Effectively Wild Episode 1514: The Fictional Game Goes On In the absence of real baseball (and with plenty of solitary time on fans’ hands), Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley devote an episode to three new fictional depictions of baseball, speaking to novelist Emily Nemens (9:18), the author of spring training tale The Cactus League, novelist…
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BP en español: La tasa de ponches importa nuevamente Traducido por José M. Hernández Lagunes La temporada pasada, las Ligas Mayores vieron su mayor índice de ponches globales, el mayor número de ellos por partido, y el mayor número total de ponches, y todo ello por duodécimo año consecutivo. A estas alturas, el hecho de…
DetailsOrioles’ Trey Mancini had malignant tumor surgically removed; lab results and timetable recovery unknown Orioles star outfielder Trey Mancini, who left the team Saturday to have a medical procedure that wasn’t related to baseball, had a malignant tumor successfully removed from his colon Thursday, the team announced. According to the Orioles, it was discovered last…
DetailsSeven pressing MLB questions — with some answers On Thursday, Major League Baseball announced the suspension of exhibition games as well as the delay of its regular season by at least two weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic. This unprecedented event has produced many questions. The Post’s Ken Davidoff has some answers, albeit with many…
DetailsMLB will be making mistake if teams’ camps stay open PORT ST. LUCIE — Poet Robert Frost was a great baseball fan. It turns out he might have been a pretty good advance scout, too. Frost wrote: “The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.’’ Right now, in this crazy sports age of the coronavirus…
DetailsYankees’ Aaron Boone recognizes it’s a ‘fluid’ situation WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — As Angel Hernandez jogged slowly away from the premature end of spring training, the umpire uttered words that nobody hopes are right. “See you guys in June,’’ Hernandez said to a group of baseball writers outside the Yankees’ clubhouse Thursday afternoon at…
DetailsJazz’s Donovan Mitchell who tested positive for coronavirus has Mets link PORT ST. LUCIE — Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell’s positive test for coronavirus brought the international crisis much closer to the Mets on Thursday. The Jazz played the Knicks at Madison Square Garden on March 4, and Donovan Mitchell Sr., the Mets’ director of…
DetailsMatt Harvey Tried Out For Blue Jays There hasn’t been much said about former ace Matt Harvey since the right-hander became a free agent after last season. But he did draw somewhat recent interest from the Blue Jays, with whom he tried out “several weeks” back, according to Jon Heyman of MLB Network on this…
DetailsYankees staying cautious after avoiding Zack Britton scare Zack Britton reported to camp a day after he suffered a significant scare by taking an Erik Kratz comebacker to his right wrist. Tests revealed it was only a bruise, and the Yankees left-handed reliever said he underwent treatment on Thursday and would have been on line…
DetailsOffseason In Review: Pittsburgh Pirates The Pirates traded their best player (again) and appeared more intent on cutting payroll than giving the appearance of trying. Guaranteed Contracts Jarrod Dyson, OF: One year, $2MM Guillermo Heredia: One year, $1MM Luke Maile, C: One year, $900K JT Riddle, SS/OF: One year, $850K Total Spend: $4.75MM Option Decisions…
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