8:24 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Gwen Goldman finally got to be a bat girl for the New York Yankees — 60 years after she was turned down because of her gender. At 70, Goldman worked at Yankee Stadium during the game against the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night. She had been
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2:01 PM ET Colorado Rockies shortstop Trevor Story announced Monday he will take part in the All-Star Game Home Run Derby at Coors Field. Story joins the Los Angeles Angels‘ Shohei Ohtani and New York Mets‘ Pete Alonso as players confirming they will take part in the derby. Sources also confirmed to ESPN that the
12:41 PM ET Associated Press Josh Rawitch will become president of baseball’s Hall of Fame on Sept. 9 after spending 27 years with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Arizona Diamondbacks and Major League Baseball Advanced Media. Tim Mead left the Los Angeles Angels after 40 years to become Hall president on June 24, 2019, taking over
11:31 AM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Indians outfielder Josh Naylor will need surgery after breaking his right ankle during a frightening collision with Cleveland second baseman Ernie Clement. Naylor smashed into the rookie in the fourth inning Sunday in Minnesota. Naylor was sprinting toward a shallow pop in short right field when he hit
12:52 PM ET Associated Press Host Japan will open the Olympic baseball tournament against the Dominican Republic at Fukushima on July 28, and Mike Scioscia’s U.S. team will start two days later against Israel at Yokohama. The U.S., in Group B, also plays defending champion South Korea on July 31. The U.S. has not yet
1:59 PM ET The Houston Astros have a major league-best seven finalists to start in the 2021 All-Star Game. The top-three finalists for each position based on fan voting in each league, plus designated hitter for the American League, were announced Sunday. Three teams — the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs and Toronto Blue Jays
4:59 PM ET ESPN News Services The San Diego Padres placed right-hander Dinelson Lamet on the 10-day injured list Sunday with forearm inflammation after he left Saturday night’s start in the third inning. Lamet (2-3) left the game against the Arizona Diamondbacks with one out in the third inning, one batter after surrendering Eduardo Escobar‘s
4:14 PM ET CHICAGO — White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu left Sunday’s 3-2 loss to the Seattle Mariners after getting hit by a pitch on the left knee, but X-rays were negative, according to the team. The White Sox said he has a bruised knee and is day-to-day. Abreu, 34, was nailed by Mariners
6:30 PM ET It’s been a tumultuous June for pitchers across baseball, and none of them has operated under a brighter spotlight than New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole. On Sunday, it took one pitch for the spotlight on Cole to brighten a little more. That pitch was a 96 mph four-seam fastball with a
3:54 PM ET Seattle Mariners pitcher Hector Santiago was ejected in the fifth inning of Sunday’s game against the Chicago White Sox after umpires inspected his glove. Santiago, 33, was pulled from the game after giving up two walks and two hits in the inning. Per the league’s new rule on inspecting pitchers for foreign