Baseball

10/4/2023 |  Only 19 Latinos in Baseball Hall of Fame? That number has been climbing, will keep rising (USA TODAY) It had been 32 years since a player from the Dominican Republic had been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, and Pedro Martínezmade sure to represent.
After completing his 2015 induction speech, the three-time Cy Young Award winner unfurled a Dominican flag and invited Juan Marichal – the last Dominican inductee from 1983 – to join him on the stage in Cooperstown, New York, to the raucous approval of the "home" crowd.

10/3/2023 |  Bauer Settlement With Sexual Assault Accuser Won’t Change Suspension (Sportico) Trevor Bauer received the longest non-lifetime suspension in Major League Baseball history in 2022 over a domestic violence accusation he has steadfastly denied.
On Monday, the former Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Dodgers star revealed he’s reached a settlement with his accuser, Lindsey Hill, in which both dropped claims against the other.
An attorney for Bauer released an email exchange in which Hill’s attorney, Jesse Kaplan, wrote that neither Bauer nor anyone on his behalf paid Hill “any amount of money,” either during the litigation or to dismiss the claim.

10/3/2023 |  The quiet effort to bring MLB to Raleigh (AXIOS Sports) Major League Baseball could be coming to North Carolina.
Driving the news: A group of consultants and state officials have been working behind the scenes for about six months on a pitch to bring an MLB team to the Raleigh market, a source with knowledge of the work tells Axios.

• The group has highlighted the state's standing as best for business and its low corporate tax rate, which will shrink to 0% by 2030.

10/3/2023 |  MLB Expansion Suitors Grow, Even Without Formal Process (Front Office Sports)

• Montreal, Raleigh amplify their pitches for new MLB team
• Still-undefined league process expected to take shape, accelerate soon

While there isn’t yet a definitive process for MLB expansion — and the league is currently focusing on its new-look postseason — that isn’t stopping potential candidate cities from being more vocal about becoming one of the chosen markets.

10/2/2023 |  October baseball arrives with 12-team bracket set and postseason action beginning Tuesday (Associated Press (AP)) PHOENIX (AP) — Ronald Acuña Jr., Matt Olson and the hard-hitting Atlanta Braves have earned a couple days of rest and relaxation after Major League Baseball’s long 162-game regular season.
So have Jose Altuve, Justin Verlander and the defending World Series champion Houston Astros — who won the AL West on the season’s final day — along with the Los Angeles Dodgers and feel-good story Baltimore Orioles.