshadowed? Why the 'best team ever' never got its due

TEst 4 June 15, 2020 - 4:03am
While everyone else watched Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa hit homers in 1998, the Yankees had one of MLB's greatest seasons -- but it has been largely lost to history. And that still irks Joe Torre.

'Long Gone Summer' takeaways: McGwire's moonshots and Sosa's style

TEst 4 June 14, 2020 - 10:01pm
The 30 for 30 doc reminded us of a summer when baseball ruled, but the thrills and innocence didn't last.

Why don’t we have a 2020 MLB season yet? Blame the Astros

TEst 4 June 14, 2020 - 4:01pm
This embarrassing battle between owners and players is straight out of the Jeff Luhnow/Houston Astros playbook: Seek every advantage without regard for the bigger picture.

Former QB Hackenberg sets sights on baseball

TEst 4 June 14, 2020 - 9:59am
Christian Hackenberg, a second-round draft pick of the New York Jets who never played a game in the NFL, told NBC Philadelphia that he hopes to revive his career as a pitcher. He pitched mainly in relief at Fork Union Military Academy in Virginia.

How shortsighted greed is tearing baseball apart

TEst 4 June 14, 2020 - 6:59am
This embarrassing battle between owners and players is straight out of the Jeff Luhnow/Houston Astros playbook: Seek every advantage without regard for the bigger picture.

For three games, nobody on the planet was better than Mike Benjamin

TEst 4 June 14, 2020 - 6:59am
We know, right now you're saying ... who? Well, in 1995, Mike Benjamin had a three-day stretch nobody else in baseball -- not Ted Williams nor Ichiro -- has ever had.

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