Left-handed pitching has long been one of the most prized commodities in professional baseball. Teams strive to obtain lefty pitchers, and southpaws recognize their competitive edge. Two-sport athlete Tom Glavine explained his career choice this way: “I love both sports, but the deciding factor was, being a left-handed pitcher, I had a huge advantage in […]
Hundreds of professional baseball players may go months without participating in any games or practices organized by Major League Baseball clubs. The minor league season was canceled in June. Some major league players have decided to sit out the season because of COVID-19 concerns. And if there are more outbreaks, like the one involving the […]
After a long, painful, drawn-out negotiating process that never actually yielded a new agreement between owners and players, it looks like Major League Baseball is going to happen in 2020 regardless. The regular season will be 60 games, starting around July 24 and lasting a little over two months, with a standard October postseason. Needless […]
As baseball fans in the U.S. continue to wait for MLB to get its act together and agree on plans for a 2020 season, the Korea Baseball Organization has been playing since early May — with results that have been plenty entertaining and even potentially record-setting. The team at the center of all the early […]