Offseason In Review: Oakland Athletics The Athletics won 97 games and earned a wild-card berth for the second straight year in 2019. They weren’t all that active over the winter, but with the AL West rival Astros engulfed in turmoil, the talented A’s may be in position to take over the division this season. Major…
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Effectively Wild Episode 1513: Opening Day Nonstarter Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley react to MLB’s COVID-19-caused cancellation of the remainder of spring training and the postponement of Opening Day and discuss the disquieting week and the ramifications for the culture and the 2020 baseball season. Audio intro: Dan Bern, “Ballpark“Audio outro: Frank Sinatra, “I Get Along Without…
DetailsNL West Notes: Buster, Pagan, Padres, Barfield “I don’t see myself playing for any other team. Not that going to another team would diminish what you did. But personally, as a fan, I like to see guys stay with the same team. So no, I wouldn’t want to play anywhere else,” longtime Giants catcher Buster…
DetailsThere’s no telling how coronavirus will affect MLB from here The mapless season began Thursday with MLB forced quicker than it had hoped to deal with the inevitable — cancellation of the rest of spring training and at least the first two weeks of the regular season. And then? How many regular-season games are played…
DetailsRogers: College Baseball’s Black Thursday Hits O’Sullivan, Coaches, Hard It was Black Thursday for college baseball and Florida’s Kevin O’Sullivan, the skipper for the nation’s top-ranked team, now must ride the wave of uncertainty in our sport. Source: https://d1baseball.com/columns/rogers-college-baseballs-black-thursday-hits-osullivan-coaches-hard/
DetailsRockies’ Peter Lambert Suffers Forearm Strain TODAY: The Rockies have termed Lambert’s injury as a forearm strain, as per The Athletic’s Nick Groke (Twitter link) and other reporters. While the club is waiting for the results of Lambert’s medical tests, the righty is expected to “miss significant time.” MARCH 10: Rockies right-handed starter Peter Lambert…
DetailsJays’ Pearson ends spring on impressive note Top Blue Jays prospect Nate Pearson wrapped up the Grapefruit League on Thursday with 11 strikeouts and a 1.29 ERA over seven spring innings. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20200312&content_id=313039906&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsTrey Mancini Undergoes Surgery To Remove Malignant Tumor Trey Mancini left the Orioles’ spring camp last week in preparation for an undisclosed medical procedure that wasn’t related to baseball. Today, details have emerged on the nature of Mancini’s issue, as the Orioles issued a press release saying that Mancini had a malignant tumor surgically removed…
DetailsNCAA Cancels All Winter and Spring Championships FROM NCAA PRESS RELEASE Today, NCAA President Mark Emmert and the Board of Governors canceled the… Visit College Baseball Daily for the Full Story Source: http://www.collegebaseballdaily.com/2020/03/12/ncaa-cancels-all-winter-and-spring-championships/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CollegeBaseballDaily+%28College+Baseball+Daily%29
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Games Called on Account of COVID-19 After a whirlwind 24-hour period in which the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League, and Major League Soccer all announced suspensions of their regular season games in the wake of local restrictions on the size of mass gatherings as a means of slowing the spread of the novel…
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