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The Texas Rangers are on track to become the first team in Major League Baseball or any major U.S.-based sports league to have a full-capacity crowd since the coronavirus pandemic started altering the sports landscape a year ago.

CHICAGO (AP) — After a season of mostly empty ballparks in Chicago, the famed marquee at Wrigley Field said it all.

A goose assaulted another goose on the field during Sunday’s Cubs-Diamondbacks game and refused to leave after being ejected.

Few of the nearly 800 pro athletes who tested positive for the coronavirus were found with any serious heart problems despite worries.

Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer has a clear opinion on whether fans should be allowed to attend MLB games: He says fans should be there, 100%.

Former Major League Baseball star Johnny Damon was arrested on charges of DUI in Florida on Friday.

After nearly five years, Tim Tebow’s long-shot dream of becoming a Major League Baseball player has come to an end.

NEW YORK (AP) — Seven-inning doubleheaders and runners on second base to start extra innings will return for a second straight season under an agreement for 2021 health protocols reached Monday between Major League Baseball and the players’ association.

According to reports, the Biden administration has asked Major League Baseball to push back the start of the coming 2021 season by a month.

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball will proceed with an on-time start to spring training and the season after players rejected a plan Monday night to delay reporting by more than a month.

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has proposed a one-month delay in starting spring training due to the coronavirus pandemic and pushing back opening day to April 28, two people familiar with the plan told The Associated Press. Under

Major League Baseball legend Ken Griffey Jr. was the face of the league during his playing days. Now, he’ll be advising the face of the league when it comes to issues of diversity.

If you’re looking for someone to be upset about not getting voted into the Hall of Fame, don’t waste your time talking to Barry Bonds.

Curt Schilling responded to the snub by the Hall of Fame voting Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) with a snub of his own, requesting that his name be removed from the ballot.

Wednesday, MSNBC contributor Mike Barnicle reacted to former Major League Baseball star pitcher Curt Schilling not being elected to the league’s Hall of Fame along with controversial players such as Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens.

Curt Schilling did not get enough votes to get into the Baseball Hall of Fame this year, and neither did anyone else.

ATLANTA (AP) — As his adopted hometown mourned Hank Aaron’s death, some fans called on the Atlanta Braves to change their name to the Hammers in his honor.

Hall of Fame legend and one-time MLB home run king Henry “Hank” Aaron, has died at the age of 86, according to CBS46 in Atlanta.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Don Sutton, a Hall of Fame pitcher who was a stalwart of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ rotation spanning an era from Sandy Koufax to Fernando Valenzuela, died Tuesday. He was 75.

NEW YORK (AP) — Mets general manager Jared Porter was fired Tuesday after sending graphic, uninvited text messages and images to a female reporter in 2016 when he was working for the Chicago Cubs in their front office.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Yogi Berra will soon be all over — your mail, that is.

Insurance giant American International Group (AIG) canceled Boston Red Sox legend Curt Schilling solely because he is a conservative.

Major League Baseball (MLB)  has decided to suspend all political donations in the wake of last week’s riots at the U.S. Capitol, the Associated Press reports.

Major League Baseball says it will not mandate vaccinations or temperature tests for fans prior to entering ballparks this year.

The Los Angeles Dodgers and Major League Baseball announced on Twitter Friday that Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda has died at age 93.

Jan. 5 (UPI) — The Boston Red Sox have hired Bianca Smith as a Minor League coach, and she will be the first Black woman to coach in professional baseball history.

The year of coronavirus was a major disaster for professional sports as every league suffered ratings declines, and lost billions in revenue.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Blake Snell gave up the ball in Game 6 of the World Series, shaking his head after manager Kevin Cash’s curious pitching change.

Sports in 2020 was an unending state of mourning. It was as if every week, sometimes days, another luminary fell, bringing a cascade of condolence and remembrance.

ATLANTA (AP) — Phil Niekro threw a pitch that baffled hitters and catchers.

Georgia’s sitting Republican Senators, Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue are preparing for a runoff election next month, and their opposition to the Atlanta Braves’ name change is popular with both Democrats and Republicans.

Major League Baseball is formally redefining the Negro Leagues as Major League Baseball, to include Negro League stats among those of the MLB.

Georgia Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue issed a joint statement Monday, stating that they are opposed to the Atlanta Braves changing their name. The statement comes on the same day Cleveland Indians owner Paul Dolan told the Associated Press (AP) his team’s name “is no longer acceptable in our world.”

Cleveland Indians owner Paul Dolan told the Associated Press (AP) on Monday that his team’s name “is no longer acceptable in our world.”

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Indians are changing their name after 105 years.

Major League Baseball Umpire Brian O’Nora was arrested in a prostitution sex sting in Ohio on Saturday.