By Ronald Blum/AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) – The average time of a nine-inning major league game dropped to 2 hours, 40 minutes in the first year of the pitch clock, […]
Baseball is getting faster
Halos, Dodgers are both winners
It doesn’t happened often – at least not recently – but the Los Angeles-Orange County Major League Baseball teams are both looking strong and spirited after Tuesday’s games. The Angels defeated the […]
Was that pitch a strike or a ball?
By Ronald Blum/AP Baseball Writer SEATTLE (AP) – The education of robot umpires has been complicated by an open secret in baseball for the past 150 years: The strike zone called on […]
Tricky road to the White House
By Chris Megerian and Josh Boak/Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – President Calvin Coolidge wasn’t as big a baseball fan as his wife, Grace. But even Silent Cal got swept up in the […]
‘New look’ of baseball debuts
With a new set of rules – pitch clocks, bigger bases and curbs on defensive shifts – Major League Baseball starts this week with high hopes for a revival in fan interest […]
Are Las Vegas A’s a good bet?
By Mark Anderson/AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) – The Oakland Athletics have spent years trying to get a new stadium while watching Bay Area neighbors such as the Giants, Warriors, 49ers […]
MLB playoffs: too big, too small?
By Ronald Blum/AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) – Major League Baseball views expanded playoffs as the more the merrier. Not for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, New York Mets and […]
Biden pardons “pot” convicts
Saying that “no one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana,” President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced he was pardoning thousands of people who have been convicted of possessing […]
Angels and Dodgers rolling on
Although it’s a bit too late to change much about how the season went, each of the Southern California big league baseball teams are finishing the 2022 regular season with a flourish. […]
Changes coming to baseball?
By Ronald Blum/AP Baseball Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) – The All-Star Game showcased what baseball has become – home runs, strikeouts and offense-killing shifts. The National League didn’t have a hit between […]
