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CLOSE x Embed x Share During a symbolic ceremony, Cy-Young award-winning pitcher David Price, a Murfreesboro native, gives a push on the large baseball fountain to “get the ball rolling” on the Miracle Field that is still under construction in McKnight Park. Larry McCormack / The Tennessean Buy Photo During a symbolic ceremony, Cy Young Award-winning pitcher David Price, a Murfreesboro native, gives a push on the large baseball fountain…

Even baseball’s fiercest defenders will admit the sport went in the wrong direction in 2016: The games ran too long, managers called on too many relievers who took forever. Sitting through nine innings, especially in the postseason, was a test of patience, if not one’s sanity. Even the historic postseason came at a steep price. Game 2 of the World Series lasted four hours, four minutes without even going into…

When Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw allowed five runs in Game 6 of the NLCS, his disappointing outing was largely attributed to some combination of the Chicago Cubs’ powerful lineup and the general unpredictability of baseball. Researchers at Northwestern University have another theory: He might have been jet lagged. According to a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, teams traveling…

11:35 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Go ahead, run your formulas and spit out your projections. But good luck predicting what’s going to happen in the American League West. Consider what has happened in recent seasons: In 2012, the A’s came out of nowhere, improving from 74 wins to 94 and catching the Rangers on the final day of the season to stunningly win the…

Every spring, MLBPA chief Tony Clark travels around Florida and Arizona, visiting with all 30 major-league teams. He travels to learn of concerns and ideas from major-league players, and to communicate matters of importance. Clark also makes himself available to beat writers following major-league clubs. In the spring of 2015, as collective bargaining talks loomed, I was in Bradenton, Florida, covering the Pirates. When Clark arrived at Pirates camp,…

8:27 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Go ahead, run your formulas and spit out your projections. But good luck predicting what’s going to happen in the American League West. Consider what has happened in recent seasons: In 2012, the A’s came out of nowhere, improving from 74 wins to 94 and catching the Rangers on the final day of the season to stunningly win the…

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Royals right-hander Yordano Ventura and former big league infielder Andy Marte were killed in separate car crashes in the Dominican Republic on Sunday. Ventura was only 25. Marte was 33. Major League Baseball paid tribute to both Ventura and Marte on Twitter after news of their deaths broke: Soon thereafter, former teammates and players around the league took to Twitter and paid tribute to Ventura and Marte. Royals infielder Christian…

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Yordano Ventura died Sunday at the age of 25 after a car accident in his native Dominican Republic, the team confirmed.  Ventura went 11-12 in the 2016 season and posted a 4.45 ERA. He was a member of the Royals’ 2015 World Series-winning team. Andy Marte #28 of the Arizona Diamondbacks makes a play on a bouncing ball during the fifth inning against the Pittsburgh…

Baseball’s Hall of Fame could easily fix steroids-era dilemma By Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle January 21, 2017 Updated: January 21, 2017 4:18pm ‘); } You’re sick of all the debating and whining over baseball’s Hall of Fame inductees and snubees, right? Hang with me for one parting thought, so we can clear up this mess and move on to more important issues, like whether bat-flipping should be a misdemeanor…

12:33 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email comment An annual tradition for the column: William Weinbaum’s notes from the Baseball Writers’ dinner in New York, where award winners pick up their hardware. On a Saturday that will be remembered for its worldwide rallies for women’s rights, the most powerful, poignant moments at the 94th annual dinner of the New York chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America…

Baseball’s Hall of Fame could easily fix steroids-era dilemma By Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle January 21, 2017 Updated: January 21, 2017 4:18pm ‘); } You’re sick of all the debating and whining over baseball’s Hall of Fame inductees and snubees, right? Hang with me for one parting thought, so we can clear up this mess and move on to more important issues, like whether bat-flipping should be a misdemeanor…

Baseball’s Hall of Fame could easily fix steroids-era dilemma By Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle January 21, 2017 Updated: January 21, 2017 4:18pm ‘); } You’re sick of all the debating and whining over baseball’s Hall of Fame inductees and snubees, right? Hang with me for one parting thought, so we can clear up this mess and move on to more important issues, like whether bat-flipping should be a misdemeanor…

Thomas S. Hallett Nov. 30, 1935-Jan. 19, 2017 Whether he was pitching for Riverside High School or on the mound for Syracuse University, Thomas S. Hallett was a standout throughout the 1950s. Good enough to sign with the Boston Red Sox, he would pitch seven years in the minor leagues and eventually go on to the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame. Hallett, 81, died Thursday at his home in the Town of Tonawanda. Born in Buffalo in…

Tuesday was a mix of routine and unique honor for East Carolina baseball student assistant coach Parker Lamm. He received an award at the Wilson Hot Stove League baseball banquet 26 years after his father, Jay, was given the Clint Faris Award at the same banquet. Lamm won the Trot Nixon “Gamer” Award for the determination and grit he displayed as a senior outfielder for the Pirates last season. Here…

By John Anderson The New York Mets scout responsible for drafting players like Dwight Gooden and Daryl Strawberry and was a minor league player-coach in Wellsville died on Wednesday at age 89. Harry Minor coached the Wellsville Braves and was a player on the old PONY minor league team from 1958 to 1960. He coached eventual Baseball Hall of Fame member Phil Neikro in Wellsville…

Jose Canseco is obviously a bit nutty these days, but he is exactly right in his assessment of the hypocrisy of baseball Hall of Fame voters and how broke that system is. Make no mistake, the system is broken beyond repair. Many voters should have their votes yanked away from them because they clearly don’t quite understand what it is they are being asked to do. We don’t…

Baseball’s Hall of Fame could easily fix steroids-era dilemma By Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle January 21, 2017 Updated: January 21, 2017 4:18pm ‘); } You’re sick of all the debating and whining over baseball’s Hall of Fame inductees and snubees, right? Hang with me for one parting thought, so we can clear up this mess and move on to more important issues, like whether bat-flipping should be a misdemeanor…

Thomas S. Hallett Nov. 30, 1935-Jan. 19, 2017 Whether he was pitching for Riverside High School or on the mound for Syracuse University, Thomas S. Hallett was a standout throughout the 1950s. Good enough to sign with the Boston Red Sox, he would pitch seven years in the minor leagues and eventually go on to the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame. Hallett, 81, died Thursday at his home in the Town of Tonawanda. Born in Buffalo in…