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Major league teams have released hundreds of young players with the minor league season in doubt due to the coronavirus pandemic

Major League Baseball will look somewhat like high school ball this year under protocols to deal with the new coronavirus, with showers at ballparks discouraged and players possibly arriving in uniform, like they did when they were teenagers

Former major league manager and infielder Art Howe is in intensive care in a Houston hospital with the coronavirus

Minor league sports face a more treacherous climb to return from the coronavirus pandemic than their major counterparts that have significant TV revenue

The Boston Red Sox are offering refunds or replacement tickets for the games that have been missed so far this coronavirus-hit season. The news, announced Wednesday, came after a report that Major League Baseball is discussing a plan to start the season in late June. The plan, as reported by USA Today, would see games played in home stadiums in…

The Boston Red Sox announced Wednesday that the team would be offering refunds and exchanges for some games. The news came after a report that Major League Baseball is considering a three-region solution to save the season.

The latest plan to salvage the baseball season calls for MLB teams to begin the regular season in late June and eventually play in their home parks without fans under a three 10-team division format, according to a USA TODAY report.

Major League Baseball released its report on the Boston Red Sox sign-stealing investigation Wednesday, docking the team a second-round draft pick in the 2020 draft because a video replay operator had used game feeds to revise signs. Former manager Alex Cora, who led the Sox to a World Series title and the most wins in team history in 2018, has…

A pair of fans in New York sued Major League Baseball, Commissioner Rob Manfred and the 30 teams, asking for their money back for tickets and for certification of class-action status.

Masslive.com Red Sox writer Chris Cotillo is raising money by auctioning off old baseball memorabilia and has reached $20,000.

Twenty-seven Major League Baseball teams will participate in a study looking for COVID-19 antibodies among club employees and their relatives, the league confirmed Tuesday according to NBC News.

Major League Baseball is working on a plan to salvage the 2020 season which has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

People familiar with the discussion tell The Associated Press that putting all 30 teams in the Phoenix area this season and playing in empty ballparks was among the ideas discussed by Major League Baseball and the players’ association.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against MLB brought by daily fantasy game players over the Red Sox and Astros sign-stealing scandal but blasts the teams for breaking the hearts of baseball fans and cites the Patriots’ “Spygate” transgressions in his ruling. 
 

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said Wednesday night the investigation into the 2018 Boston Red Sox for alleged illegal sign-stealing is complete and a report will be released before the start of the regular season.

A minor leaguer in the Boston Red Sox system has tested positive for coronavirus, the team announced Tuesday. The player, who was not identified, is doing well, the Red Sox said. He was last at the Fenway South Player Development Complex in Fort Myers, Florida, on Sunday, March 15. He was tested Monday. The team said it believes the player…

The already-delayed professional sports seasons in North America could be on hiatus for significantly longer than first planned after federal officials said Sunday that they recommend all in-person events involving 50 people or more be called off for the next eight weeks.

Major League Baseball officials said Thursday they would delay Opening Day by at least two weeks.

It looks like the Boston Red Sox are going to have to wait even longer for the results of the MLB’s investigation into the team. This time, the coronavirus is the reason that things are getting delayed.

The NBA, NHL, Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer are closing access to locker rooms and clubhouses to all nonessential personnel, including media, in response to the coronavirus crisis, the leagues announced in a joint statement Monday night.