8:00 AM ET There might be no better example of a difference between perception and reality than Ichiro Suzuki’s initial days in the big leagues. When he arrived in Arizona for his first spring training in 2001, the first impressions he generated were less than ideal. Ichiro’s swing was so unconventional, with his body seemingly
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8:00 AM ET One of the most unusual and incredible double plays started to form like a quilt of baseball development long before Ramon Laureano raced to the warning track in 2018. There was the time Laureano spent long-tossing as a kid, building arm strength. The high school days when he pitched, improving his throwing
4:28 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Anthony Causi, a highly skilled and exceedingly popular sports photographer for The New York Post who covered the city’s teams for 25 years, died Sunday from the new coronavirus. He was 48. The newspaper reported Causi’s death on its website Sunday night and included an image of
7:47 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 2010, Herbie The Love Bug said goodbye to an old home, and Minnesota gave him a new one.
7:00 AM ET Alden Gonzalez Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2016 to cover the Los Angeles Rams Previously covered the Angels for MLB.com Marly Rivera Close ESPN Writer Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. Eighteen of the Washington Nationals‘ Venezuelan players are staying at a Marriott in West Palm Beach,
1:55 PM ET The longer that baseball’s doors are closed because of the coronavirus, the greater the cost, as is the case with every other business. Team officials and player agents are bracing for what they expect to be a dramatic shift in the financial landscape if the sport is shut down for the season.
8:00 AM ET Evaluating general managers in Major League Baseball is an incredibly tough exercise. There’s the draft, free agency, coaching staff and trades, and every general manager deals with different constraints from prior regimes and from ownership. Because of those difficulties, we’ll try a different kind of exercise aimed at evaluating and grading general
8:07 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 2011, Sam Fuld didn’t stop. Willie Mays never hit for the cycle. Neither did Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth
Apr 10, 2020 Associated Press Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo says one team employee — not a player — tested positive for the coronavirus and is “on the road to getting better.” Rizzo said no players for the reigning World Series champions have shown any symptoms of COVID-19 at any point and so no
8:00 AM ET The greatest stolen base ever began, like so much else in baseball, with failure. As the 2004 postseason began, Dave Roberts was told by Red Sox manager Terry Francona to stay ready for anything, and in Roberts’ first playoff opportunity as a pinch runner, in the division series against the Angels, he
7:41 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 1913, they became the Damn Yankees. They were the New York Highlanders until 1913 when, on April 10,
7:03 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Slugger Mark Reynolds is retiring after hitting 298 homers over 13 seasons with eight teams. The 36-year-old made the announcement Thursday on SiriusXM Radio. When the free agent was asked whether he still was pursuing a new team, Reynolds said he’s “moved beyond that, I’ve retired.” He added
7:15 AM ET With baseball season (and virtually everything else) on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic, news that Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association have discussed the idea of starting the season with all 30 teams playing in Arizona created quite a stir. MLB said it has “not settled on that option
7:00 AM ET Before we unfold the results of our Second-Chance World Series simulation, let’s muse a bit about what might have been had either, or both, of our finalists — the ’94 Montreal Expos and ’77 Kansas City Royals — gone on to win the World Series with what, for both clubs, were the
10:18 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Former Texas Rangers star Josh Hamilton has been indicted on a felony charge of injury to a child after his teenage daughter accused him of beating her. A Tarrant County grand jury indicted the 38-year-old Hamilton on Monday. He remains free on $30,000 bond after he
7:00 AM ET If the question of when, where and how Major League Baseball begins its 2020 season is still completely up in the air, just imagine how the 250-plus minor league teams across the country must be feeling right now. Unlike the majors, there seemingly are only best- and worst-case scenarios for minor league
8:00 AM ET ON THE LAST Monday night in March, Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Blake Snell ate a Fruit Roll-Up, performed an occasional karaoke number — including “Wonderwall” by Oasis and a mix of Drake tunes — and played MLB The Show 20 on PlayStation Network. “Bro,” Snell announced to the more than 500
12:19 AM ET Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — With new cases of the coronavirus falling in South Korea, the country’s baseball league is targeting an early May restart with teams ready to play preseason exhibition games as early as April 21. On Wednesday, the country recorded 53 new infections, the third consecutive day that