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Olney: Rob Manfred, Tony Clark should be front and center to answer coronavirus concerns
There is a beachhead of hope and a mountain of uncertainty among teams these days as they attempt to play baseball amid the surge of coronavirus infections around the country. After the sport’s first waves of testing results, just about everybody in the game has no more than one degree of separation from COVID-19 as […]
Continue readingDodgers closer Kenley Jansen says he has recovered after testing positive for COVID-19
Jansen, the Dodgers’ All-Star closer, said he seemingly acquired the virus from his 4-year-old son, Kaden, who had a fever one night and later tested positive. Jansen initially tested negative, then tested positive in a follow-up exam. He acquired the virus nearly three weeks ago but said he began to feel better by the fourth […]
Continue readingYankees closer Aroldis Chapman tests positive for coronavirus
New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman became the team’s third major league player to test positive for the coronavirus, manager Aaron Boone announced Saturday afternoon. “We did have a player test positive, it was Aroldis Chapman, so he is not at camp. He’s got mild symptoms but overall is doing well,” Boone said. “He will […]
Continue readingYankees’ Masahiro Tanaka ‘in really good spirits’ after taking liner to head
Manager Aaron Boone was not hyperbolizing by saying the New York Yankees “dodged a bullet” with pitcher Masahiro Tanaka seemingly being symptom-free just a day after being hit on the right side of the head by a 112 mph line drive from Giancarlo Stanton. After he underwent a battery of tests, Tanaka’s official diagnosis was […]
Continue readingYankees’ Masahiro Tanaka released from hospital after taking line drive to head
The New York Yankees are relieved that starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka is doing well after being drilled on the right side of his head by a Giancarlo Stanton line drive Saturday afternoon. “Masa had concussion-like symptoms that have since dissipated. He went through a battery of tests at the hospital; everything checked out well,” Yankees […]
Continue readingEverything you need to know as MLB’s 2020 season restart begins
It’s here. Finally. Spring training 2.0. Or make that summer camp. Or is it summer training? In any case, Major League Baseball begins its strange 2020 odyssey on Wednesday in the strangest of ways — but appropriate for the times: testing for a virus that didn’t exist a year ago. If cleared, workouts will begin […]
Continue readingBest betting seasons for every MLB team over the past 20 years
The MLB season is still on hold, so in the meantime, we thought we’d take a look at each team’s best betting season over the past 20 years (based on one-unit bets). 2012: +36.49 betting units The Orioles hadn’t had a winning season in 14 years and finished last in the AL East four straight […]
Continue readingViewers guide: Cubs take on their World Series title drought in epic Game 7
ESPN continues MLB Encore Tuesdays, a series of classic game broadcasts, this week at 7 p.m. ET with Game 7 of the 2016 World Series between the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field. What you need to know: Given everything at stake, this has to be considered one of the most anticipated World […]
Continue readingHow to become a KBO diehard: What I learned in my first two weeks
That was my first thought as rumors swirled that KBO broadcasts might be coming to ESPN and there might be a way someone who is very much missing the sport to watch live baseball every day while we wait for the majors to return. And that is my first bit of advice to you, because […]
Continue readingRanking every World Series in MLB history
The World Series begins with only one promise: It will produce a winner. It won’t assure us a compelling story, though it does often deliver. It won’t guarantee seven nights of entertainment, though we’re frequently so blessed. There’s no pledge that we’ll remember more than one or two things about it 20 years later, but […]
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