According to a report by Jeff Passan of ESPN, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred told MLB Players Association executive director Tony Clark on Friday that if the sport doesn’t do a better job of managing the coronavirus, it could shut down for the season. Tensions and concerns continue to rise throughout the league following the outbreak among the Miami Marlins, who have had 21...
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ESPN is reporting that four more members of the Miami Marlins have tested positive for the coronavirus after the latest round of testing. The Marlins now have a total of 17 people who have tested positive in the past five days including 15 players and two coaches. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic first reported that the Marlins’ game on Monday night against the Orioles in Miami had...
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Yankees at Nationals (7:08 PM, ESPN) Opening Day is here at last! The 2020 MLB season gets underway tonight with a premier matchup, as the New York Yankees travel to the nation’s capital to face the reigning World Series-champion Washington Nationals. Gerrit Cole will take the mound for the Yankees and will oppose Nationals ace Max Scherzer. Dr. Anthony Fauci will throw out the first pitch....
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On this date in 1962, the Mets signed 17-year-old Ed Kranepool. He would make his Major League debut later that year at 17 years and 318 days old. Kranepool, 75, recently battled renal disease and had a successful life-saving kidney transplant. Eddie was on a waiting list for two years before he finally found a donor who was a perfect match, Deborah Barbieri, a 56 year old Mets fan from Nassau...
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Here we are, just five days away from players reporting to Spring Training 2.0 at Citi Field. As most of you know, Major League Baseball has announced the 2020 regular season will open in approximately one month, on July 23 or 24. “Major League Baseball is thrilled to announce that the 2020 season is on the horizon,” league commissioner Rob Manfred said in a news release. “We...
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