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3:27 PM ET The Little League World Series will not be played this year for the first time since the organization began because of the coronavirus pandemic. Little League International, which announced the move Thursday, also canceled regional tournaments and the championship tournaments in other Little League divisions, including softball, but said the events would
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10:05 PM ET With Major League Baseball mulling its options on returning to play amid the coronavirus pandemic, Buck Showalter, who managed the only game in MLB history to be played without spectators, says fans are a critical component and having games without them would affect players. “You need people there and saying ‘Hey, it’s
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6:11 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays are the first Major League Baseball team known to plan furloughs of some full-time employees because of the coronavirus pandemic, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press. Temporary cost-cutting measures will take effect on Saturday, the person said. The
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8:57 AM ET Manny Ramirez still misses stepping into the batter’s box, and wants to return to professional baseball at age 48. The former MLB superstar has his sights set on the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan, where he briefly played in 2013. Former Red Sox star Manny Ramirez, who played for the Chinese
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5:10 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The Pirates are suspending retirement benefits for members of Pittsburgh’s baseball operations staff in an effort to cope with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. General manager Ben Cherington said Tuesday that the team has been searching for ways to find savings with the 2020 season on
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2:33 PM ET Major League Baseball is allowing teams to offer refunds to fans for games currently not being played due to the coronavirus pandemic. Previously, games were considered postponed, instead of canceled, allowing teams to hold on to revenue generated from ticket sales. But with little chance of MLB playing 162 games this season,
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