Miller Gardner, the 14-year-old son of the longtime Yankees player Brett Gardner, died of carbon monoxide poisoning while on vacation with his family last month, the Costa Rican authorities said on Thursday. A toxicology report after his death found high levels of carboxyhemoglobin, an indicator of carbon monoxide in the blood, according to a statement…
Private equity likes the long ball The San Francisco Giants, one of Major League Baseball’s most successful franchises, have sold about 10 percent of the team to the private equity group Sixth Street, Ken Belson and Lauren Hirsch are first to report. The team will use the cash to help pay for upgrades to the…
It’s hard to be ubiquitous in Tokyo, one of the largest cities in the world, but Shohei Ohtani has found a way. The Los Angeles Dodgers star seems to be everywhere: on billboards, on products, in television ads and news and entertainment shows and, of course, on the field when his games are broadcast live…
It sure sounds nice, the idea that Major League Baseball’s embrace of legalized betting has opened a door for the late Pete Rose to be enshrined in the Hall of Fame. With all this gambling going on, they’d be a bunch of hypocrites if they didn’t put Rose in Cooperstown, right? Well … no. It’s…
Major League Baseball recently released a report about pitcher injuries. It was the culmination of interviews with 200 subject-matter experts about the growing rash of arm troubles in the sport, and the word “stuff” was used 47 times. The report includes entire sections about the concept of stuff metrics — like Stuff+ — and how…
CHEVIOT HILLS, Calif. — The Palisades Charter High School J.V. baseball team huddled on the all-dirt infield of their temporary home, a makeshift venue for a displaced team. The playing surface and outfield grass were patchy and uneven. With no mound, its primary use was for softball. But it was what they had to work…
Could Ichiro Suzuki become the second-ever player unanimously voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum? Will Billy Wagner pick up the five votes he missed last year to gain entry in his final year of eligibility? Will CC Sabathia make it to Cooperstown on his first try? Heading into the Jan. 21…
HOUSTON — Tyler Ivey is at peace, but sometimes ponders his past as a passionless pitcher who still reached the pinnacle. Adrenaline aided Ivey through his major-league debut in his hometown, the sort of storybook tale only this sport seems to write. On the day it unfolded, Ivey weighed 180 pounds and could not feel…
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — Once inside Peligro Sports, one thing above all else is clear: if you ever need a baseball cap, jersey or a T-shirt for one of the six teams in La Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana, the Dominican winter baseball league (or LIDOM, as it is known), this is…
Six men from the same family are facing charges after allegedly attacking employees of a rival paving company in a violent confrontation that Monroe County authorities compared to a scene from the TV show ‘The Sopranos’, Fox News reported. The incident occurred on December 19, 2024, when the Buckland family, who work for a paving…