Baseball

Seoul – South Korea’s professional baseball league says it will require fans to wear masks and to sit at least a seat apart as it prepares to bring back spectators in the coming weeks amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Korea Baseball Organization on Tuesday said fans will also not be […]

Phoenix – A small group of players, including Nationals slugger Ryan Zimmerman and Diamondbacks pitcher Mike Leake, have announced they won’t be playing during Major League Baseball’s 60-game season. The Minnesota Twins have shuffled their on-field staff to protect the health of some of their older coaches. As the sport […]

Phoenix – A small group of players, including Nationals slugger Ryan Zimmerman and Diamondbacks pitcher Mike Leake, have announced they won’t be playing during Major League Baseball’s 60-game season. The Minnesota Twins have shuffled their on-field staff to protect the health of some of their older coaches. As the sport […]

Toronto – The Blue Jays are moving players to their spring training facility in Florida while they await word from the Canadian government about playing in Toronto amid the coronavirus pandemic. Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday that city, provincial and federal authorities « kind of gave their approval,” but the […]

After the first full week of action in the pandemic-delayed 2020 NPB season, there’s no team riding higher than the 8-1 Chiba Lotte Marines. This past week in Japanese baseball saw the introduction of six-game series in the Pacific League, a measure put in place to limit travel amid the […]

Freshmen joining the Yokohama Hayato baseball team have to dedicate themselves to all aspects of the team philosophy. Right down to the proper way to say good morning. « Your articulation is terrible, » a senior member tells a first-year player whose greeting wasn’t up to form. « Make sure to emphasize each […]

Chiba – Brandon Laird’s eighth-inning home run unlocked a tied game Sunday as the Chiba Lotte Marines edged the Orix Buffaloes 6-5 in the Pacific League for their eighth straight win. Leading off the bottom of the eighth after the Buffaloes tied the game 5-5 in the top of the […]

Tetsuto Yamada drove in five runs, including four with a game-breaking sixth-inning grand slam as the Tokyo Yakult Swallows beat the Yomiuri Giants 9-6 in the Central League on Saturday. The loss was the second of the season for the CL champion Giants. The Swallows opened the scoring in the […]

New York – Gerrit Cole could make his New York Yankees debut in a tasty opening-day treat for fans, facing Juan Soto and World Series champion Washington at Nationals Park. The Yankees and Nationals are set meet when the virus-delayed season begins next month, a person familiar with the game […]

Seattle – Seattle Mariners pitcher Yusei Kikuchi said Thursday he will start the coronavirus-shortened MLB season at full throttle following the decision earlier this week to hold Opening Day in late July. « All I can do is go full blast from the very start. I’m not the kind of player […]