Month: July 2020

5:41 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The Baltimore Orioles and the state of Maryland have had talks about the team sharing Oriole Park at Camden Yards with the displaced Toronto Blue Jays amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Blue Jays are looking for a major league park after the Canadian government declined to allow them
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5:33 PM ET William Weinbaum Masahiro Tanaka told ESPN on Thursday that when he threw 20 pitches two days earlier during batting practice, he wore a hard-shell protective cap insert for the first time and plans to wear it in games this season. The Yankees right-hander suffered a concussion July 4, minutes into the team’s
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9:48 PM ET ESPN News Services Mookie Betts will not receive all of his money from his $365 million, 12-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers until he is approaching his 52nd birthday in 2044, according to contract details obtained by The Associated Press. He has a $65 million signing bonus that is guaranteed against
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7:20 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump recruited Baseball Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera to help mark baseball’s Opening Day with a group of Little League players at the White House on Thursday. On the day in which Dr. Anthony Fauci tossed out the ceremonial opening pitch for the defending champion
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8:32 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Nationals and Yankees knelt in unison before the first game of the baseball season as part of an opening day ceremony Thursday night that featured references to the Black Lives Matter movement, the coronavirus pandemic — including an off-the-mark first pitch by Dr. Anthony Fauci — and
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4:20 PM ET ESPN News Services The Major League Baseball Players Association has agreed to a plan to expand the playoffs to 16 teams for the 2020 season, sources have told ESPN’s Marly Rivera. A playoff expansion still needs the final approval of MLB owners, sources said. All second-place teams in the six divisions would
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6:19 PM ET ESPN News Services Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw was put on the 10-day injured list because of stiffness in his back and will not make his scheduled start in Thursday’s Opening Day game against the San Francisco Giants, the team announced. The Dodgers recalled right-hander Dustin May, who will make the
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9:14 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN As the Philadelphia 76ers have failed to get out of the second round of the playoffs the past two seasons, the team’s struggles in half-court offense — and questions about who would have the ball in the game’s dying moments — have been front and center. At the heart of
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7:34 PM ET Though Victor Oladipo started in Thursday’s opening scrimmage for the Indiana Pacers, the decision hasn’t been officially made for his participation in the regular season and beyond. “I think today was big, just getting our conditioning up and getting a feel for the game again,” Oladipo said. “Obviously it’s been a minute
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