Due coronavirus concerns, the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony has been rescheduled to July 2021. There will be a dual ceremony.
Hall of Fame officially reschedules 2020 induction ceremony to 2021 — HardballTalk | NBC Sports
The A’s are likewise the only team in Major League Baseball that has yet to commit to paying employees through May 31
Oakland Athletics discussing “extensive layoffs” — HardballTalk | NBC Sports
MLB will allow teams to offer refunds to fans for games that haven’t been played due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Major League Baseball is allowing teams to offer refunds to fans for games currently not being played due to the coronavirus pandemic. Previously, games were considered postponed, instead of canceled, allowing teams to hold on to revenue generated from ticket sales.
But with little chance of MLB playing 162 games this season, the league has decided to allow for refunds. MLB is not requiring refunds, and each team will set its own policy, with many likely offering a credit for 2021 as an option. Teams can announce their new policies beginning Wednesday.
The decision comes a week after two fans filed a complaint in California, seeking class-action certification on behalf of fans seeking refunds. Additionally, several state attorney general offices around the country had received complaints about the no-refund policy.
MLB has no start date for the 2020 season.
Though baseball could still return this summer, it’s likely to be without fans in attendance for at least a portion of the season — which would kick in another set of refunds.
He will undergo chemotherapy for the next six months. He does not believe he’ll play in any version of a 2020 baseball season
Trey Mancini reveals that he has Stage III colon cancer — HardballTalk | NBC Sports
RIP to Rich Hacker, who played one season in the major leagues before embarking on a substantial career as a minor-league manager and major-league coach. He died on April 22 at the age of 72. He had been diagnosed with leukemia 15 months ago and died in Fairview Heights, Ill. Hacker played for the 1971 […]
Obituary: Rich Hacker (1947-2020) — RIP Baseball
The extended break has given Ohanti more time to recover from September 2018 Tommy John surgery
Shohei Ohtani has been throwing two bullpen sessions per week — HardballTalk | NBC Sports
LOS ANGELES — Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully was released from the hospital and is “resting comfortably” at home, according to the Dodgers. Scully suffered unspecified injuries when he fell at home Tuesday afternoon. He was taken to Los Robles Hospital in Thousand Oaks and thanked the first-responders and health-care workers who took care…
Vin Scully returns home after brief hospitalization due to fall at home — Daily News
Former player David Ortiz, criticized the punishment given by Major League Baseball (MLB) to Boston Red Sox, for the theft of signs carried out through videos in the 2018 season. Ortiz clearly said that what the Red Sox that year is what every organization in MLB they are currently doing and […]
David Ortiz does not see the punishment imposed on Boston as fair — archyde
Ortiz clearly said that what the Red Sox that year is what every organization in MLB they are currently doing and they just don’t see the punishment imposed as fair.
“They searched to see if they found Boston what happened in Houston, and basically not even close was the same, “said Big daddy.
The team was sanctioned for violating the rules of the MLB and for giving an unequivocal use to the video room. Further, Red Sox lost the second-round pick from this year’s draft and suspended the video operator, J.T Watkins and the former team manager, Alex Cora.
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Ortiz was strong at the end of his speech saying that: “I don’t call it a trap. I think it was more an excuse than anything else, “he said.
It is being heavily criticized because they carried out this trap in 2018, the year where they won the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
RIP to Bob Oliver, a slugging corner infielder/outfielder who played for five teams in the 1960s and ’70s. His son, Darren Oliver, also had a 20-year career as a pitcher and works in the Texas Rangers front office. Bob Oliver died on April 19 in Rio Linda, Calif. He was 77 years old. Oliver played […]
Obituary: Bob Oliver (1943-2020) — RIP Baseball
Larry Martinez bought tickets in February for opening day at Dodger Stadium, through StubHub. “Paid about $200, a little over (that) after fees,” he said in a phone conversation this week. “They have this program where, if it’s eventually canceled, they’re going to offer you 120 percent value of the ticket. In other words, you…
Alexander: Bought tickets? No games? No communication? — Press Telegram
Beer and baseball go together like nothing else. But on this day in 1962, Major League Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick decided that Mets manager Casey Stengel was a bit too familiar with beer for his tastes, and fined him $500. How did that come about? While today’s baseball/beer sponsorship landscape is dominated by multinational behemoths
Today in Baseball History: Casey Stengel fined for appearing in a beer ad — HardballTalk | NBC Sports
The view from left field 
