Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander has resumed throwing and is "doing great" as he recovers from March groin surgery, manager Dusty Baker said Wednesday.
Commissioner Rob Manfred told The Associated Press on Wednesday that it is incumbent for Major League Baseball "to turn over every stone to try to play the game in 2020 if there's any way we can in the environment."
Roy Halladay had amphetamine levels about 10 times therapeutic levels in his blood along with a high level of morphine and an antidepressant that can impair judgment as he performed climbs and turns in his small plane prior to his fatal 2017 crash.
Someone tried to strike him out on three pitches on his day. Someone else knocked him down with a pitch in an Old-Timers' game. Frank Robinson, ever the competitor, took care of it.
While MLB weighs the idea of playing to empty parks, a recent gift reminded Doug Glanville that just one fan -- let alone a million -- can mean the world.
Babe Ruth threw and hit lefty, but ate and wrote right-handed. Craig Biggio and Brooks Robinson did it the other way. And don't even try to figure out Mark Mulder: "I'm completely screwed up."
They are the ones who call the games, who make up the sound of baseball -- from Russ Hodges and Vin Scully to Ernie Harwell and Jon Miller. Those are the voices that have long brought baseball to life.
More than 50 Major League Baseball players representing all 30 teams have raised nearly $1 million to provide over 4 million meals to support childhood hunger prevention during the coronavirus pandemic.
Twins pitcher Jose Berrios is using the extra time to adjust the trajectory of his changeup and curveball as complementary pitches to his four-seam fastball.
Oakland Athletics minor league manager Webster Garrison, who remains hospitalized in Louisiana, has been taken off a ventilator for the first time in more than three weeks.
Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Joe Kelly was working on a changeup in his backyard Wednesday, but one pitch missed the target completely and shattered a bedroom window.
Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo has held a "happy hour" conference call with coaches and plans another call exclusively for the team's players to check in on each other.
Bobby Winkles, the former baseball coach who won three national championships at Arizona State and went on to manage in the majors with the Angels and Athletics, died Friday. He was 90.