Major League Baseball

Coutinho: Did Bud Selig Get It Right With The New Playoff Format?

Major League Baseball has approved their new playoff format and all I can say is that they got it ALMOST right.

2012/03/02

MLB Commissioner Bud Selig (credit: Mike Stobe/Getty Images)

MLB Reportedly Close To Expanding Playoff Format

Major League Baseball is very close to expanding its playoff format from eight teams to 10 for the upcoming season, according to CBSSports.com’s Jon Heyman. Heyman reports that an official announcement could be made by Thursday.

2012/02/29

Bobby Valentine is introduced as manager of the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park - Boston, MA - Dec 1, 2011 (credit: Elsa/Getty Images)

Bobby Valentine’s New Job Likely Means Stamford Needs A New Public Safety Director

In Bobby Valentine, Stamford mayor Mike Pavia found his dream director of public safety. Now they’ll liekly have to find a new one as Valentine returns to Major League Baseball.

2011/12/02

NEW YORK - AUGUST 29: Pitcher Roger Clemens #22 of the New York Yankees looks over at first baseman Jason Giambi #25 after Giambi made a diving stop during a game against the Boston Red Sox on August 29, 2007 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

Hartnett: Regarding The Epidemic Of Booze And Drugs In Baseball

Has baseball actually gotten over the drug and alcohol problems of its past? It’s time for those in charge to bring major baseball into the 21st century and adopt stronger clubhouse policies.

WFAN–2011/10/20

Derek Jeter baseballs on display at the MLB Fan Cave - New York, NY - Jul 5, 2011 (credit: Peter Haskell / WCBS 880)

MLB Ready To Deploy Marked Baseballs For Derek Jeter’s 3,000th Hit

After Derek Jeter reaches hit number 2,999, every time he steps to the plate, a new ball will be put into play.

2011/07/06

Super Heroic: Yankees’ Bat Girl Defies Overwhelming Odds

On Thursday night the Yankees unveiled their newest bat girl. But it’s how she got to the mound — and her amazing fight for life — that is so moving.

2011/05/12

Mike Lowell #25 of the Boston Red Sox prepares to take batting practice with a pink bat, a symbol to raise breast cancer awareness, before a game against the New York Yankees at Fenway Park on May 9, 2010 in Boston, Massachusetts. For Mother's Day, the Boston Red Sox have partnered with Major League Baseball to raise breast cancer awareness as part of Major League Baseball's Going to Bat Against Breast Cancer initiative. (Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images)

MLB Goes To Bat Against Breast Cancer

Major League Baseball is teaming up with Susan G. Komen for the Cure to go to Bat Against Breast Cancer.

2011/05/08

Jackie Robison as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers (credit: AP)

Kids Learn Baseball Lessons In Newark On Jackie Robinson Day

Children in New Jersey are celebrating a memorable day in history. Sixty-four years ago, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball.

2011/04/15

Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig (credit: Jonathan Fickies/Getty Images), Fred Wilpon (credit: Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Report: MLB Done Loaning Money To Struggling Mets

Major League Baseball “will not make another major loan” to the cash-strapped owners of the Mets, according to the New York Times. That’s not good news for a team reportedly trying to secure a second loan to offset operating expenses.

WFAN–2011/03/02

Fay Vincent: Mets’ $25 Million Loan A ‘Concern’

According to former commissioner Fay Vincent, the Mets’ $25 million loan from Major League Baseball raises some serious questions. “Any time a team has to come to baseball for money, it’s a great concern,” Vincent told the NY Post over the weekend.

WFAN–2011/02/28

Reports: Mets Get $25 Million Loan From MLB

Hounded by a multimillion dollar lawsuit filed by the trustee trying to recover money for victims of the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme, the Mets said Friday that they received a loan to help cover expenses.

WFAN–2011/02/26

Heyman: Selig To Announce Torre Hire

Joe Torre may not stay retired much longer. According to Jon Heyman, Bud Selig will announce Torre’s new position as executive vice president of operations.

WFAN–2011/02/25

Dorothy Kamenshek of the Rockford Peaches (AP Photo)

By The Numbers: You Play Ball Like A Girl!

“Are you crying? There’s no crying! There’s no crying in baseball!” If a given population of Americans were asked whether they knew an official league once existed affording women the chance to play baseball, I would venture to say that most Americans would answer “no.”

WFAN–2011/02/16

Torre Leaning Toward MLB Job

The former Yankees manager says he’s leaning toward accepting a job with Commissioner Bud Selig that would allow him to stay in Los Angeles.

WFAN–2011/01/24

Tiger Woods makes a statement from the Sunset Room on the second floor of the TPC Sawgrass, home of the PGA Tour on February 19, 2010 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Woods publicly admitted to cheating on his wife Elin Nordegren. (Photo by Lori Moffett-Pool/Getty Images)

AP Taps Woods Saga As Top Sports Story Of 2010

The fallout from Woods’ admission of infidelity edged a very different sort of story: The New Orleans Saints winning their first Super Bowl championship, giving an emotional boost to their hurricane-ravaged city.

WFAN–2010/12/17

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