We Have To Bring Baseball Back

In some of America’s darkest moments, the country has turned to Major League Baseball to bring hope and normalcy back to everyday life.

NY Times

MLB Considering Splitting Teams Into Three Regional Divisions For 2020 Season

Major League Baseball is exploring various options that could allow the season to start if the medical situation allows, including a plan in which the 30 teams might be split into three regional divisions.

Fox Sports Midwest

Fans Want Sports Back, But Most Willing To Wait Until It's Safe

Some politicians, media figures and business leaders are clamoring for sectors of the economy to reopen in the near future, and President Donald Trump, on April 14, specifically mentioned America’s professional sports leagues.

Fox Sports Midwest

Baseball's Comeback Seems Farther Away The More You Think About It

At a time when optimism can be harder to find than toilet paper, John Mozeliak is asking for it, and hoping it rolls.

BenFred

Cuba Remains In Contact With MLB

Yusnier Romero Puentes, legal adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) and a direct participant in the agreement between the Cuban Baseball Federation (FCB) and MLB, assured the state television program Bola Viva , that it will last until 2021 and will will implement sometime "closer than later".  (Translated)

Diario De Cuba

Donald Trump Says Pete Rose Should Be In Baseball Hall Of Fame

Pete Rose, Major League Baseball's all-time hits leader who is banned from the sport for betting on games while a player and manager, should be in the Hall of Fame, President Trump said.

Washington Examiner

Chiefs' Win Puts Cardinals Back On Championship Clock

Perception, perception, perception.

BenFred

Cardinals Are Back Where They Belong At Long Last

The St. Louis Cardinals mean something again.

Hochman

LVBP Will Meet With U.S. Senate

Giuseppe Palmisano, president of the LVBP, informed from Miami on Monday that he hopes to have a date this week to present the case of Venezuelan baseball to the United States Senate, while continuing with the procedures to get the Office of Control of Foreign Assets of the US government rule in favor of the local professional ball.  (Translated)

El Emergente

MLB Bans Players From Participating In The Venezuelan League

Jared Diamond and Kejal Vyas of the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that Major League Baseball has banned all players who are employed in affiliated baseball from participating in the Venezuelan Winter League. The move is being made to comply with economic sanctions imposed by the Trump Administration earlier this year.

NBC Sports

Donald Trump Willing To Revise Pact With Cuba If MLB Helps Press Venezuela

The White House would be open to reviving in some way the pact between Cuba and the Major Leagues if the governing body of the best ball in the world applied pressure for the Caribbean nation to diminish its relations with Venezuela.  (Translated)

El Nuevo Herald

MLB Hires Firm To Continue Talks On Cuba With White House

It is not over until it's over, that seem to say the majors who have hired the services of a law firm to represent its interests before the White House after it was removed a pact that would allow the arrival of Cuban baseball players to Greater.  (Translated)

El Nuevo Herald

Dickie Thon Disagrees With Alex Cora's Decision To Not Visit White House

The reactions have not been made wait and the subject promises to continue in the mouth of the people for a long time.

El Nuevo Dia

Alex Cora Will Not Visit White House

Boston Red Sox Puerto Rican coach Alex Cora announced on Sunday that he will not be part of the visit of the World Series champion team to the White House , where they will be received on Thursday by President Donald Trump.  (Translated)

El Nuevo Dia

Donald Trump Administration Blocks Baseball Players From Cuba

The Trump administration blocked Major League Baseball from signing players directly from Cuba to play professionally in the U.S., nullifying a historic deal the league struck in December with the island nation’s baseball federation.

Wall St Journal

Kris Bryant Kick-Starts Cubs-Cardinals Smack Talk, Saying St. Louis Is 'So Boring'

This weekend's Winter Warm-Up, which begins today at the Hyatt Regency at the Arch, is considered to be the unofficial start of baseball season.

BenFred

Cuban Players Hired In The MLB Will Be Able To Travel With Their Families To The U.S.

The Cuban Baseball Federation (FCB) announced on its Twitter account that Cuban players hired through the agreement signed in December with the Major Leagues will be able to travel with their families "without giving up their country" of origin.  (Translated)

Pelota Cubana Blog

Jose Canseco Offers To Fill Spot In Donald Trump's Cabinet

With a "secret reorg plan" in hand, Jose Canseco is angling for a job at the White House.

USA Today

Are Dexter Fowler & The Cardinals Headed For A Divorce? Sure Seems Like It

Dexter Fowler​ said he​ thinks​ things​ still​ can work​ out​ between​ him​ and​ the St.​ Louis​​ Cardinals, but they certainly don’t appear to be in the happy-marriage stage.

The Athletic

Jason Seaman Grateful For Honors

The teacher credited with saving lives by tackling a shooter at a suburban Indianapolis middle school says the attention he’s received since then is gratifying but has also felt too much at times.

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