Apr 15, 2022 Roger McGowen Editor’s note: This article, “If You Were Jackie Robinson,” originally ran in the September 1947 issue of SPORT magazine, during Jackie Robinson’s first season in the major leagues. We are publishing it here in honor of the 75th anniversary of Robinson’s debut, on April 15 of that year. It has
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4:05 PM ET ESPN News Services BOSTON — Minnesota Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said an MRI showed no structural issues to the right knee of center fielder Byron Buxton. Speaking before the Saturday game against the Boston Red Sox, Baldelli said a team doctor would examine Buxton but that for now the Twins anticipate he’ll
Apr 15, 2022 Associated Press BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Orioles put John Means on the 10-day injured list Friday, and the left-hander is expected to have additional tests on his elbow. The Orioles announced that Means has a left elbow strain. Manager Brandon Hyde described the injury as a forearm muscle strain, but said more
11:52 AM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Right-hander Wily Peralta rejoined the Detroit Tigers on Saturday when the team selected the contract of the 32-year-old from Triple-A Toledo. Peralta was 4-5 with a 3.07 ERA in 18 starts and one relief appearance for the Tigers last season. He agreed last month to a
11:49 PM ET The Detroit Tigers on Friday placed right-hander Casey Mize on the 10-day injured list with a right elbow sprain. Mize, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2018 draft, pitched five innings, allowing two runs on six hits and two walks with two strikeouts in a no-decision against the Kansas City Royals
12:19 PM ET NEW YORK — The New York Mets made sure that nobody will forget “The Franchise,” unveiling a long-awaited statue of legendary pitcher Tom Seaver on Friday by the entrance to Citi Field. The statue, featuring Seaver’s iconic drop-and-drive delivery, stands to the right of the Home Run Apple, measures 10 feet high,
2:52 AM ET LOS ANGELES — The baseball ricocheted off the warning track and sailed into the stands, prompting a pitching change, sending a capacity crowd into a frenzy and leaving Freddie Freeman by himself on second base, in the middle of Dodger Stadium, with his family roaring from a luxury suite and his new
6:16 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The average salary in the major leagues rebounded to $4.4 million on Opening Day, boosted by a frenzy of free-agent signings before and after the 99-day lockout, according to a study of baseball contracts by The Associated Press. New York Mets pitcher Max Scherzer set a season
12:29 PM ET ESPN News Services The Pittsburgh Pirates and All-Star center fielder Bryan Reynolds have avoided arbitration by reaching a two-year contract worth $13.5 million, the team announced Thursday. The new deal will pay $6.75 million over each of the next two seasons. Reynolds and the Pirates were scheduled to go to arbitration after
10:02 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw woke up on Thursday morning and did what baseball fans throughout the country did when they watched him get pulled from a perfect game the previous afternoon — he wondered what could have been. “But at the end of the day, in the