Commissioner of Baseball Robert D. Manfred, Jr. issued the following statement today regarding the 2021 All-Star Game: “Over the last week, we have engaged in thoughtful conversations with Clubs, former and current players, the Players Association, and The Players Alliance, among others, to listen to their views. I have decided that the best way to demonstrate our values as a sport is by...
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Jon Heyman of MLB Network was the first to report that the Mets vs Nationals series has been postponed as Major League Baseball continues to do contact tracing and further testing. Nationals GM Mike Rizzo told the media on Thursday that the Nationals had three players test positive for COVID-19 and another “likely” positive. Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports that the Mets...
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Washington Nationals GM Mike Rizzo told reporters on Thursday that the team has three players that have tested positive for COVID-19. Rizzo also said there’s an additional “likely” positive that will need further testing and “basically” the entire team is in quarantine. The Nationals were scheduled to host the Mets for Opening Day on Thursday, but that game was postponed and they won’t be able...
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Momentum is quickly building for Major League Baseball to pull the 2021 All-Star Game from the city of Atlanta. Corporate America is putting the pressure on Georgia to repeal their latest voting rights bill, with many of the state’s top corporations expressing disappointment and threatening major ramifications. Bank of America, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Sony, Porsche and pharmaceutical giant...
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I believe it was The Athletic’s Eno Sarris who borrowed the phrase ‘A Brave New World’, referring to the rapidly changing and modernized terrain of Player Development (PD). I believe it was also Princess Jasmine and Prince Aladdin who coined the phrase ‘A Whole New World’, which might even more aptly characterize modern PD modalities as it pertains to the Mets organization. But Sandy...
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