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MLB Moves All-Star Game To Colorado Amid Uproar Over Georgia Voting Law

By NPR News April 6, 2021

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Major League Baseball's 2021 All-Star Game will be played in Colorado's Coors Field, the league says, after it canceled plans for Atlanta to host baseball's midseason centerpiece. The change came in response to Georgia's controversial new voting law, which the MLB says is against its values.Read More

MLB Moves All-Star Game From Atlanta Over Georgia’s New Voting Law

By NPR News April 3, 2021

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred, pictured in January, on Friday said the organization unwaveringly supports "fair access to voting." Kevin D. Liles/AP

This summer's Major League Baseball Draft and the All-Star Game won't be held in Atlanta, MLB officials announced Friday. The withdrawal of the two events from the city in July is in response to Georgia's recently enacted voting restrictions, which critics, including President Biden, have denounced as "Jim Crow in the 21st century" because they say the legislation will Read More

Hank Aaron, Baseball’s Legendary Slugger, Dies At 86

By NPR News January 22, 2021

Legendary baseball player Hank Aaron has died at the age of 86. CREDIT: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Because of his skill and power at the plate — Aaron batted in more than 100 runs in a season in three decades — Major League Baseball named its award for the best offensive player after him.Read More

MLB Corrects ‘Longtime Oversight’, Now Recognizes Negro Leagues As ‘Major League’

By NPR News December 16, 2020

Negro Leagues baseball veteran Jim Robinson, left, and ESPN/ABC correspondent Ryan Smith, seen in New York in February. CREDIT: Donald Traill/AP

"All of us who love baseball have long known that the Negro Leagues produced many of our game's finest players, innovations and triumphs against the backdrop of injustice," said the MLB commissioner.Read More

New York Yankee Hall Of Fame Pitcher Whitey Ford Dies At 91

By NPR News October 9, 2020

Ed "Whitey" Ford, New York Yankees, pitching in the fourth game of the World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies in Oct.1950. John Rooney/AP

The southpaw was dominant during his 16-year career, winning six World Series titles in the 1950s and 1960s. Nicknamed "Chairman of the Board," Ford holds the team record for most wins by a pitcher.Read More

Houston Astros Dismiss Team Manager, General Manager Over Sign-Stealing Scandal

By NPR News January 13, 2020

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MLB ordered the team to pay a fine of $5 million — the highest amount allowable under league rules. The Astros also will forfeit first- and second-round selections in player drafts in 2020 and 2021. Read More

MLB’s Yankees And White Sox To Play At ‘Field Of Dreams’ Farm In 2020

By NPR News August 8, 2019

In Iowa, a temporary ballpark will be built to host a game between the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox next summer. Major League Baseball

For one night, big leaguers will play baseball at the Iowa farm that was made famous in the beloved film Field of Dreams. Read More

Seattle’s (Not Quite) Forgotten First Major League Baseball Team

By Max Bartlett April 18, 2018

The story of Seattle’s first Major League team, and how its single disastrous season led to the creation of the Mariners.Read More

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