More MLB housing planned for Surprise
By Tasha Anderson | AZBEX A new 47-unit housing facility for the Kansas City Royals Major League Baseball team is being planned north of Greenway Road and east of Bullard Avenue in Surprise. Harvey Badger Construction, LLC recently submitted plans for the four-story multifamily development, known as The Fountains at Surprise Center, and the project was heard at the city’s Planning and Zoning […]
Read More →Arizona plan or bust for Major League Baseball in 2020 season, MLB insider says
By Jeremy Cluff | The Republic Several scenarios have been floated around as potential options to start the 2020 MLB season. One of them called for every baseball team to come to Arizona to play at the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Chase Field and neighboring spring training stadiums. Another called for Cactus League teams to play in […]
Read More →Ken Kendrick opens up on Diamondbacks’ ‘magician’ GM, cheating scandal, Chase Field future
Team owner Ken Kendrick (R) of the Arizona Diamondbacks celebrates with Sean Burroughs #11 after defeating the San Francisco Giants and clinching the National League West division title at Chase Field on September 23, 2011 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Diamondbacks defeated the Giants 3-1. /Christian Petersen/Getty Images North America Nick Piecoro | The Republic | […]
Read More →Baseball commissioner mentions Arizona Diamondbacks ‘incident’ in interview about Astros’ cheating
This caused certain opposing fans to get in a tizzy. But, wait. Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images By Jim McLennan | AZSnakepit MLB commissioner Rob Manfred is coming under increasing pressure over his handling of the Astros’ sign-stealing scandal. Over the weekend, he went on a bit of a media blitz in defense […]
Read More →Baseball museum eyed for Scottsdale Stadium
Discloser: Rose Law Group represents Home: The Baseball Experience By Wayne Schutsky | Scottsdale Progress A small piece of city property behind the left-field wall at Scottsdale Stadium could be transformed into a museum dedicated to the history of baseball in the Valley — if the city can find someone willing to pay for it. […]
Read More →Sports leagues taking steps to further protect fans from balls, bats and pucks
A sign warning fans of the danger of flying objects is posted behind home plate at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. /Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images The Arizona Diamondbacks installed netting at Chase Field to the end of the dugouts in 2018 but have not made a decision on extending it farther By Sarah Farrell […]
Read More →Court gives baseball players’ right to sue Arizona wages bill
Colorado Rockies spring training at Salt River Field, Talking Stick/Team photo Law deals with minor league players during spring training By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services via PinalCentral A federal appeals court has given a key victory to players on minor league teams the right to sue to be paid the minimum wage while […]
Read More →MLB accused of juicing baseballs following historic home run surge
Is baseball being turned into a joke? / Illustration: Lazaro Gamio / Axios By Kendall Baker | Axios [Monday’s] Home Run Derby news cycle began with All-Star Justin Verlander emphatically saying that the league is juicing the baseballs, adding more fuel to an already raging fire. By the numbers: MLB teams are projected to hit […]
Read More →The brain cancer that keeps killing baseball players
By Jeré Longman | The New York Times PHILADELPHIA — Since Darren Daulton succumbed to brain cancer on Aug. 6, heartfelt tributes have honored the way he led a raucous Phillies team to the World Series in 1993. And unanswered questions have surfaced about the way he died. Daulton and several prominent contemporaries in baseball […]
Read More →Diamondbacks’ housecleaning could produce baseball’s first female GM
By Trisha Garcia and Jeanna Berg | Cronkite News The Arizona Diamondbacks cleaned house Monday, not renewing the contract of general manager Dave Stewart and firing manager Chip Hale. That opened the door for perhaps the first female general manager in baseball history. Asked what qualifications he was looking for in a new general manager […]
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