/tags/mlb MLB en-US WLRN Mon, 27 Feb 2023 17:28:10 GMT /sports/2023-02-27/how-a-new-mlb-rule-could-change-baseball-games-this-season A pitch clock will give pitchers 20 seconds or less to throw the ball, and hitters have to be in the batter's box when the timer hits 8 seconds. It already cost one team a game in spring training. Mon, 27 Feb 2023 17:28:10 GMT /sports/2023-02-27/how-a-new-mlb-rule-could-change-baseball-games-this-season Joe Hernandez /2022-05-16/condo-reform-and-abortion-access-surfside-victims-settlement-miami-marlins The inside on what Congress is doing about condo reform and abortion access. The families of victims of the Surfside condo collapse will get nearly $1 billion. How will that money be divided? And how the Miami Marlins are doing on the field and off the field. Mon, 16 May 2022 21:47:14 GMT /2022-05-16/condo-reform-and-abortion-access-surfside-victims-settlement-miami-marlins Leslie Ovalle Atkinson, Caitie Muñoz /news/2022-03-10/mlb-pushes-opening-day-back-to-at-least-april-14-as-lockout-persists MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announced that another two series of games are being canceled, as players will not be paid for the games they don't play. Thu, 10 Mar 2022 11:25:29 GMT /news/2022-03-10/mlb-pushes-opening-day-back-to-at-least-april-14-as-lockout-persists Jonathan Franklin /2021-12-01/news-the-mlb-used-2-types-of-baseballs-in-2021-throws-curveball-into-labor-talks Major League Baseball's collective bargaining agreement expired at 11:59 p.m. ET Wednesday. Owners may now impose a lockout, the league's first work stoppage since the 1990s. Thu, 02 Dec 2021 12:19:12 GMT /2021-12-01/news-the-mlb-used-2-types-of-baseballs-in-2021-throws-curveball-into-labor-talks Becky Sullivan /news/2021-08-20/mlb-is-ending-its-70-year-partnership-with-baseball-card-manufacturer-topps Fanatics is expected to be the new partner with MLB to manufacture trading cards, edging out baseball's long-time partner, Topps. Fri, 20 Aug 2021 12:46:02 GMT /news/2021-08-20/mlb-is-ending-its-70-year-partnership-with-baseball-card-manufacturer-topps Jaclyn Diaz /news/national-politics/2021-04-12/mlbs-move-out-of-georgia-is-the-latest-in-a-line-of-political-boycotts Today's boycotts aren't coming out of nowhere. Here's a look at some prominent examples in history and how boycotts got started. Mon, 12 Apr 2021 10:19:17 GMT /news/national-politics/2021-04-12/mlbs-move-out-of-georgia-is-the-latest-in-a-line-of-political-boycotts Domenico Montanaro /news/2021-04-06/mlb-moves-all-star-game-to-colorado-amid-uproar-over-georgia-voting-law The change came in response to Georgia's controversial new voting law, which the MLB says is against its values. Tue, 06 Apr 2021 20:51:12 GMT /news/2021-04-06/mlb-moves-all-star-game-to-colorado-amid-uproar-over-georgia-voting-law Bill Chappell /news/2021-01-22/hank-aaron-baseballs-legendary-slugger-dies-at-86 "Hammerin' Hank" was 86. He shattered Babe Ruth's home run record in 1974, defying the poverty and racism that threatened to diminish him. Fri, 22 Jan 2021 16:40:56 GMT /news/2021-01-22/hank-aaron-baseballs-legendary-slugger-dies-at-86 Bill Chappell /news/2020-12-14/cleveland-baseball-team-will-drop-controversial-name-to-unify-our-community The franchise is the second major sports team to abandon a long-time name widely seen as racist or culturally offensive. The NFL's Washington Football Team was the first to do so. Mon, 14 Dec 2020 19:33:03 GMT /news/2020-12-14/cleveland-baseball-team-will-drop-controversial-name-to-unify-our-community Jaclyn Diaz /2020-11-13/the-miami-marlins-make-history-with-hiring-of-kim-ng-as-general-manager The Marlins on Friday announced they hired Kim Ng to oversee baseball operations. Fri, 13 Nov 2020 17:45:48 GMT /2020-11-13/the-miami-marlins-make-history-with-hiring-of-kim-ng-as-general-manager Jordan McPherson