4:53 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — The 13-year-old umpire caught in the middle of a brawl at a youth baseball game got a big league show of support Sunday. Josh Cordova and his family were invited to Coors Field by major league umpire Chris Guccione to see the Los Angeles Dodgers play the Colorado
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8:40 PM ET LONDON — Poll any number of players and team officials from the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox about the weekend they just spent across the Atlantic, and you’ll get a wide range of answers about what it was they just experienced. Some consider themselves lucky. Others call being the first
4:03 PM ET Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Police say a suspected drug trafficker offered to pay $30,000 for the shooting that wounded baseball slugger David Ortiz, who was sitting alongside the intended victim. National Police spokesman Frank Felix Duran Mejia told a news conference on Sunday that the alleged mastermind of the
10:20 AM ET Toronto Blue Jays rookie star Vladimir Guerrero Jr. will become the youngest player in major league history to compete in the Home Run Derby. Major League Baseball confirmed Sunday that Guerrero, Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Josh Bell and Cleveland Indians first baseman Carlos Santana will participate in the midseason power showcase, meaning
3:26 AM ET LONDON — Of all the similarities between cricket and baseball — the throwing, the hitting, the running, the odd devotion to long pants, the shall-we-say languid pace of play — the most striking one is this: They are the only major sports in the world in which the defense has the ball.
1:37 AM ET Associated Press DENVER — Hey, blue, great call! Major league umpire Chris Guccione invited a teenage ump who was involved in a game that ended in an adult brawl to attend the Dodgers-Rockies series finale Sunday at Coors Field. Guccione and his crew just wanted to show their support for 13-year-old Josh
12:26 AM ET Milwaukee Brewers star Christian Yelich has thrown his name in the hat for the Home Run Derby. Yelich, who leads the majors with 29 home runs, confirmed Saturday night that he will compete in the All-Star event on July 8 in Cleveland. The event will be televised on ESPN. Yelich joins New
10:59 PM ET ESPN News Services BALTIMORE — Manager Brandon Hyde says his young Baltimore Orioles are a fun team to watch, regardless of how much they’ve been struggling. The Orioles certainly put on a show the last two nights against the Cleveland Indians. Andrew Cashner threw seven innings of three-hit ball, Renato Nunez had
2:50 AM ET CINCINNATI — There aren’t likely to be any Christmas cards exchanged between Chicago Cubs pitcher Pedro Strop and Cincinnati Reds outfielder Yasiel Puig after the two had words with each other as the benches cleared in the Cubs’ 6-0 win on Saturday. Puig got hit in the hip by a 3-0 pitch
9:20 PM 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” In 2017, the Denver Post profiled Tony Cowell, the Coors Field stadium engineer who — inspired by an uncomfortable pair of leather hunting boots — conceived of a humidor that would bring