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How good would Mike Trout be in the KBO? We have the numbers

TEst 4 May 13, 2020 - 7:25am
If you're watching Korean baseball, you can't help wondering how the best ballplayer on the planet would do in the country's major leagues.

Meet the stay-at-home dad turned international expert

TEst 4 May 13, 2020 - 7:25am
When Korean baseball became the only game in town, his KBO website popularity soared.

Rangers' new stadium to host drive-in concerts

TEst 4 May 13, 2020 - 7:25am
Rangers season-ticket holder Pat Green will be among the Texas artists who will play a series of drive-in concerts in the parking lot of the team's new stadium that has not yet hosted a baseball game because of the coronavirus pandemic.

How the abbreviated 2020 MLB draft impacts this year and beyond

TEst 4 May 13, 2020 - 7:25am
There's more at stake than fewer rounds and a lost spring season for prospects and fewer rounds. Baseball's financial uncertainty could have huge implications on the sport's lower levels.

Stan Musial and a called shot to end an All-Star Game

TEst 4 May 13, 2020 - 7:25am
He is perhaps the most underrated superstar in baseball history. And in one of his 24 All-Star Game appearances, he'd seen enough. So he decided to end it.

Fantasy Insights: Should you buy into Mark Canha's 2019 breakout campaign?

TEst 4 May 13, 2020 - 7:25am
Eric Karabell's thoughts on the Oakland Athletics' fantasy outlook for 2020: players he likes and doesn't, and storylines that could impact playing time and performances.

Sources: Player pay not discussed in MLB talks

TEst 4 May 12, 2020 - 9:54pm
MLB's opening presentation to the players' union on Tuesday on terms to start the season did not include an economic proposal.

Viewers guide: How Derek Jeter became 'Mr. November'

TEst 4 May 12, 2020 - 9:54pm
The 2001 World Series was packed with emotion and drama. Relive a huge part of it, with New York's captain front and center.

MLB owners give opening presentation to players

TEst 4 May 12, 2020 - 6:53pm
MLB's opening presentation on terms to start the season to the players' union on Tuesday did not include an economic proposal.

Arizona gov.: Pro sports in state can resume Sat.

TEst 4 May 12, 2020 - 6:53pm
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said Tuesday that professional sports, including MLB, the NBA, the NHL and the NFL, can resume without fans on Saturday.

Mariners announce reduction in pay, no layoffs

TEst 4 May 12, 2020 - 6:53pm
Mariners personnel working under uniform employee contracts and making more than $60,000 will take a pay reduction of at least 20%, but there will not be any layoffs.

The 9 greatest games in fantasy baseball history

TEst 4 May 12, 2020 - 12:53pm
Using standard points league scoring, Tristan H. Cockcroft identifies the nine biggest games in fantasy baseball history (1980-2019), including 20 strikeout games, 4-home run games and other feats that almost broke the fantasy scoring scale.

Inside an ugly financial battle to save the 2020 MLB season

TEst 4 May 12, 2020 - 9:52am
As the league's proposal to start play heads to the players, millionaires and billionaires are digging in for a major money fight. What's at stake? Whether there's any baseball at all this year.

The time Yogi Berra threw his cigarettes at George Steinbrenner

TEst 4 May 12, 2020 - 6:51am
Sure, he mangled the language and was painted as a cartoon character. But he won 10 rings as a player. So he was tougher than you think. And he wasn't afraid to take on The Boss.

How Derek Jeter became 'Mr. November'

TEst 4 May 12, 2020 - 6:51am
The 2001 World Series was packed with emotion and drama. Relive a huge part of it, with New York's captain front and center.

From the archives: Derek Jeter and the end of a perfect career

TEst 4 May 12, 2020 - 6:51am
Now that Derek Jeter has reached the end of his Long Goodbye, we pause, in appreciation, to look at what he has meant to the Yankees, to the game, to all of us.

Plant that makes Louisville Slugger bats reopens

TEst 4 May 11, 2020 - 7:12pm
The Hillerich & Bradsby factory that makes Louisville Slugger bats resumed production Monday in Kentucky after being idle for nearly two months because of the coronavirus pandemic.

An 82-game season? A universal DH? Key takeaways from MLB's 2020 proposal

TEst 4 May 11, 2020 - 4:12pm
From when the games could begin to who could be helped and hurt most on the diamond, we debate the baseball side of the league's reported plan.

Sources: MLB owners OK proposal for July start

TEst 4 May 11, 2020 - 1:11pm
In the MLB season proposal that owners agreed to on Monday and will soon submit to the union for its consideration, the plan is for "spring" training to start in mid-June, with the shortened season beginning in July, sources told ESPN.

Sources: Cancellation of WBC in 2021 imminent

TEst 4 May 11, 2020 - 1:11pm
The cancellation of the World Baseball Classic in 2021 is imminent, sources tell ESPN's Enrique Rojas.

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