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Joe Posnanski is a New York Times bestselling author and has served as a senior writer for "The Athletic," "MLB" and "Sports Illustrated." He joins "CBS Mornings" for a closer look at his new book that counts down 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball's history.
Baseball's trade deadline is Aug. 1 at 6 p.m. ET and most eyes are on the disappointing New York Mets as they strip down their roster after starting the season as a trendy World Series pick. Just one game ahead of them in the Wild Card standings are the San Diego Padres who have decided to be buyers and make another run at the postseason. CBS Sports writer Matt Snyder has the latest on all the deals around the majors.
Merl Ledford had a few training sessions with pitcher Zach Monroe in 1962. He learned about more than just baseball, and the lessons stayed with him.
It's not unusual for MLB stars to visit kids at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego. This year, some of those kids returned the favor, traveling to the cheer on the San Diego Padres as they hit the field for spring training. CBS's Janet Shamlian reports.
Sad news for Oakland sports fans: the Oakland A's appear to be heading to Las Vegas. The team announced it has purchased land just off the Las Vegas Strip for a new 35,000-seat stadium with a retractable roof. Oakland A's president Dave Kaval joins CBS News to discuss the decision and what comes next.
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred joined Major Garrett on "The Takeout." Manfred discussed the rule changes implemented for the 2023 season and how they've affected the length of games. Manfred also said making baseball international is a "crucial strategic objective," and he discussed the game's fan base.
In case you missed it, sea levels are rising and local groups are working to provide Ukrainian women soldiers with uniforms that fit.
Minimum salaries will rise by tens of thousands of dollars under a collective bargaining agreement players approved.
The first pitches have been thrown in a new baseball season that the MLB hopes will be more exciting thanks to some rule changes. CBS News' Errol Barnett breaks down what some of those updates are.
New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge broke the single-season American League home run record with 62 in 2022, and the Yankees slugger hit a home run in his first at-bat Thursday to start the new season. CBS New York sportscaster Steve Overmyer joined CBS News to discuss that and the expectations surrounding rookie shortstop Anthony Volpe.
As Major League Baseball begins a new season, fans will see the league's highly anticipated rule changes, which include a pitch timer, a ban on infield shifts and larger bases. CBS News correspondent Kris Van Cleave joined CBS News from Dodger Stadium to discuss.
For the first time in 1968, all 30 MLB teams are set to play on opening day. CBS Sports analyst and former MLB General Manager Jim Bowden joined CBS News to discuss how players are prepared for the new rule changes and the biggest stories to watch for this season.
The 2023 MLB season is about to begin. Here's how to follow all the baseball action this year.
MLB The Show has broken a video game barrier: For the first time, the franchise will insert some of the greatest Negro League players into the game as playable characters.
Since the 1970s, the length of a baseball game has increased from just over two and a half hours to an average of three hours and seven minutes last season.
Pope Francis hospitalized and receiving treatment for respiratory infection; MLB opening day will feature historic rule changes.
Two-way star Shohei Ohtani struck out fellow Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout to end the game. Ohtani was voted the WBC's MVP and called it "the best moment in my life."
New York City's Department of Transportation swung and missed with a road sign for the Jackie Robinson Parkway that misspelled the baseball Hall of Famer's first name.
Major League Baseball is implementing new rules designed to speed up the pace of play. One involves a pitch timer that gives pitchers 15 seconds to throw with bases empty, and 20 seconds with runners on base. Jim Bowden, a baseball analyst for CBS Sports HQ, and a former general manager for the Cincinnati Reds and Washington Nationals, discussed the impact these new rules could have.
Major League Baseball's spring training is here, along with some notable rule changes. A pitch timer is being instituted in an effort to speed up games, defensive shifts are banned, and the size of the bases is a bit bigger. CBS Sports MLB writer Matt Snyder joined CBS News to preview the changes and how they will change the game.
The billionaire real estate developer's family bought the Washington Nationals in 2006.
Scott Rolen was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday night and will join Fred McGriff as the 2023 inductees into Cooperstown. CBS News' John Dickerson was joined by CBS Sports HQ MLB analyst Matt Snyder to discuss this year's Hall of Fame vote.
"Deep down I wanted something more, I wanted to be loved not for what I did, but who I was," House wrote.
New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge has reportedly agreed to a massive nine-year, $360 million deal with the team. Judge became a free agent after having one of the greatest single seasons in MLB history that culminated with him breaking Roger Maris' long-standing American League home run record. David Samson, host of the CBS Sports podcast "Nothing Personal with David Samson," joined CBS News to discuss.
"I always valued myself on being prepared, and you can't prepare for this," he said about being a father.
Dianne Feinstein was the longest-serving woman in the U.S. Senate as well as the longest-serving senator from California.
House Republicans subpoenaed the personal and business banking records of President Biden's son and brother.
Pakistan's Interior Minister condemned the "heinous" suicide bombing that killed dozens of people gathered at a mosque to mark the Prophet Mohammed's birthday.
Arguments in the challenges to laws from Florida and Texas will be heard in the term that begins Monday.
