MLB and players union reach tentative deal
Major League Baseball's lockout is over after players and team owners reached a tentative deal on a collective bargaining agreement. Players can start reporting to spring training as early as Friday.
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Major League Baseball's lockout is over after players and team owners reached a tentative deal on a collective bargaining agreement. Players can start reporting to spring training as early as Friday.
Arizona and Florida communities that rely on spring training tourism, which is a billion-dollar business, are being hit hard by the Major League Baseball lockout over negotiations. Some experts worry it may lead some fans to walk away forever. Kris Van Cleave reports.
A key issue is the creation of an international draft, which the league is pushing for but the players' union opposes.
Major League Baseball has struck out, with players and team owners failing to reach a deal to keep opening day on March 31. The shortened season will cost both sides millions of dollars.
New season in danger after players and team owners failed to reach a deal on a new labor contract.
The new deadline is Tuesday at 5 p.m. EST to keep Opening Day set for March 31 after progress at the latest round of negotiations -- but the sides are still reportedly far apart.
MLB said Friday the owners' bargaining committee is committed to "starting the season on time."
Eric Kay was convicted one count each of drug distribution resulting in death and drug conspiracy.
4 former teammates say they received drugs and Skaggs' widow testifies about the last text she received from him before he was found dead.
With Major League Baseball still figuring out ways to resume the season, a 10-year-old baseball fan from Illinois wrote a letter pleading to a baseball great to speed things up a bit. Steve Hartman reports on this week's "On the Road."
A brother of five-time All-Star Jason Giambi, Jeremy Giambi spent six seasons in the major leagues.
The sides appear far apart with the season just around the corner.
Commissioner Robert Manfred said the MLB players union has "refused to budge" from its stance on a new contract.
A federal judge in Washington said the author of the Constitution "would be aghast" at the NSA's collection of phone records of millions of Americans; and, cockroach farming is big business in China, since pharmaceutical companies use roaches to make products for use in traditional Chinese medicines. Seth Doane goes inside one farm whose owner says he makes $160,000 a year from the bugs.
Jaime Jarrin, the Spanish play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers, recently announced he's retiring after the 2022 season. He spoke to James Brown, a CBS News special correspondent and host of ""The NFL Today"" and ""Inside the NFL'' on Paramount+, about his illustrious career.
With the World Series in full swing, CBS News special correspondent James Brown sat down with author Joe Posnanski to talk about his new book, "The Baseball 100."
The Braves hammered the Houston Astros 7-0 Tuesday night.
The calling of balls and strikes is elemental to the game – and the foundation of many an argument.
The World Series returns to Georgia for the first time in 22 years Friday night. State Republicans are using the opportunity to pounce on Major League Baseball over its decision to pull the All-Star Game out of Atlanta earlier this year over the new GOP-backed election law changes. Greg Bluestein, political reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, joined CBSN to discuss.
It's time to catch postseason baseball's final act: the Fall Classic.
The Houston Astros look to claim their third World Series in the last 5 years starting Tuesday, when they host the Atlanta Braves in Game 1 at Minute Maid Park. Jim Bowden, MLB insider and game analyst for CBS Sports HQ, joins CBSN with a preview of the 2021 World Series.
When Major League Baseball hosted its "Field of Dreams" game in Iowa in August, it was a celebration of small-town America. But less than 100 miles away, a small town is worrying that its local economy, that's centered around baseball, is getting shut out. Kris Van Cleave traveled to Caledonia, Minnesota, where a factory partially owned by MLB is closing up shop and shipping jobs overseas.
The 37-year-old Los Angeles Dodger pitched an immaculate inning during Sunday's game en route to the milestone.
The Miken factory in Caledonia, Minnesota, is one of the town's largest employers. However, the factory is expected to move its bat production to China. Kris Van Cleave shows how it will impact the community.
The pitcher signed a three-year deal with the Dodgers worth $102 million in February.