MLB-MANFRED DENVER (AP) — Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred says banning or limiting defensive shifts would be an effort to restore Major League Baseball to how it was played before offense was suffocated by analytics. Speaking before the All-Star Game in Denver to the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, Manfred said seven-inning doubleheaders and starting extra innings with runners on second…
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: The New York Jets will have eight training camp practices open to fans this summer. The dates include two joint sessions with the Philadelphia Eagles before their preseason game. The team announced tickets for fans will be free through the team’s website beginning Wednesday at 10…
MLB-ALL-STAR GAME Stars in leadoff spots DENVER (AP) — Two of baseball’s biggest stars will be in the leadoff spots as the All-Star Game gets under way tonight in Denver. Shohei Ohtani of the Angels will not only be the American League’s starting pitcher; he’ll be the first batter to face the National League’s Max Scherzer. Fernando Tatis Jr. of…
MLB-ALL-STAR GAME Ohtani will start and lead off; Scherzer gets NL nod UNDATED (AP) — Fans and players who will be at Coors Field for the MLB’s All-Star Game are both looking forward to the Greatest Sho on Earth. That’s S-H-O as in Shohei Ohtani. Shohei Ohtani is the top star of baseball’s midsummer classic, the center of attention for…
MLB-ALL-STAR GAME Ohtani will start and lead off; Scherzer gets NL nod UNDATED (AP) — Fans and players who will be at Coors Field for the MLB’s All-Star Game are both looking forward to the Greatest Sho on Earth. That’s S-H-O as in Shohei Ohtani. Shohei Ohtani is the top star of baseball’s midsummer classic, the center of attention for…
MLB-ALL-STAR GAME Ohtani will start and lead off; Scherzer gets NL nod UNDATED (AP) — Fans and players who will be at Coors Field for the MLB’s All-Star Game are both looking forward to the Greatest Sho on Earth. That’s S-H-O as in Shohei Ohtani. Shohei Ohtani is the top star of baseball’s midsummer classic, the center of attention for…
MLB-ALL-STAR GAME Ohtani will start and lead off; Scherzer gets NL nod UNDATED (AP) — Fans and players who will be at Coors Field for the MLB’s All-Star Game are both looking forward to the Greatest Sho on Earth. Shohei Ohtani is the top star of baseball’s midsummer classic, the center of attention for players and fans like no one…
DENVER (AP) — The Latest on the Home Run Derby (all times local): 8:45 p.m. Pete Alonso of the New York Mets became the third back-to-back Home Run Derby champion, beating No. 6 seed Trey Mancini in the final. Alonso and his blue-and-orange bat went 6 for 6 in a 28-second stretch to give him 23 homers in the final…
MLB-ALL-STAR LINEUPS Ohtani will start and lead off; Scherzer gets NL nod DENVER (AP) — Shohei Ohtani will be the American League’s starting pitcher in Tuesday’s night’s All-Star Game and will bat leadoff, too, as the designated hitter. It’s another landmark for the two-way Japanese sensation. A 27-year-old in his fourth major league season with the Los Angeles Angels, Ohtani…
MLB-ALL-STAR LINEUPS Ohtani will start and lead off; Scherzer gets NL nod DENVER (AP) — Shohei Ohtani will be the American League’s starting pitcher in Tuesday’s night’s All-Star Game and will bat leadoff, too, as the designated hitter. It’s another landmark for the two-way Japanese sensation. A 27-year-old in his fourth major league season with the Los Angeles Angels, Ohtani…
