Baseball News
For the Astros, One Final Hurdle to a Defiant World Series Return
The New York Times - 10 Oct 2020 14:00
Despite a losing record in the regular season, Houston has blitzed through the postseason and reached the A.L.C.S., where a crafty Rays squad awaits.
MLB players' virus-free streak now at 33 days
ESPN - 10 Oct 2020 06:28
Major League Baseball players have gone 33 consecutive days without any new positive tests for the coronavirus, the commissioner's office said Friday.
Rays' Snell to start Game 1 of ALCS vs. Astros
ESPN - 10 Oct 2020 22:31
Tampa Bay Rays left-hander Blake Snell will start Game 1 of the ALCS against the Houston Astros on Sunday night.
Solomon, former MLB exec under Selig, dies at 64
ESPN - 10 Oct 2020 01:57
Jimmie Lee Solomon, who as a top official established youth MLB academies and helped launch the annual Futures Game of top prospects, has died at 64.
In a Golden Era for the Yankees, the Mound Belonged to Whitey Ford
The New York Times - 10 Oct 2020 00:14
Ford was a mainstay on a series of dominant teams in the 1950s and '60s, collecting nearly every record for World Series longevity along the way.