8:20 AM ET You love baseball. Tim Kurkjian loves baseball. So while we await its return, every day we’ll provide you with a story or two tied to this date in baseball history. ON THIS DATE IN 1965, Jim Palmer recorded his first major league victory. Jim Palmer was 19 — long, lean, loose and
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1:17 PM ET Major League Baseball plans to hold the 2020 MLB Draft remotely, according to a memo obtained by ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Friday. As of now, teams are not allowed to have draft rooms and will do all drafting via video conference. That could change, the memo says, as the draft date approaches.
8:00 AM ET Since the coronavirus pandemic shut down baseball in March, an avalanche of daily concerns has cascaded onto club officials and managers. The health of the players and staff. Proper food and shelter for foreign-born players. The daily review of home workouts. Budget problems, and the consideration of who gets furloughed, who gets
7:48 AM ET You love baseball. Tim Kurkjian loves baseball. So while we await its return, every day we’ll provide you with a story or two tied to this date in baseball history. ON THIS DATE IN 1953, George Brett was born. In the final week of his final season in 1993, George Brett was
7:00 AM ET On May 15, 1973, Nolan Ryan pitched the first no-hitter of his career in Major League Baseball. As far as Nolan Ryan no-hitters would go, it was a relatively pedestrian effort, with a mere 12 strikeouts, although there were no hard-hit balls against the Angels right-hander until the final couple of innings,
1:13 AM ET Bob Watson, whose career in baseball included stints as a player, coach, general manager and Major League Baseball executive, died Thursday, the Houston Astros announced. Watson, who was 74, died from kidney disease, according to his son. The bulk of the first baseman and outfielder’s 19-year playing career came with the Astros,
8:15 PM ET ESPN News Services Art Howe, who managed the Houston Astros, Oakland Athletics and New York Mets after his major league playing career, is hospitalized in intensive care with the coronavirus, Howe confirmed to Houston TV station KPRC 2 on Thursday. Howe, 73, told KPRC 2 that he first felt COVID-19 symptoms on
10:55 PM ET Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred on Thursday night outlined the coronavirus-testing protocols the league hopes to implement, telling CNN that frequent tests will be key to the sport’s restart and that a positive test won’t mean shutting down an entire team. Manfred said the league, which plans in the coming days
6:33 PM ET Associated Press CINCINNATI — The Reds are laying off less than 25% of their staff and reducing pay for others on June 1 in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Cincinnati made the announcement on its website Thursday. The Miami Marlins will temporarily furlough 90 to 100 baseball operations employees beginning June 1,
2:49 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. If the New York Yankees return to play this season, they will have healthy outfielders in Aaron Judge and Aaron Hicks, according to general manager Brian Cashman. Cashman addressed a variety of topics, including the slow healing of Judge’s