Cleveland Indians Say They Will ‘Determine Best Path Forward’ on Name
After decades of resisting calls to change their team name, the Cleveland Indians announced on Friday that they were willing to engage in discussions about...
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Baseball’s New Rules: No Spitting, No Arguing, and Lots of Testing
Coronavirus testing every other day for players and coaches. Wet rags for pitchers’ pockets to prevent them from licking their fingers. Masks in the dugout...
Baseball’s Plan: A 60-Game Sprint With Fingers Crossed
There will be no asterisk for the 2020 baseball season because the year itself is an obvious outlier in every way. Whoever wins the World...
After an Acrimonious Spring, Baseball Finally Has a Plan to Play
Summer is normally the domain of baseball, and weeks ago there was talk of the sport triumphantly returning on July 4. But instead of a...
With Baseball Up in the Air, What About the Ballpark Peanuts?
Classic stadium food like garlic fries, Dippin’ Dots and pump-cheese nachos are touchstones of something that feels heartbreakingly far away this summer: the thrill of...
Owners Vote to Hold M.L.B. Season After Players Reject Latest Offer
Major League Baseball announced Monday night that it would impose a 2020 schedule on the players after nearly three months of rancorous talks with the...
Red Sox Organist Fills Baseball Shutdown Void
People throughout the sports world, from athletes to arena staff, tell The New York Times how their lives have changed during the coronavirus pandemic. As...
Monuments Removed at Stadiums in Washington and Minneapolis
A memorial for the former N.F.L. owner George Preston Marshall in Washington and a statue of the former baseball owner Calvin Griffith in Minneapolis were...
63 Years Later, a Confession in a Legendary Yankees Scandal
Joey Silvestri didn’t see all those Yankees file into the Copacabana that night. There were six of them, including Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford,...
Fans Wants Sports. Sports Want Fans. But It’s Not That Simple.
As much of the nation emerges from the cultural hibernation caused by the coronavirus, with varying degrees of concern and glee, American sports are now...