6:00 PM ET By the time I was 5 I would come to understand that Superman, Batman and Spider-Man were not actually somewhere outside our apartment on West 10th Street. That wasn’t true of Tom Seaver. He was the superhero we could go see in Queens. The best pitcher in the game was on my
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5:09 PM ET To pay tribute to Hall of Famer Tom Seaver, who died Monday, every member of the New York Mets put dirt on the right knees of their pant legs before facing off against the New York Yankees on Thursday. The nod was meant to symbolize Seaver’s iconic drop-and-drive delivery, as his right
12:32 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. Major League Baseball announced all 30 team nominees for the Roberto Clemente Award, which will be officially recognized on Wednesday, Sept. 9, commemorating the 19th annual Roberto Clemente Day. The Clemente Award, considered by MLB “the most prestigious individual
7:30 AM ET A retail sportsbook, complete with betting windows and self-serve kiosks, is in the works at one of baseball’s most iconic venues, Wrigley Field. On Thursday, the Chicago Cubs announced a multiyear partnership with DraftKings that includes plans for putting a sportsbook at Wrigley Field or in the Wrigleyville area outside of the
8:00 AM ET ESPN staff IN EARLY 2018, Major League Baseball needed a little help. Commissioner Rob Manfred’s office wanted to get a bill passed to keep MLB from having to pay the federal minimum wage or overtime to minor league players. League officials asked minor league owners, who run the teams but don’t pay
7:00 AM ET Mike Clevinger captured it perfectly in his first news conference as a member of the San Diego Padres. “It’s the most exciting team in baseball right now,” he said. “It’s kind of the place to be right now.” Clevinger was one of 26 players — including players to be named later —
11:35 PM ET Fifty-one years later, it might still be the greatest baseball story ever told. The Miracle Mets of 1969, never having finished above .500, going from ninth place in 1968 to the World Series title. The hapless, bumbling, laughingstock New York Mets, most famous for the time Marv Throneberry hit an apparent game-winning
12:38 AM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Mike Brosseau got some payback against the New York Yankees. One night after Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman threw a 101 mph fastball over his head, setting off events that eventually led both benches to empty in the ninth, Brousseau hit two home runs as the Tampa
11:23 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Adam Duvall hit three home runs a night after teammate Marcell Ozuna did it, making them the first teammates in major league history to perform the feat in consecutive games as the NL East-leading Atlanta Braves beat the stumbling Boston Red Sox 7-5 Wednesday night for a three-game
8:29 PM ET Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver, who led the New York Mets to an improbable World Series victory in 1969, has died at age 75. The Baseball Hall of Fame announced that Seaver died Monday from complications of Lewy body dementia and COVID-19. “We are heartbroken to share that our beloved husband