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“That’s hell” is how one Met described what could be ahead for players if a plan MLB has mulled to play all of its games in Arizona is enacted. “I mean we’re talking 120 degrees every day and playing weekly doubleheaders and 20 days straight,” the Met said on the condition of anonymity, making reference …

Nippon Professional Baseball announced that the start of the Japanese baseball season, which was rescheduled for April 24, now will not happen until late May at the earliest. But it could be a lot longer than that after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a national state of emergency Tuesday. A prominent baseball agent in …

The economic element is powerful. Of course, MLB owners and players want to return to play because that is the way both are paid. But the sport also is receiving insights and advice from important federal officials and national health organizations suggesting a return to the field could provide a) confidence to the country that …

At many of our most tumultuous times, Major League Baseball has helped guide us to a better place by the simple act of taking the field. But what if the best way to lead now, with the world battling the coronavirus pandemic, starts with the even simpler act of not taking the field? No harm …

MLB officials on Monday sketched out for the first time to the Players Association a vision of re-starting first spring training in May and then beginning a season a few weeks later, with all of the training and games played exclusively in Arizona with no crowds. The Associated Press and ESPN were first to outline …

It seems likely Major League Baseball will reduce the 2020 Draft to five rounds, down from 40. While it remains to be seen what this decision would mean for teams at the various professional and amateur levels, as well as the players, The Post is taking a look back at what rounds 6-20 have produced …

President Trump believes the NFL season should start on time in September. Trump said as much in a conference call with the commissioners of the major sports leagues on Saturday, and also said he hoped to have fans back in stadiums by August and September, according to ESPN, citing sources familiar with the call. The NFL …

Some members of MLB management pushed to kill a draft in 2020. They wanted to allocate bonuses that would have been distributed to amateur players instead to current players and team employees to better weather the financial plight caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Ultimately, the Players Association and enough members of management thought eliminating an …

Anyone who didn’t think the current Houston Astros were contrite enough about getting busted for sign-stealing in 2017, recently retired catcher Evan Gattis is offering a full-on expletive-laced apology and explanation over the cheating scandal that has rocked baseball. Gattis, a catcher and designated hitter on that World Series championship squad, says that players “got …

On March 1, there were two stories that dominated much of the news cycle. There was much buzz attached to Joe Biden’s stunning political resurrection after winning the South Carolina primary. There was hope surrounding an agreement signed between the U.S. and the Taliban to end America’s longest war, which on that Sunday had lasted …