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MLB players vote to end lockout, salvaging 162-game season

by Associated Press
Mar 10, 2022
"The deal pushes the game forward,” Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole told the Associated Press.
Fans can start making plans to be at Fenway Park, Dodger Stadium and Camden Yards next month.
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Texas Rangers fans can go out to the ballgame again ... all together

by Andy Uhler
Apr 1, 2021
The Rangers' 40,000-seat stadium, Globe Life Field, will be open at full capacity this season.
Soon, Globe Life Field will be ready to host fans at full capacity again. Texas has been declared 100% open.
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With baseball on hold, a professional umpire "just tried to make this a positive thing"

by Bennett Purser
Oct 2, 2020
When the pandemic upended minor league baseball, Jen Pawol focused on growing her off-season business.
Jen Pawol is one of two women umpires working in professional baseball.
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Why baseball stadiums are all a little bit different

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Jun 10, 2019
Long-time architecture critic Paul Goldberger says a baseball park "should feel like it's in that place and that place alone."
A general view as the national anthem is performed at Yankee Stadium on October 16, 2017 in the Bronx borough of New York City.
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How much would you pay for a "defaced" baseball card?

by Bridget Bodnar
Mar 26, 2019
Turns out, quite a lot.
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As baseball's attendance and TV audience decline, its grassroots popularity is booming, study finds

by Ben Bradford
Feb 21, 2019
Reports of the national pastime's coming demise may be exaggerated.
A boy bats during baseball practice at the Nationals Youth Baseball Academy in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2018.
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Baseball sees a boost in players of all levels

by Kai Ryssdal and Bennett Purser
Feb 20, 2019
If you thought baseball was dead ... think again.
Cali Ann Kershaw throws out a ceremonial first pitch to her dad Clayton Kershaw #22 of the Los Angeles Dodgers as brother Charley Kershaw sits on the mound before the game against the Minnesota Twins at Dodger Stadium on July 26, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.
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A-Rod takes a swing at selling baseball to Britain

by Anu Anand
Nov 20, 2018
Former Yankee Alex Rodriguez chats about pitching America’s favorite pastime to the Brits.
Alex "A-Rod" Rodriguez at the BBC Studios in London.
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When did middle relievers in baseball get so expensive?

by Andy Uhler
Oct 1, 2018
And does the strategy of investing in a strong bullpen pay off?
Jason Hammel #49 of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays delivers a pitch against the New York Yankees on September 13, 2006 at Yankee Stadium in New York City.
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Major League Baseball's business is peanuts, Cracker Jack and TV sponsorship deals

by Andy Uhler
Jul 17, 2018
Teams aren’t as worried about declining ticket sales because their fortunes aren’t as directly tied to the gate anymore, one analyst says.
A cameraman takes a shot of a bobble head Babe Ruth before a game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees at Fenway Park in Boston in 2015.
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