4:44 PM ET The Cape Cod Baseball League, the renowned summer league for top college stars, has canceled its 2020 season due to the coronavirus pandemic, it announced Friday. “The decision was based on the health concerns and safety needs of all involved,” the league said, adding that the vote was unanimous. “Following CDC guidelines
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12:46 PM ET Associated Press Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo expects there to be a 2020 MLB season. Baseball has been on hold since last month because of the coronavirus pandemic, right along with most sports and other aspects of everyday life. Rizzo said on a conference call with reporters Friday: “I’m optimistic, as
12:30 PM ET Steve Dalkowski, a wild left-hander who was said to have been dubbed “the fastest pitcher in baseball history” by Ted Williams, died this week in New Britain, Connecticut. He was 80. Dalkowski, who once struck out 24 batters in a minor league game — and walked 18 — never made it to
8:25 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 1967, Omar Vizquel was born. Omar Vizquel has the greatest hands I’ve ever seen. And, after Ozzie Smith,
8:00 AM ET Mark Hamilton had been around long enough to learn that on struggling affiliates, the minor league free agents are usually the first to go. The Gwinnett Braves, Atlanta’s Triple-A farm team, languished through most of the summer in 2014. Hamilton joined them over the offseason, three years after earning a World Series
1:48 PM ET NEW YORK — Select games from the final 10 days of the MLB The Show Players League, including its playoff tournament, will be broadcast on ESPN, ESPN2, FS1 and MLB Network starting Thursday night. ESPN2 will broadcast select regular-season games Thursday and Saturday, while MLB Network will broadcast select regular-season showdowns on
12:34 PM ET Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully is in the hospital after falling at his home on Tuesday. The Los Angeles Dodgers tweeted Thursday afternoon that the 92-year-old Scully is “resting comfortably.” The Dodgers’ tweet also includes a quote from Scully: “I won’t be doing anymore headfirst sliding, I never liked it.” Scully
1:00 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Quarantined in his home, bored, waiting for the day baseball finally comes back, Dee Gordon couldn’t stop thinking about everyone whose lives the coronavirus has upended. The kids who weren’t receiving meals
7:46 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 1952, Hoyt Wilhelm hits a home run in his first major league at-bat. Wilhelm, a notoriously bad hitter,
7:00 AM ET PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — In the final days of spring training, before the abrupt closure of camps due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Tampa Bay Rays twice deployed a four-man outfield against Ozzie Albies in a game against the Atlanta Braves. That in itself isn’t remarkably unique, as the Rays used four