Trump might think Mar-a-Lago is worth $1.8 billion, but in 2020, his own company said the Palm Beach appraiser was right. That year, the county valued Mar-a-Lago at $27 million.
Gareth Pursehouse, 45, was convicted of first-degree murder for throwing 38-year-old Amie Harwick from the third-floor balcony of her Hollywood Hills home in 2020.
"This unsafe, unprofessional, and irresponsible behavior by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy risks U.S. and partner nation lives," the U.S. Navy said.
Americans are growing increasingly skeptical of the value of college, but some alums are pulling in close to $200,000 a year a decade after graduating.
UAW President Shawn Fain expected to announce new strike targets at Ford, General Motors and Stellantis.
Not only was Dianne Feinstein the longest-serving woman senator ever, she was the first from the state of California and was also San Francisco's first woman mayor.
Arguments in the challenges to laws from Florida and Texas will be heard in the term that begins Monday.
The 400-pound stingray was nearly the length of Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.
Daniel Auderer could be heard saying Jaahnavi Kandula's life had "limited value" after the 23-year-old student was fatally struck.
Dianne Feinstein was the longest-serving woman in the U.S. Senate as well as the longest-serving senator from California.
UAW President Shawn Fain expected to announce new strike targets at Ford, General Motors and Stellantis.
The states' governors want to keep tourists flocking to and spending money in areas around the parks. Other states may also keep national parks open.
Americans are growing increasingly skeptical of the value of college, but some alums are pulling in close to $200,000 a year a decade after graduating.
The once-iconic DVD-by-mail service obliterated Blockbuster video stores and provided a springboard into video streaming that's transformed entertainment.
Black workers were called "boy" and "monkey," a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claims.
Not only was Dianne Feinstein the longest-serving woman senator ever, she was the first from the state of California and was also San Francisco's first woman mayor.
Arguments in the challenges to laws from Florida and Texas will be heard in the term that begins Monday.
Dianne Feinstein was the longest-serving woman in the U.S. Senate as well as the longest-serving senator from California.
The states' governors want to keep tourists flocking to and spending money in areas around the parks. Other states may also keep national parks open.
House Republicans subpoenaed the personal and business banking records of President Biden's son and brother.
CVS Health pharmacists are being run ragged by insufficient staff and corporate quotas that jeopardize patient safety, protest organizers claim.
The findings are just the latest to show benefits from COVID vaccination during pregnancy.
Hospitals are merging across separate markets within states, resulting in higher patient bills with no improvement in care, evidence shows.
Federal health advisors voted 17-1 against an experimental treatment for Lou Gehrig's disease dubbed NurOwn, although the FDA is not bound by the vote.
After the attack in Jupiter, Florida, animal control picked up the otter and it tested positive for rabies, a disease that can be fatal. Here's how it is handled.
The Sycamore Gap tree, a local landmark famed for sharing a scene with Kevin Costner's "Robin Hood," was cut down and a 16-year-old boy has been arrested.
"This unsafe, unprofessional, and irresponsible behavior by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy risks U.S. and partner nation lives," the U.S. Navy said.
Pakistan's Interior Minister condemned the "heinous" suicide bombing that killed dozens of people gathered at a mosque to mark the Prophet Mohammed's birthday.
China "appears to have calculated that it can more aggressively pursue its interests via information manipulation," a new State Department report says.
Switzerland's alpine glaciers have lost as much ice in 2 years as they did in the 30 leading up to 1990, a sign of the climate's "critical state," one scientist says.
"Autumn Variations" features 14 heartfelt songs inspired by the people in Ed Sheeran's life.
Ed Sheeran is out with his second album of the year, "Autumn Variations." "CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King listened to it exclusively with the singer, who discussed the inspiration behind the record and shared how he feels about being called a pop star. He also talks about why he's managing his expectations for this release.
The once-iconic DVD-by-mail service obliterated Blockbuster video stores and provided a springboard into video streaming that's transformed entertainment.
Gareth Pursehouse, 45, was convicted of first-degree murder for throwing 38-year-old Amie Harwick from the third-floor balcony of her Hollywood Hills home in 2020.
On a September day in 1998, 177 of the greatest artists in hip-hop gathered together on a city block in Harlem.
ChatGPT has become even more advanced in its ability to inform and interact with users. OpenAI confirmed Wednesday the artificial intelligence-powered system can now browse the internet to provide users with the most up-to-date information when previously it only used data up to September 2021. OpenAI also announced this week that ChatGPT can now "see, hear, and speak" with users through newly rolled-out features. Kyle Wiggers, senior enterprise reporter at TechCrunch, joined CBS News to talk about the updates.
The government's antitrust case against Google is now entering its third week, but efforts by the tech giant to close off testimony to the public are raising questions about transparency in the Justice Department's biggest monopoly trial in more than 20 years. Nico Grant, a technology reporter at the New York Times, joined CBS News to discuss the case.
The government's antitrust case against Google is now entering its third week, but efforts by the tech giant to close off testimony to the public are raising questions about transparency in the Justice Department's biggest monopoly trial in more than 20 years. Nico Grant, a technology reporter at the New York Times, joined CBS News to discuss the case.
