Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant is the next player voted to be on Card No. 1 for 2017 Topps Baseball, the company announced Thursday.
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Negotiations between Clark County and The Howard Hughes Corp., which has an ownership stake in the Las Vegas 51s, had stalled last year.
Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura, whose electric arm helped his team win the 2015 World Series title, was killed in a car crash in his native Dominican Republic early Sunday.
The New York Mets jumped from 16th to seventh in ESPN’s latest rankings.
Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens are rounding second and have a legitimate opportunity to eventually touch home plate in Cooperstown.
Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Ivan Rodriguez were elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame on Wednesday, earning the honor as Trevor Hoffman and Vladimir Guerrero fell just short.
Tim Raines and Jeff Bagwell appear likely to gain election into the Baseball Hall of Fame when the Baseball Writers’ Association of America voting is announced Wednesday.
Mike Dunn played his senior year of high school baseball at Cimarron-Memorial, and was the second of six College of Southern Coyotes to make the major leagues. In December, he signed a $19 million contract with the Colorado Rockies.
President Barack Obama celebrated the World Series champion Chicago Cubs on Monday and spoke about the power sports has to unite people.
Bryce Harper and the Washington Nationals agreed to a $13,625,000 contract for 2017, avoiding arbitration and more than doubling the slugging outfielder’s salary two years before he can become a free agent for the first time.
The list includes past and future Las Vegas 51s, including Paul Sewald, Travis Taijeron and Chasen Bradford.
The logo celebrates the franchise’s 35 years in Las Vegas.
Baseball owners and players ratified their five-year labor contract Tuesday, which contains a new Anti-Hazing and Anti-Bullying Policy formulated by management, rules the union agreed not to contest.
That baseball hazing ritual of dressing up rookies as Wonder Woman, Hooters Girls and Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders is now banned.
Bryce Harper and the Washington Nationals supposedly are at odds over his $400 million demand despite the Las Vegas slugger’s contract not coming due until after the 2018 season.