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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels will implement furloughs across their organization starting June 1, becoming the latest team to take steps against the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Starling Marte announced on social media that his wife Noelia has died of a heart attack.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has told sports league sin his state to start getting ready to reopen.

HOUSTON (AP) — Former major league manager and infielder Art Howe was released from a Houston hospital Sunday after a stay in intensive care because of the coronavirus.

I’m not really sure what Twitch is, but I do know this — Blake Snell will wish he was never on it.

CINCINNATI (AP) — The Reds are laying off less than 25% of their staff and reducing pay for others on June 1 in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

HOUSTON (AP) — Former major league manager and infielder Art Howe is in intensive care in a Houston hospital with the coronavirus.

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has reportedly presented to the players union his plan for re-starting the 2020 baseball season, including revenue sharing and a regimen for testing players for COVID-19.

NEW YORK (AP) — The World Baseball Classic will be postponed from 2021 to 2023 because of the new coronavirus, a person familiar with the planning tells The Associated Press.

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball owners gave the go-ahead Monday to making a proposal to the players’ union that could lead to the coronavirus-delayed season starting around the Fourth of July weekend in ballparks without fans, a plan that envisioned expanding the designated hitter to the National League for 2020.

NEW YORK (AP) — Just 0.7% of Major League Baseball employees tested positive for antibodies to COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus.

We come not to praise the loogie, but to bury it.

Oakland A’s Pitcher Dallas Braden has confessed that he had a hangover when he threw a perfect game in 2010.

Baseball legend and all-time hits leader Pete Rose, has been accused of using corked bats by a man who worked as a groundskeeper in Montreal in 1984.

DANVILLE, Va. (AP) — Tampa Bay Rays minor leaguer Blake Bivens says he learned through social media of the deaths of three family members last summer.

President Trump has been consistent about his desire to see live sports action return to American televisions with or without fans.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell advised Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred to bring back pro baseball.

CHICAGO (AP) — A woman who was struck in the face by a foul ball during a Chicago Cubs game at Wrigley Field two years ago has filed a lawsuit against the team and Major League Baseball.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) has announced that he is allowing some sports to re-start their games in the Sunshine State.

This year’s Little League World Series and the championship tournaments in six other Little League divisions have been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays are the first Major League Baseball team known to plan furloughs of some full-time employees because of the coronavirus pandemic, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press.

The latest report on discussions inside Major League Baseball contends that pro ball’s opening day this year could be July 4th.

Major League Baseball is reportedly close to an agreement on re-starting baseball for 2020 with a late June start and a realigned division.

Two weeks ago, Dr. Anthony Fauci sounded optimistic about a return to sports this summer, even if it was without fans. Two weeks Later? The doctor doesn’t sound nearly as optimistic.

Major League Baseball has decided to give teams the go-ahead to refund tickets bought for games that won’t be played.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Orioles outfielder Trey Mancini is undergoing chemotherapy for stage 3 colon cancer and expects to miss the season if major leaguers return this summer.

The commissioner of Major League Baseball says there will be pro baseball sometime this year, he just doesn’t know when.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he can envision baseball games being played without fans this summer at Yankee Stadium and the Mets’ Citi Field.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Retired Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully is back home after falling and being hospitalized.

Legendary Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully was hospitalized Tuesday after suffering a fall at his Los Angeles home.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Boston Red Sox escaped severe penalties in Major League Baseball’s cheating investigation on Wednesday, with Commissioner Rob Manfred concluding that the 2018 World Series champions’ sign-stealing efforts were less egregious than the Astros’ when they won it all the previous season.

Former MLB star Alex Rodriguez and fiancée, actress and singer Jennifer Lopez, have reportedly begun exploring a bid to buy the New York Mets.

Yankees and Mets fans don’t often agree on baseball, but the coronavirus has brought them together to sue Major League Baseball to get their ticket money back.

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball players are upset over the prospect teams may seek additional pay cuts if games are played in empty ballparks due to the coronavirus outbreak.

NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has made a move that allows teams to lay off or cut the pay of major and minor league managers, coaches, trainers and full-time scouts starting May 1.

The Nationals gave their fans a lot to cheer for during the 2019 MLB season, and they’re not going to celebrate winning the ultimate prize without them.