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Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred speaks onstage during the Growing the Game panel, at the Fortune Global Forum on Nov. 11, 2024, in New York City. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images North America/TNS)

A cautious Rob Manfred says MLB’s ‘values on diversity remain unchanged’

February 7, 2025 at 7:03 a.m.

Three days after NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said his league would remain committed to its diversity initiatives, MLB's Rob Manfred said his league would, too — albeit more cautiously.

OREGON: MARINEROS DE SEATTLE.
Conocido por pagar bien a sus enfermeras, Oregon también es hogar de fanáticos de los Marineros de Seattle.

OPINIÓN/Albert Pujols no fue la estrella que los Angels esperaban

May 7, 2021 at 9:20 p.m.

Al final, los Angels cortaron a un tipo que batea .198. No es gran cosa. Y ese, lamentablemente, es el legado de Albert Pujols con los Angels: No es gran...

Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci listens as President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, May 15, 2020, in Washington.

When should baseball return? Dr. Anthony Fauci says MLB should wrap up play in September.

June 17, 2020 at 4:50 p.m.

How long should baseball's short season extend? The players say November. The owners say October. But, if the sole factor is minimizing risk for the novel coronavirus, Dr. Anthony Fauci...

Dr. Anthony Fauci (der.), director del Instituto Nacional de Alergia y Enfermedades Infecciosas, junto al presidente de EEUU, Donald Trump, durante una rueda de prensa en la Casa Blanca el 22 de abril de 2020 en Washington, DC.

Dr. Anthony Fauci dice que MLB no debería jugar en octubre

June 17, 2020 at 2:52 p.m.

¿Cuánto tiempo debe durar la corta temporada de béisbol? Los jugadores dicen noviembre. Los dueños dicen octubre. Pero, si el único factor es minimizar el riesgo del nuevo coronavirus, el...

Manager Joe Maddon #70 of the Los Angeles Angels talks with his players in the dugout prior to a spring training game against the Cleveland Indians at Goodyear Ballpark on March 3, 2020 in Goodyear, Ariz.

Los Angeles Angels manager Joe Maddon helped his Pennsylvania hometown combat racism a decade ago

June 16, 2020 at 5:22 p.m.

The statements flood social media, from athletes and leagues and corporations, all full of promises and pledges and the best of intentions. And then, Joe Maddon wonders, what next? The...

El lanzador Mike Bolsinger en un juego con Los Angeles Dodgers en junio de 2016.

Exlanzador de los Dodgers demanda a los Astros por acabar con su carrera con el robo de señales

February 11, 2020 at 7:56 p.m.

Un exlanzador de los Dodgers entabló el lunes una demanda legal en contra de los Astros de Houston, alegando que el sistema ilegal de robo de señas de ese equipo...

Baseball does not test major league players for opioids, but after Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs' death that policy is under review by the commissioner's office and players' union. The parties have discussed whether to loosen baseball's restrictions on marijuana.

MLB and players’ union mull testing for opioids while easing marijuana penalties

October 11, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

When healthy, Kyle Blanks could crush a baseball. In the final 32 games of 2009, his rookie season with the San Diego Padres, playing in a home field so cavernous...

tronc Chairman Michael Ferro talks with Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein during the Cubs' Bricks and Ivy Ball charity event at Navy Pier's Grand Ballroom on April 19, 2017.

Rob Manfred has a vision to improve baseball and it’s more radical than you think

May 20, 2019 at 8:53 p.m.

Pace of play this, and pace of play that. Rob Manfred did not want to talk about it. Not at first, anyway. The commissioner of baseball wanted to play football...

U.S. second baseman Ian Kinsler makes a play against Japan on Tuesday in the World Baseball Classic. Kinsler appears to not be a fan of flamboyant displays of passion in baseball.

Is there one right way to play baseball?

May 20, 2019 at 8:52 p.m.

Hey, hot take machines: chill out and enjoy the ballgame. Or, if you want to chew on some intriguing comments, at least check out what Adam Jones said. Lay off...

Royals say family requested that Volquez not be told father died before game

May 20, 2019 at 8:18 p.m.

Death comes in threes, they say. Death cares not whether you are poor or rich, anonymous or famous, commoner or royal. The mother of Kansas City Royals third baseman Mike...

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