For FrontPageBets A sense of normalcy has returned to Major League Baseball after an abbreviated spring training and a late start to the regular season. With rosters down to 26 players, after opening the season at 28, starting pitchers are pushing the 100-pitch mark again. Even offense has picked up after early complaints of a … Read more
The Tampa Bay Rays and the New York Yankees used their Twitter accounts to increase awareness about gun violence instead of covering their game Thursday night. Sheldon Cooper/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Sheldon Cooper/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The Tampa Bay Rays and the New York Yankees used their Twitter accounts … Read more
Southern Arkansas has an opportunity to earn its first-ever trip to the NCAA Division II baseball champion this weekend, as it hosts Augustana in a best-of-three series at Walker Stadium. SAU is the Central Region’s No. 2 seed and a consensus top eight team nationally. No. 5 seed Augustana stands ahead of sixth-year head coach … Read more
Fresh off their extra innings victory in Minnesota, the Detroit Tigers opened a nine game homestand against the recently visited Cleveland Guardians of Gridlock, looking to start a new winning streak. Tarik Skubal showed everyone his leg was fine and while the offense went quiet in the middle of the game after an early lead, … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball told its clubs that some are failing to provide acceptable work accommodations for female employees, calling them “embarrassingly below” standard. The May 20 memorandum from Michael Hill, the MLB senior vice president for on-field operations, asks teams to provide documentation by June 3 of the facilities for home … Read more
The regional round of the 2022 NCAA softball tournament was nothing if not exciting. There were upsets, such as Mississippi State’s two-game sweep over No. 2 Florida State. There were blowouts, like No. 1 Oklahoma’s 20-0 win over Texas A&M. Now comes the real test. Super regionals begin May 26. Teams are just one weekend … Read more
“I’d trade any award I have in my trophy case for a championship trophy once again,” Pujols said about going for another World Series win in 2022 with the Cardinals. CHESTERFIELD, Mo. — Albert Pujols may have left St. Louis for Los Angeles in 2011, but the roots he planted here with his charity never … Read more
The Angels announced that they have selected the contract of outfielder Juan Lagares. In a corresponding move, right-hander Mike Mayers has been designated for assignment. After spending his entire big league career with the Mets, Lagaras joined a new organization for the first time last year, signing a minor league deal with the Angels. He … Read more
Duke’s softball players Julia Boyet (21), Lillie Walker (15), Claire Davidson (7), Jameson Kavel (2), Ana Gold (4) and Kelly Torres (3) celebrate the team’s NCAA regional championship on Sunday, May 22, 2022, in Durham. Nat LeDonne duke athletics Durham Rapidly and methodically, with one major outside disruption thrown in, Duke’s softball team went from … Read more
9:48 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” In a pointed letter to teams last week, Major League Baseball said numerous clubs’ stadiums “fall embarrassingly below the high standards” necessary for women who are part of the game’s traveling parties … Read more