Craig Calcaterra

Manny Ramirez wants to play in Taiwan in 2020

Manny: “My goal for 2020, is to find a roster spot in the CPBL.” He says he would like to be a player-coach.

Latest weird suggestion: Radically-realigned three-division league

Baseball’s brainstorming has led to at least one plan that will allow teams to play in their home ballparks

2019 World Series Game 1 - Washington Nationals v. Houston Astros

MLB to allow teams to refund fans for tickets to lost games

To date, teams were retaining money on the theory that games have not been cancelled, merely postponed

Pirates suspended contributions to employees’ 401Ks

The Pirates are the first team known to be cutting benefits due to the COVID-19 stoppage

Trey Mancini reveals that he has Stage III colon cancer

He will undergo chemotherapy for the next six months. He does not believe he’ll play in any version of a 2020 baseball season

What it means to say ‘there will be a season this year’

Two vague reports in the last 24 hours have created the impression that baseball’s return is inevitable. It’s anything but.

Today in Baseball History: Steve Howe dies at age 48

Howe was an immensely talented reliever but he would be suspended seven times in his star-crossed career

Michael Conforto is taking regular batting practice

The Mets outfielder strained his oblique in early March

San Francisco Giants v Los Angeles Dodgers

Today in Baseball History: Barry Bonds joins the 300-300 club

Barry Bonds is the only member of the 500-500 and 400-400 clubs. But who else has joined him in the 300-300 club?

Steve Dalkowski, the model for Nuke LaLoosh, dies at 80

He may never have made the big leagues, but Dalkowski is thought by many to have been the hardest thrower the game has ever seen.

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim v Houston Astros

Shohei Ohtani has been throwing two bullpen sessions per week

The extended break has given Shohei Ohanti more time to recover from Tommy John surgery.

Arizona Diamondbacks v Los Angeles Dodgers

Vin Scully released from the hospital

Scully: “I’m home resting comfortably with my wife and we are both eagerly awaiting the Time for Dodger Baseball!”

Mets Skipper Casey Stengel Pointing at Spring Training

Today in Baseball History: Casey Stengel fined for appearing in a beer ad

Beer and baseball go together like nothing else, but was a bit of a different story back in the early 1960s.

Vin Scully, 92, hospitalized after fall at home

Retired Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully has been hospitalized after falling at his Los Angeles-area home.

David Wells, Curt Schilling snipe at each other on Twitter

The now-retired stars in happier times

Today in Baseball History: Fernando Tatís hits two grand slams in one inning

There were, by my reckoning, at least three interesting things about this apart from the feat itself.

MLB, MiLB release a joint statement regarding their negotiations

Short answer: no news. Which, given the track record of these two sides, is actually news.

Red Sox manager Ron Roenicke’s ‘interim’ tag is removed

I missed this yesterday because I was overwhelmed with processing just how extensive the discipline against the Red Sox was.

Red Sox sign-stealing penalties announced

A video replay operator, who was found most culpable, has been suspended, and a draft pick was docked.

Pitcher Hideki Irabu, 27, joins New York Yankees' owner Geor

Today in Baseball History: Yankees trade for Hideki Irabu

The smiles would soon be a thing of the past

Minor League Baseball is prepared to accept 40-team contraction

The pandemic has turned what was a contentious negotiation into an afterthought. 40 minor league teams are going to be wiped out.

Today in Baseball History: George W. Bush ‘buys’ the Texas Rangers

He was only a 0.6% stakeholder, but he took active control of the team.

Padres to pay baseball operations employees through October

The San Diego Padres told baseball operations employees yesterday that they will be paid through October.

Fans sue all 30 teams, Manfred, ticket sellers, over their refusal to issue ticket refunds

Major League Baseball currently classifies games lost to COVID-19 as “postponed” not “cancelled” and has held on to ticket money

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