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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) fouled up an attempt to honor baseball legend Willie Mays on his 90th birthday on Thursday, instead posting a photo of herself with baseball Hall of Famer Willie McCovey.

Youth Baseball teams across the country are scrambling after learning they will be required to receive the coronavirus vaccine to participate in the national tournament.

The decision by the MLB was announced Friday, prompting vocal criticism from Republicans and supporters of the law.

Since the Georgia law actually expands voting access, MLB is arguably opposing the rights of voters — which, Democrats have argued elsewhere, is racist.

A group of high school senior baseball players in California found themselves in hot water after posing for a photo without masks.

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

“Oh no! What is going on? This is not good news, even for ‘Indians,'” Trump wrote on Twitter. “Cancel culture at work!”

The president was joined on the South Lawn by former Yankees player Mariano Rivera, as two rows of Little Leaguers played catch.

The president said that Yankees President Randy Levine was a “great friend” and asked him to throw a starting pitch in the stadium at a game in August.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday responded to renewed player protests at sporting events during the national anthem.

Major League Baseball came out in defense of players who knelt during the national anthem on Monday evening, taking on critics and tweeting in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

JACKSON, Wyoming — When in doubt, baseball is the answer.

Professional baseball would so well to avoid politics, assessed Miracle Mets major league baseball legend Ron Swoboda.

Konrad Ott and some of the parents with his Northern California girls volleyball club skipped a popular Florida tournament that is now postponed. They could soon face a similar decision about a national event in Dallas.

Baseball has returned to South Korea, but it certainly did not start in a way that anyone would recognize.

Trump on Wednesday at the White House said he was eager to see sporting events return to normal in America. “I’d like to see the Yankees play at Yankee Stadium,” he said.

Taiwan became the first country worldwide to kick-off the baseball season on Sunday following the outbreak of the Chinese coronavirus, as new cases of the pandemic begin to plateau. 

Staying home with family and staying safe during this time has created many special memories. Moms, dads, and kids are eating together, playing games, watching movies, and just simply enjoying the company of loved ones.

NEW YORK — Major League Baseball will not schedule any more advertising on its platforms promoting music artist Roger Waters.

TEL AVIV, Israel — As a baseball-crazed kid growing up in Miami, Danny Valencia dreamed of playing in the Major Leagues. The thought of heading to the Olympics, for a foreign country no less, never crossed his mind.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Saturday attempted to use the record-breaking, multimillion-dollar contract between the New York Yankees and pitcher Gerrit Cole to push for increased teacher salaries.

Umpiring in baseball is not for the faint of heart. Umpiring in youth baseball can be even tougher.

Leftists on social media blew a collective fuse after Washington Nationals catcher Kurt Suzuki donned a MAGA hat during the White House’s welcoming ceremony for the World Series champions.

President Donald Trump congratulated the Washington Nationals early Thursday after the team won the World Series in Houston against the Astros.

President Donald Trump welcomed the winners of the Little League World Series on stage at a “Keep America Great Again” rally in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on Friday evening.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is recovering from his heart attack in stride, according to video clips that surfaced on social media on Thursday, showing the presidential hopeful swinging a bat with his grandchildren.

Youth sports officials and referees are quitting their jobs at record rates because of parents’ poor behavior during games, reports said. 

Led by a decline in football for the fifth straight year, participation in high school sports dropped in 2018-19 for the first time in 30 years, according to an annual survey conducted by the National Federation of State High School Associations.

A high fly ball bounced off the head of one South Korean baseball player right into the glove of his teammate for an out, putting the term “heads up” a whole new light.

The Las Vegas Aviators have a special feature for their team, a dog trained to run out and retrieve bats dropped by players at the plate. But on Tuesday, a mean old umpire got mercilessly booed by the fans after refusing to let Finn the dog do his job.

Combat pilot, Congressman, Central Intelligence Director, Ambassador, Vice President, and President. George H.W. Bush’s life was a full one to say the least. A loving husband, father, and grandfather, Bush did it all.

No one likes getting tagged out. Getting tagged out is insulting, it’s humiliating, and it marks the final act in a failed bid to do that most difficult of things in sports, hit safely.

[LANGUAGE WARNING] When asked just hours after his Boston Red Sox took down the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games to win the World Series, relief pitcher Heath Hembree said he is definitely going to visit the president at the

In reaction Monday to the shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue over the weekend and President Donald Trump’s behavior, MSNBC “Morning Joe” co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski accused the president of using a tweet about the World Series to “send

The left-wing ProPublica took to Twitter to solicit the public’s help in uncovering SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s baseball buddies.

San Francisco Giants first baseman Brandon Belt finished second to Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Jesus Aguilar in MLB’s Final Vote for the National League All-Star team, and he said Russia may have interfered with the election. “First off, I just