VIRUS OUTBREAK-BASEBALL
NEW YORK (AP) — Spring training could start in a few weeks and the Major League Baseball season could begin around the Fourth of July weekend. A person familiar with a proposal by owners says it will be presented to the players’ union on Tuesday. An agreement with the players' association is…
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-BASEBALL
NEW YORK (AP) — The World Baseball Classic will be postponed from 2021 to 2023 because of the new coronavirus, a person familiar with the planning tells The Associated Press.
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The White House is requiring everyone who enters the West Wing to wear a mask or face covering after coronavirus scares near President Donald Trump, spotlighting the challenge Trump faces in instilling confidence in a nation reeling from the pandemic.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Major League Baseball may be weeks away from playing ball again, but the factory in Louisville that supplies bats to many of its players resumed production Monday in Kentucky.
Each team would play about 82 regular-season games.
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball owners are in agreement about starting the coronavirus-delayed season. They are due to make a proposal to the players’ union on Tuesday. An agreement with the players' association is needed, and talks are expected to be difficult A person familiar with t…
NEW YORK (AP) — A person familiar with the decision tells The Associated Press that Major League Baseball owners have given the go-ahead to making a proposal to the players’ union that could lead to the coronavirus-delayed season starting around the Fourth of July weekend in ballparks withou…
HOUSTON, May 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman is used to playing games, but this time will do so in an electronic and remote environment with the goal of adding to $1.8 million in donations that his FEEDHOU campaign already has brought to the Houston Food Ba…
NEW YORK (AP) — AP source: MLB owners approve giving players' union plan to start season around Fourth of July in ballparks without fans.
Making it safe for America’s professional sports teams to start playing games is one thing.
NEW YORK (AP) — Just 0.7% of Major League Baseball employees tested positive for antibodies to COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-SPORTS
UNDATED (AP) — Major League Baseball’s coronavirus testing show that just 0.7% of about 5,600 MLB employees came up positive for antibodies to COVID-19. Sixty people tested positive in the raw data, and adjustments were made for false positives and false negatives. One of the study’s leaders…
UNDATED (AP) — Just 0.7% of MLB employees tested positive for antibodies to COVID-19. Results were based on about 5,600 completed records from employees of 26 clubs. Samples were obtained on April 14 and 15. Sixty people tested positive in the raw data, and adjustments were made for false po…
