Baseball

8/14/2026 |  Field of Dreams welcomes Hall of Fame, as 26 members come out of the corn for Phillies-Twins game (Associated Press (AP)) DYERSVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Major League Baseball came back to the Field of Dreams carrying a big piece of Cooperstown.
The pregame pomp before the Minnesota Twins played the Philadelphia Phillies — adjacent to the farmland where the 1989 fantasy was filmed — featured 26 members of the Hall of Fame emerging from the outfield corn just as the ghost players did in the movie.

8/14/2026 |  2028 MLB All-Star Game: San Francisco Giants' Oracle Park to host Midsummer Classic for first time since 2007 (CBS Sports) The San Francisco Giants and Oracle Park will host the 2028 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, the league announced on Friday. 
"With its passionate fanbase, world-class ballpark, and rich baseball history, San Francisco will be an outstanding host for All-Star Week, which culminates in one of Major League Baseball's best traditions, the Midsummer Classic," MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement released by the league. "We look forward to bringing the excitement of All-Star Week and the celebration of baseball to the Bay Area."

8/14/2026 |  MLB Lineup Report: Abimelec Ortiz announces his arrival, tracking 2027 eligibilities (NBC Sports) We’re 10 days removed from MLB’s trade deadline, which means trends have begun to emerge after a hectic stretch of transactions. At this time last week we only had a few games to analyze each team’s immediate usage, but the picture has since become clearer. Another wave of prospect promotions has arrived, and there could even be more on the way.

8/14/2026 |  MLB's Field of Dreams spectacle is a massive lift but still worth the trouble (Yahoo Sports) It's not easy to get to Dyersville, Iowa.
For those not within driving distance, the most common route involves a flight to Chicago, a three-hour drive across Illinois and a hotel in the quaint riverside city of Dubuque. From there, Dyersville, home of the Field of Dreams site and stadium, is a 45-minute jaunt down Route 20. Convenient it is not.

8/14/2026 |  San Francisco's Oracle Park, Giants to host 2028 MLB All-Star Game (Yahoo Sports) The San Francisco Giants and Oracle Park will host the 2028 All-Star Game, MLB announced on Friday.
San Francisco has hosted the All-Star Game four times in franchise history. The last time the Midsummer Classic was played at the City by the Bay was in 2007 with the American League defeating the National League, 5-4, at what was then named AT&T Park.