7:43 AM ET After throwing the ceremonial first pitch before Thursday night’s MLB season opener, Dr. Anthony Fauci now has a baseball card of his own. Even though his pitch was way off the mark, Topps honored Fauci with a baseball card on Friday. The front shows a picture of Fauci on the mound —
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5:28 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — A cardboard cutout of a dog at Citi Field got her paws on a home run ball Saturday. Easiest game of fetch Willow McNeil will ever play. Atlanta’s Adam Duvall drilled a solo shot to right field that hit a cardboard likeness of the 1-year-old pup belonging
9:00 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” WASHINGTON — THEY PLAYED BASEBALL here Thursday. The defending World Series champion Washington Nationals hosted the New York Yankees at Nationals Park. The attendance was 0. Max Scherzer, the Nationals’ ace, faced
2:45 AM ET MLB InsidersESPN We dipped our toes into the waters of the 2020 baseball season with two games on Thursday. On Friday, we dove in headfirst with 14 contests — the first time since the regular season ended on Sept. 29, 2019, that we had coast-to-coast baseball. That was 299 days ago, and
7:37 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — For their delayed home opener, the Indians elected to wear their blue road jerseys with “Cleveland” on the front as a unified statement of solidarity for minorities as the team contemplates a name change. Owner Paul Dolan recently announced the franchise is considering changing its name from Indians,
9:55 AM ET Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea will allow baseball fans to return to the stands beginning Sunday, as health authorities outlined a phased process to bring back spectators in professional sports amid the coronavirus pandemic. Senior Health Ministry official Yoon Tae-ho also said at a virus briefing Friday that fans
3:44 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Dave Roberts and Mookie Betts both were raised by fathers who served in the military. A few years ago, after Colin Kaepernick took a knee to peacefully protest social injustice and police brutality toward people of color in this country, Roberts and Betts each spoke out against not standing
6:19 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw is nursing stiffness in his back and will begin the season on the 10-day injured list, prompting highly rated prospect Dustin May to temporarily replace him in the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ starting rotation. The Dodgers made the announcement about four hours before Kershaw was slated to throw
12:37 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Nate Pearson was not included on the Toronto Blue Jays‘ 30-man roster for Friday’s opener at Tampa Bay, a move that likely will delay free-agent eligibility of the hard-throwing right-hander by a year until after the 2026 season. Pearson, who turns 24 on Aug. 20, was 5-4 with
7:09 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Now the New York Mets are down a second front-line starter. Marcus Stroman has a torn muscle in his left calf, the team announced Wednesday evening — a major blow to the Mets just two days before their season opener. The All-Star pitcher was expected to follow