You may bring in a base runner with a run batted in (RBI), but you don’t actually need to get a hit to do it, as explained by Jesse Goldberg-Strassler in this week’s Tales from the Baseball Thesaurus. (more…)

You may bring in a base runner with a run batted in (RBI), but you don’t actually need to get a hit to do it, as explained by Jesse Goldberg-Strassler in this week’s Tales from the Baseball Thesaurus. (more…)
Good news for anyone in pro baseball or summer-collegiate ball: Dr. Anthony Fauci says we could see larger crowds at ballparks by late spring or early summer if vaccination trends continue. (more…)
If the fastball was the first baseball pitch, it stands to reason that the change-up was the second, thrown purely as a contrast, as explained by Jesse Goldberg-Strassler in this week’s Tales from the Baseball Thesaurus. (more…)
Three more MLB teams have been approved for additional fans to begin the 2021 season, as states loosen COVID-19 restrictions. (more…)
Two more familiar venues are in the finals of the 2021 Cactus League Best of the Ballparks 2021 fan vote: Salt River Fields at Talking Stick (Diamondbacks, Rockies) vs. Camelback Ranch-Glendale (Dodgers, White Sox). So vote! (more…)
We have two familiar venues in the 2021 Grapefruit League Best of the Ballparks finals: Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium (Detroit Tigers) vs. LECOM Park (Pittsburgh Pirates). (more…)
We will see fans at Nationals Park, as the Washington Nationals received permission from the District of Columbia to host 5,000 spectators to begin the 2021 MLB season. (more…)
After Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan loosened COVID-19 restrictions, the Baltimore Orioles announced the team would host approximately 11,000 fans per game, or 25 percent capacity, at Oriole Park to begin the season. (more…)
The Atlanta Braves have been cleared to host 13,500 fans, or 33 percent of Truist Park capacity, when the 2021 MLB season launches in April. (more…)
The Minnesota Twins have been cleared to host 10,000 fans at Target Field to begin the season, as Gov. Tim Walz announces new loosened state guidelines for COVID-19 restrictions. (more…)
The Seattle Mariners have been cleared to host up to 9,000 fans per game, roughly 19 percent of capacity, for the first 11 games of the season at T-Mobile Park by state and local officials. (more…)
MLB announced a slew of experimental rules for the 2021 MiLB season, with different rules and procedures applied to different levels of play. (more…)
The votes were not particularly close in the Elite Eight round of the Cactus League Best of the Ballparks vote, leading us to a Final Four round that should be closer. (more…)