8:57 AM ET ESPN News Services Manny Ramirez says he still misses stepping into the batter’s box and wants to return to professional baseball. The former MLB superstar, who will turn 48 in May, has his sights set on the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan, where he briefly played in 2013. In an interview
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5:10 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The Pirates are suspending retirement benefits for members of Pittsburgh’s baseball operations staff in an effort to cope with the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. General manager Ben Cherington said Tuesday that the team has been searching for ways to find savings with the 2020 season on
2:33 PM ET Major League Baseball is allowing teams to offer refunds to fans for games currently not being played because of the coronavirus pandemic. Previously, games were considered postponed, instead of canceled, allowing teams to hold on to revenue generated from ticket sales. But with little chance of MLB playing 162 games this season,
9:27 AM ET Baltimore Orioles outfielder Trey Mancini has revealed he is recovering from stage 3 colon cancer and doubts he will play this season if Major League Baseball returns. The 28-year-old made the announcement in a story he wrote in The Players’ Tribune. He wrote that he had a port put into his chest
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 2001, Albert Pujols set the rookie record for homers in April with eight. Former Royals catcher Mike Macfarlane
8:00 AM ET Steve RichardsESPN ESPN continues MLB Encore Tuesdays, a series of classic game broadcasts, this week at 7 p.m. ET with Game 7 of the 2003 American League Championship Series between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. • What you need to know: The stakes and tension couldn’t
6:28 PM ET Associated Press North Texas has more to offer than just the new Rangers ballpark should MLB decide to start the pandemic-delayed 2020 baseball season with teams grouped together in different regions. Among the different plans looked at by Major League Baseball is to use Texas as a mid-American hub. “Depending upon a
7:00 AM ET No matter which MLB team you root for, there’s that one big debate that is sure to get your fan base fired up. What if a different decision had been made in that crucial spot that went horribly wrong? Which icon is truly the biggest star in franchise history? Just how should
4:42 PM ET Associated Press Longtime Cincinnati Reds scout and former Seattle Mariners executive George Zurow has died in Florida. He was 89. The Reds confirmed that he died Friday. No further details were available. Zurow started his scouting career with the Pittsburgh Pirates and worked for Cincinnati from 1968 to 1988 during the glory
8:00 AM ET Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” 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,