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New York – Tom Seaver, the Hall of Fame pitcher who steered a stunning transformation from lovable losers to Miracle Mets in 1969, has died. He was 75. The Hall said Wednesday night that Seaver died Monday from complications of Lewy body dementia and COVID-19. Seaver spent his final years […]

New York – Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman threw a 101 mph fastball near the head of pinch-hitter Michael Brosseau while closing out his first save of the season, prompting the benches to empty after New York ended a six-game losing streak against the Tampa Bay Rays with a 5-3 victory […]

Nishinomiya, Hyogo Pref. – Veteran Hanshin Tigers reliever Kyuji Fujikawa said Tuesday he will continue his quest to record at least 250 career saves before he retires at the end of this year’s coronavirus-interrupted season. “I’ve always played with that feeling in mind,” Fujikawa said at a press conference in […]

Nishinomiya, Hyogo Pref. – Veteran Hanshin Tigers reliever Kyuji Fujikawa will retire at the end of this season, the Central League club announced Monday. The 40-year-old right-hander, known for one of the most high-velocity fastballs in Japanese baseball, has 245 saves in a 22-year career spanning Nippon Professional Baseball and […]

Most of NPB’s teams hit the 60-game mark last week, meaning this coronavirus-shortened season is around its halfway mark. There should be, however, a little more urgency at the midpoint than in years past. There’s still a lot of season left, just not as much as usual. The 2020 season […]

Cincinnati – Yu Darvish kept the best winning streak of his major league career alive by claiming his sixth straight victory on Saturday as the Chicago Cubs split a doubleheader with the Cincinnati Reds. Darvish (6-1) tossed six scoreless innings in the first game at Great American Ball Park and […]

Phoenix – Andrew McCutchen has relished these past few days in the Philadelphia Phillies clubhouse, having difficult, important conversations with baseball teammates about racial injustice. As a Black man in a sport that’s filled with mostly white and Hispanic players, he doesn’t feel it’s a burden to lead in the […]

Houston – The Houston Astros and Oakland Athletics jointly walked off the field following a moment of silence, draping a Black Lives Matter T-shirt across home plate as they chose not to play on Friday night. The postponement came on Jackie Robinson Day across the majors, and in the wake […]

New York – The New York Mets and Miami Marlins jointly walked off the field after a moment of silence, draping a Black Lives Matter T-shirt across home plate as they chose not to play Thursday night. After other games around baseball were postponed to protest social injustice, the Mets […]

Milwaukee, Wisconsin – Three Major League Baseball games were postponed Wednesday as players across the sports landscape drove the decisions in the wake of the weekend shooting by police of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Wisconsin. Games between the Cincinnati Reds and Brewers in Milwaukee, Seattle Mariners and Padres […]