The billionaire will not receive compensation for serving as the company's president, CEO and chairman, GameStop said.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg kicked off the tech giant's developer conference Wednesday, saying the company is focused on virtual and augmented reality as well as artificial intelligence technologies. Notable new additions include an AI personal assistant people can interact with using any of Meta's messaging apps. Will Knight, senior writer at Wired, joined CBS News to discuss the conference and what happened to Threads.
The family was looking for a lost gold earring in their garden, but instead they found artifacts dating back more than 1,000 years, officials said.
"People didn't think it could really be done," Marc Friedländer, an associate professor in molecular biology at Stockholm University, told CBS News.
For the first time, scientists in Sweden have analyzed an extinct animal's RNA. They're studying the Tasmanian tiger which has been extinct since the 1930s. Marc Friedländer, associate professor in molecular biology at Stockholm University, joins CBS News to discuss what the breakthrough means for science.
What could soon be Tropical Storm Ophelia is moving closer to the U.S. East Coast, the National Hurricane Center said, and a tropical storm warning is in effect from Cape Fear, North Carolina, to Fenwick Island, Delaware. CBS News Baltimore's Janay Reece has an update on how locals there are preparing for the storm. And Lynette Charles, meteorologist for The Weather Channel, has a forecast for where the storms could be most severe.
Since 2016, wildfire smoke in the U.S. has reversed roughly 25% of air quality improvements made from the 2000 Clean Air Act, according to a new study published in the journal Nature. That figure doubles to roughly 50% when looking specifically at the impact on many western states. For more on this, CBS News was joined by Marshall Burke, an associate professor at Stanford's Doerr School of Sustainability and a co-author of the study.
Police said that evidence and witnesses indicate Eugene Frank Becker felt he was overcharged when he brought a vehicle to Stout's in Largo, Florida, for service in 2021.
"48 Hours" investigates the death of Illinois woman Becky Bliefnick, who was found dead in her home, and her estranged husband Tim Bliefnick, who was charged with her murder. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty joins "CBS Mornings" with her exclusive interview with Tim Bliefnick, who maintains his innocence.
After Becky Bliefnick was gunned down inside her Illinois home, investigators uncovered intriguing surveillance footage pointing to a suspected killer.
A man was shot at a protest in Española, New Mexico, after a scuffle broke out between protesters and a counter-protester over the installation of a statue of Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate. The suspect, 23-year-old Ryan Martinez, was arrested, and the victim was airlifted to an area hospital. CBS News' Omar Villafranca has the details.
Investigators say they've uncovered yet another drug mill in the Bronx, again involving fentanyl.
As new space tour companies change the way we can see our world, a moratorium on spaceflight regulation and participant safety has come to the forefront. In the latest CBS Reports documentary, Mark Strassmann takes a close look at the next great leap for humankind -- and whether regulators and industry stakeholders are striking the right balance between encouraging innovation and ensuring safety.
Descent from the International Space Station closed out an unexpected 371-day stay, the longest flight in U.S. space history.
September's full moon, also known as the harvest moon, will be the last of four consecutive supermoons.
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio is finishing up the longest single flight in U.S. space history at 371 days.
NASA is celebrating the successful end of a 7-year, $1 billion mission to collect and return a sample from the asteroid Bennu. CBS News' Mark Strassmann has more on the mission. And Derrick Pitts, chief astronomer at the Franklin Institute, joined CBS News to discuss the significance of the samples.
Inside South Carolina's "trial of the century" — how investigators built their case
What Angelina Fernandes saw the night her mother was accused of murder.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
How prosecutors made the case that the Wisconsin man killed his parents Bart and Krista Halderson in July 2021.
On Nov. 11, 2012, Jake Nolan accompanied his psychiatrist cousin to a NYC Home Depot where she purchased a sledgehammer; 24 hours later, it became a key piece of evidence in a crime that ended with Nolan and her ex-lover in the hospital.
In the aftermath of the Titan submersible tragedy, extreme travel has come under fresh scrutiny. But one industry stands out for both its allure and the lack of regulation protecting participants' safety: space tourism. CBS Reports explores the next great leap for humankind and whether regulators and industry stakeholders are striking the right balance between encouraging innovation and ensuring safety.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who shattered glass ceilings during her more than three decades in the U.S. Senate, has died at 90. Feinstein cast her last vote in the Senate late Thursday morning, according to Senate records. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane, CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes and CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion spoke about Feinstein's legacy in the Senate and what her death could mean politically for Democrats.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who shattered glass ceilings while representing California in the U.S. Senate for more than three decades, has died, two sources confirmed to CBS News. She was 90. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has more.
Ed Sheeran is out with his second album of the year, "Autumn Variations." "CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King listened to it exclusively with the singer, who discussed the inspiration behind the record and shared how he feels about being called a pop star. He also talks about why he's managing his expectations for this release.
There's deep frustration in Washington over the lack of progress in avoiding a government shutdown. The deadline for a deal is midnight Saturday and a handful of House Republicans are still threatening Speaker Kevin McCarthy's job if he moves forward with a bipartisan bill. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane is on Capitol Hill with more.