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State Baseball Bill Heads To Governor’s Desk

State Baseball Bill Heads To Governor’s Desk

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah lawmakers are sending an amended bill for a Fairpark area investment district to Gov. Spencer Cox for his signature. The so-called Major League Baseball bill passed the Utah Senate yesterday. The bill makes possible the construction of a MLB stadium in the advent of […]

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NHL Team Dreams Spawn New Arena Consideration

(Salt Lake City, UT) — State lawmakers say a new arena in downtown Salt Lake City would be on the table if the National Hockey League gave the city a franchise team. Senate legislators are considering a bill to create a sports and entertainment project area. SB272, the “Capital City […]

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MLB reclassifies Negro Leagues as major league

MLB reclassifies Negro Leagues as major league

NEW YORK (AP) — Willie Mays will add some hits to his record, Monte Irvin’s big league batting average should climb over .300 and Satchel Paige may add nearly 150 victories to his total. Josh Gibson, the greatest of all Negro League sluggers, might just wind up with a major […]

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MLB Launches Wood-Bat League for Draft-Eligible Prospects

MLB Launches Wood-Bat League for Draft-Eligible Prospects

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball is creating a minor league for top eligible prospects leading to the summer draft. The wood-bat MLB Draft League is launching with five teams and could add a sixth, MLB said Monday. Teams will play a 68-game regular season that includes an All-Star […]

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Nationals, Astros cancel workouts because of testing delays

Nationals, Astros cancel workouts because of testing delays

WASHINGTON (AP) — Baseball’s two World Series finalists canceled workouts Monday because of COVID-19 testing delays that one executive worried could endanger the baseball season. The defending champion Washington Nationals and reigning American League champion Houston Astros each called off training camp practices after not receiving test results from Friday. […]

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MLB plans 60-game slate, shortest since 1878, as union balks

MLB plans 60-game slate, shortest since 1878, as union balks

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball plans to unilaterally issue a 60-game schedule for its shortest season since 1878 after the players’ association rejected a negotiated deal of the same length, putting the sport on track for a combative return to the field amid the coronavirus pandemic. Commissioner Rob Manfred and […]

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MLB offers players 80% of prorated salaries, 72-game season

MLB offers players 80% of prorated salaries, 72-game season

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has offered players 80% of their prorated salaries and a 72-game schedule starting July 14 in an effort to start the pandemic-delayed season, according to details of the proposal obtained by The Associated Press. Players would get 70% of their prorated salaries during […]

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MLB owners, players revert to salary squabbles of old

MLB owners, players revert to salary squabbles of old

NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball owners and players have reverted to form — the type displayed over the past half-century during eight work stoppages filled with salary squabbles. Players proposed to resume the sport in the coronavirus pandemic with a 114-game regular season and full prorated salaries, leaving each player […]

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MLB players will take time to respond to money-slashing plan

MLB players will take time to respond to money-slashing plan

NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball players will take at least a few days and possibly until next week to respond to Major League Baseball’s proposed sliding scale of salary slashing for a pandemic-delayed season in ballparks without fans. Stars Mike Trout and Gerrit Cole would lose the most under the […]

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AP source: MLB owners approve plan to start season in July

AP source: MLB owners approve plan to start season in July

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 […]

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