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A number of MLB teams are in a somewhat precarious media rights situation, and one team may need the league to act sooner rather than later in order to continue broadcasting games. Diamond Sports Group, which owns the broadcast rights for 14 MLB …
The Atlanta Braves’ viral “big hat” home run celebration is no more thanks to Major League Baseball and one of its sponsors. Braves players recently began using an oversized “homer hat” to celebrate home runs, a move …
MLB’s new pitch clock has succeeded in shortening games significantly this year, but that has caused a significant problem for the home teams. Several MLB teams have begun cutting off beer sales after the 8th inning instead of the 7th due to …
Major League Baseball is making a few tweaks to how it is enforcing the pitch clock after its trial run in spring training. One tweak will put some extra pressure on an unexpected position. MLB will be enforcing new standards for bat boys and bat …
Major League Baseball is pulling a “not so fast” on opportunistic pitchers. Mark Feinsand of MLB.com reported on Saturday that the league sent a memo to teams clarifying that umpires will call a “quick pitch” violation if the …
Major League Baseball is serious about its new game clock, and the Atlanta Braves found that out the hard way on Saturday. The Braves were facing the Boston Red Sox in their spring training opener Saturday, and a ninth-inning rally tied the game at …
Major League Baseball is once again doubling down on enforcement of one rule for the 2023 season. MLB is informing clubs that, for the third straight season, use of foreign substances by pitchers, often referred to as “sticky stuff,” will …
One big issue has plagued Major League Baseball for quite some time, and the league might finally be poised to fix it. The Bally Sports Regional Networks, which is owned by Diamond Sports (a subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcasting), is facing bankruptcy …
Major League Baseball fans have long been frustrated with the league’s policy on blacking out games in local markets, but that issue may soon become a thing of the past. MLB announced this week that it has hired longtime regional sports network …
Major League Baseball is implementing several rule changes that will significantly impact the way the game is played beginning in 2023. ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports that MLB’s competition committee voted on Friday to implement several new …
Four years after he retired as a player, a former World Series champion is returning to Major League Baseball in a different capacity. Ex-Philadelphia Phillies infielder Chase Utley told People Magazine in an interview this week that he has a new job …
MLB has agreed to a major settlement to resolve a federal lawsuit they were facing. MLB will pay $185 million to the members of a class action lawsuit to settle the complaints. The suit was filed in 2014 by three minor league players who believed …
Major League Baseball has been exploring a number of ways to improve the game, and a new rule that is being tested out in the minors could eventually lead to one of the most significant changes we have seen in years. Beginning on July 22, the …
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred has been open about many of the changes he thinks the league should make in the coming years, and one of them could significantly change the landscape of the sport. There have been 30 MLB teams since the …
Choosing a criticism of Rob Manfred is like choosing from an all-you-can-eat buffet. But it turns out Manfred has one specific criticism he really hates. In a feature written about him this week by ESPN’s Don Van Natta Jr., the embattled MLB …
Rob Manfred is definitely trying to reverse his reputation as The Grinch of Major League Baseball. The league commissioner Manfred sent each MLB player an interesting token of appreciation ahead of Opening Day this year — a pair of Bose …
