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A pair of GOP congressmen blasted Major League Baseball for calling itself “America’s National Pastime” while American jobs to “communist China.”

SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego police are investigating the deaths of a woman and her 2-year-old son Saturday after they fell from the third level of Petco Park, just as thousands of baseball fans were heading inside for a Padres game, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.

UFC star Conor McGregor may be a great fighter, but he’d make a lousy baseball player after throwing one of the worst opening pitches ever.

Major League Baseball (MLB) is set to require players who participate in the Arizona Fall League to get vaccinated, according to a report.

According to reports, two former Washington Nationals staffers are threatening to take their case to the federal government after being fired because they refused to take the coronavirus vaccine.

Former Cincinnati Reds TV announcer Thom Brennaman claims that the fans he runs into want him to get his job back.

MLB Ump Tim Timmons surprised everyone by ejecting the Orioles’ ground crew from the game as they stood near the dugout.

Ex-MLB pitcher Kyle Farnsworth blasted an MLB player on Twitter for missing a September game due to “general soreness.”

A bat flip and some loose lip led to a bench-clearing brawl between the Arizona Diamondbacks Triple-A affiliate Reno Aces and the Tacoma Rainiers.

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Cubs manager David Ross and president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer have tested positive for COVID-19.

NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees broadcaster John Sterling was helped out of his flooding car by Spanish radio play-by-play man Rickie Ricardo on Wednesday night after Sterling got stuck trying to drive home after a game.

The Texas Rangers set aside 13 seats and draped them in American flags in memory of the 13 service members who fell in Afghanistan.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Nationals Vice President Bob Boone has informed the club he’s resigning rather than comply with the organization’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, a person with knowledge of the situation said.

MLB legends and MLB Network (MLBN) personalities Al Leiter and John Smoltz will no longer appear at MLBN studios after the pair refused to comply with the network’s vaccine mandate, the New York Post reports.

The bleachers turned into a battle ground Sunday when a brawl broke out during the Chicago Cubs and White Sox game at Guaranteed Rate Park.

A man was found dead after falling from a second-story staircase at CitiField in Queens, New York, on Friday, according to the NYPD.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles judge sided with Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer on Thursday and denied a five-year restraining order requested by a woman who said he choked her into unconsciousness and punched her repeatedly during two sexual encounters.

Chicago White Sox pitcher Lance Lynn was ejected from the game Wednesday after appearing to throw a belt in the direction of an ump during a check for foreign substances at Chicago’s Guaranteed Rate Field.

Twitter was aghast after Tigers legend Jack Morris performed what some believe was a mocking Asian accent when discussing Japanese pitcher Shohei Ohtani. However, as far as Ohtani is concerned, he’s not “personally” offended by it all.

DETROIT (AP) — Detroit Tigers broadcaster Jack Morris has been suspended indefinitely for racist comments he made about Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani during Tuesday’s game.

Detroit Tigers television analyst Jack Morris has apologized for using an Asian accent to talk about Los Angeles Angels player Shohei Ohtani during Tuesday night’s game.

Former Pirates pitcher Felipe Vazquez was sentenced for up to four years in prison Tuesday for the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl.

The Giants-Mets game ground to a halt briefly on Monday when a fan ran out onto the field and pretended to throw a pitch.

A 1909 card featuring Pittsburgh Pirates star Honus Wagner won the honors as the highest auction price of any baseball card in history.

DYERSVILLE, Iowa — As the bus carried the New York Yankees through the cornfields blanketing this serene, rolling farmland of northeast Iowa, Aaron Judge noticed a difference from the usual arrival in the next city.

Two female fans got in a heated brawl that ended up on the ground at the Braves game Wednesday night. Onlookers eventually broke up the fight, but not before a few kicks and a submission move were attempted.

Former Cleveland Indians All-Star shortstop Omar Vizquel has been accused of exposing his penis to a 25-year-old autistic batboy, according to a lawsuit.

The Twitter account of retired Major League Baseball star Aubrey Huff was banned from the platform yesterday, causing the conservative sportsman to denounce the “beta cucks” responsible.

Los Angeles Dodgers ball girl #93 Marissa Rohan is being hailed by some as a “hero” after she assisted stadium security Sunday in taking down a fan who was running on the field.

Although it was determined that no Colorado Rockies fan yelled a racial slur at him, Marlins outfielder Lewis Brinson still claims, “I keep hearing the n-word.”

The Colorado Rockies say they will investigate an incident in which it appeared a fan shouted a racial slur at a black Florida Marlins player during an at-bat on Sunday.

The Cleveland Indians’ name change reportedly remains uncertain, as the Cleveland Guardians men’s roller derby team could sue to stop them, according to a law firm that specializes in transactional and trademark areas. Cleveland’s Major League Baseball team announced last week that

Fans and social media users sounded off in opposition on Friday following the announcement that the Cleveland baseball team, formerly known as the Indians, would be changing its name to the Guardians after 105 years.

The Cleveland Indians were named not a demeaning insult. Instead, they were named after the league’s first Native American player, Louis Sockalexis.

In a Tom Hanks-narrated video just over two minutes in length, the Cleveland team formerly known as the Indians, announced that they were changing their name to the Guardians.

Stadium security laid out a Yankees fan who ran out onto the field at Yankees Stadium on Tuesday.