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6:49 PM ET In March, before the coronavirus pandemic suspended the start of the baseball season, the Los Angeles Dodgers had the highest season win total at Caesars Sportsbook at 102.5. Three months later, the Dodgers still have the highest win total; it’s just a little lower. Caesars Sportsbook reposted season win totals for baseball’s
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9:42 PM ET Eddie Kasko, who spent 29 seasons in the Boston Red Sox organization as a player, manager and executive, died Wednesday, the team announced. He was 88. Kasko played 10 seasons in the majors, earning an All-Star selection in 1961 with the Cincinnati Reds, with whom he played from 1959 to 1963. A
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6:54 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Major League Baseball has submitted a plan to the Canadian government to play in Toronto this year and health authorities are examining it. Anna Maddison, a spokesperson for the Public Health Agency of Canada, said Wednesday the restart plan is being reviewed. “The resumption of activities in Canada
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10:46 AM ET ESPN News Services All-Star outfielder Charlie Blackmon of the Colorado Rockies has become the first Major League Baseball player known to have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to reports. A source confirmed Blackmon’s test result to The Associated Press. The Denver Post had first reported Blackmon’s condition, saying Tuesday that three
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11:35 PM ET Three Colorado Rockies players have tested positive for the coronavirus, a source told ESPN’s Jeff Passan, confirming a report by The Denver Post. Two players were asymptomatic and one showed symptoms, according to the newspaper, which reported that the positive tests came last week. This month, several Rockies players have been taking
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6:21 PM ET The Major League Baseball Players Association has agreed to report to training camps by July 1 and play a 60-game season, but it is still discussing health and safety protocols with the league, sources confirmed to ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Tuesday. The league’s owners voted Monday to implement a 60-game season that
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10:48 AM ET The University of Cincinnati will remove Marge Schott’s name from its baseball stadium, citing the late Cincinnati Reds owner’s “record of racism and bigotry.” The university’s board of trustees on Monday unanimously voted to remove Schott’s name from the stadium and another area of the university’s archives library. The decision is effective
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6:03 PM ET Jeff Passan Close ESPN ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Jesse Rogers Close ESPN Staff Writer Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Major League Baseball plans to hold a 60-game season that will begin around
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6:03 PM ET The Major League Baseball Players Association executive board on Monday voted to reject MLB’s 60-game offer with expanded playoffs, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan and Jesse Rogers, putting commissioner Rob Manfred in position to implement a schedule of his choosing — likely between 50 to 60 games. The vote was 33-5 against,
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