MLB enters women's sports with new professional softball league
MLB announces its first major investment in women's sports with the launch of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League.
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MLB announces its first major investment in women's sports with the launch of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League.
Pete Rose and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson are now both eligible for baseball's Hall of Fame after their careers were tarnished by sports gambling scandals.
Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred says he would be disappointed if the Oakland Athletics don't open their proposed Las Vegas ballpark at the start of the 2028 season and expressed skepticism about big leaguers appearing in that year's Olympics.
Major League Baseball owners are set to vote on the proposed relocation of the Oakland Athletics to Las Vegas at the end of their league-wide meeting Thursday.
Mark Attanasio, who chairs the Major League Baseball committee regarding the Oakland Athletics' move to Las Vegas, said Tuesday that the group met a couple of days ago and will meet again later this week.
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao met with baseball commissioner Rob Manfred ahead of this week's All-Star game in Seattle as she continues her effort to keep the team from relocating to Las Vegas.
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred will consider increasing time on the pitch clock for the postseason but is reluctant to adjust an innovation the sport considers a great success.
The Oakland Athletics have started the process of applying to Major League Baseball to move to Las Vegas.
Owners of teams in two of the Oakland Athletics' former cities will help evaluate whether the franchise should move to Las Vegas.
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says that one big turnout by Oakland Athletics fans doesn't change "a decade worth of inaction," as he defended earlier comments about the "reverse boycott" held in protest of the team's proposed move to Las Vegas.
Vern Glenn and San Francisco Chronicle national baseball writer John Shea discuss the A's attempt to move to Las Vegas and why owner John Fisher deserves the most blame. (6-19-23)
Major League Baseball laid out a detailed process to approve the Oakland Athletics move to Las Vegas, which appears set to become the second shift of a franchise in the last half-century.
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says a vote on the Oakland Athletics' prospective move to Las Vegas potentially could come when the league's owners meet next month.
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says he feels "sorry for the fans in Oakland" but denies claims by Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao that the franchise used negotiations with the city as leverage.
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao says there was no indication the Oakland A's were closing in on a land deal in Las Vegas, then she got a call at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said the Oakland Athletics need to quickly reach a binding agreement for a new ballpark.
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said the Oakland Athletics and Tampa Bay Rays need to reach new ballpark deals soon and left open the strong possibility of considering relocation if agreements are not struck.
