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Cubs 2022 top prospects: outfielder Brennen Davis could pave the way for Chicago’s new core
Major League Baseball owners may have locked players out, triggering the league's first work stoppage since 1994-95 and stopping the offseason, but that doesn't mean…
Gavin Cross named to U.S. 2022 preseason second all-star team
TUCSON, Arizona. - After his roaring 2021 calendar year on the diamond, the Virginia Tech third-year outfielder Gavin's Cross was appointed in 2022 College baseball Preseason All-American Second Team, as announced by the…
How the Mets signed Pedro Martínez
NEW YORK - Four Mets executives sat in a hotel room in Anaheim, Calif., Listening to then-owner Fred Wilpon join the teleconference conversation calling for a vote. For one man, baseball operations staff figured out that a four-year…
Futures Collegiate Baseball League sets 2022 schedule
WEYMOUTH, Mass. (December 14, 2021) - With a 64-game regular season, the Futures Collegiate Baseball League of New England (FCBL) announced today its schedule for summer 2022. All eight teams will start the summer action…
Mets Manager Search: Buck Showalter, Joe Espada, Matt Quatraro finalists for the position, compared
The New York Mets continue to work on hiring a new manager, and now they've reportedly narrowed the field of nominees to three finalists. According to Joel Sherman and…
Stephen L. Carter: Baseball Players Are Not Overpaid
As for the theater: the owners have locked the players out after declaring a deadlock in the negotiation of a new collective agreement. Management and players are largely off-limits until the lockdown is over.…
The Mets start the interviews for the manager
NEW YORK - Brad Ausmus, Joe Espada, Bob Geren, Clayton McCullough, Matt Quatraro and Buck Showalter all go through the interview process for the open Mets leadership position, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation, with…
The twins reveal their winter experiences to fans
MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL, MN - The Minnesota Twins today detailed their wide range of winter fan experiences, some of which are already underway in Twins' territory. End of year celebrations at clinics; happy moments with philanthropic…
Children lose interest in organized sports. Why it matters
It's the December 6, 2021, edition of bulletin 8 to 3 on school, children and parenthood. Do you like what you read ? Sign up to have it delivered to your inbox every Monday. For more than a century, team sports have been a mainstay of…
Dick ‘Cannonball’ Redding was a Black League Superstar
On December 5, the Hall of Fame's Early Baseball Era Committee (pre-1950) and the Golden Days Era Committee (1950-1969) will meet to vote on 10-player ballots, the results being announced live on the MLB network that evening at 6 a.m. h…