Major League Baseball’s 26-year-old peace at work ended at midnight on Wednesday, when what many feared was inevitable finally happened: the sport’s first lockout since 1990 became a reality. With the expiration of the collective agreement, the owners essentially closed baseball indefinitely, a negotiating strategy … Read More

Corey Seager agreed to a $ 325 million, 10-year deal with the Texas Rangers on Monday and will now play his home games at the stadium, where he was twice a postseason MVP, according to a person familiar with the deal. The person spoke to … Read More

Noah Syndergaard said Friday that he was frolicking with the Angels in part because of the “uncertainty” surrounding the Mets, who when he signed earlier in the week did not yet have a general manager and still does not have a manager. “It was the … Read More

HOUSTON – Always keep this in mind when discussing Astros, warts and all that from the character theft scandal: They are a fantastic baseball team. Think of it differently. How much enmity would they really evoke from fan bases across the sport and more than … Read More

BOSTON – Jerry Remy, a Boston Red Sox second baseman who went on to become a local icon as a television broadcaster, has died of cancer. He was 68. The Red Sox confirmed that Remy died Saturday night. He had a long and public battle … Read More

ATLANTA – A poll among baseball fans generally yields a mixed bag when it comes to opinions – and quite strong ones – as it pertains to the universally appointed hitter. It turns out that the opinions from them on the court and in the … Read More

ATLANTA – Not long after the cameras caught AJ Minter hot in the Atlanta bullpen on Friday night in Game 3 of the World Series – with Ian Anderson concluding with his fifth inning with no-hit ball – the respective “sides” predictably withdrew to their … Read More

ATLANTA – Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred recently put a happy face on the negotiations between the management and the Players Association. This is despite the fact that lots of people on both sides privately believe that these talks will not result in anything … Read More

ATLANTA – It’s become as much a part of October as leaves changing color – the knee-jerk reaction to a given match in the World Series. The team that wins Game 1 of the Series has declared itself as the superior team, but for sure … Read More

HOUSTON – Gary Pettis remembered the scene with a laugh, but first and foremost with pride. That was in early September of the 2017 season, when Pettis, the Astros’ third-base coach since 2015, met his son, Dante, then a senior / returning student at the … Read More