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 […]
Was that pitch a strike or a ball?
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 […]
Trump “pressured” Pence to overturn the 2020 election
Then-president Donald Trump pressured then-vice president Mike Pence to delay or overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was […]
Civilians leave besieged city
About 100 civilians were evacuated from the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol over the weekend, defenders of the city said on Monday. The evacuation took place during a brief cease-fire between the […]
