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David Ortiz was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first turn on the ballot, while steroid-tainted stars Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were denied entry to Cooperstown in their final year under consideration by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

Major League Baseball is expanding its automated strike zone experiment to Triple-A, the highest level of the minor leagues.

Talks between Major League Baseball and the players’ union resumed Thursday, the first negotiations since the lockout began in early December.

The New York Yankees are promoting Rachel Balkovec to manager of the Low A Tampa Tarpons, making her the first woman to skipper a team affiliated with Major League Baseball.

Buck O'Neil, Gil Hodges, Minnie Minoso, Jim Kaat, Tony Oliva and Bud Fowler elected to baseball Hall of Fame.

Players are nowhere to be found on MLB websites as of Dec. 2. The league said it will remain that way throughout the lockout.

Baseball's labor dispute has led to MLB owners locking out the players, the league's first work stoppage in two decades.

Major League Baseball plunged into its first work stoppage in a quarter-century when the sport's collective bargaining agreement expired Wednesday night and owners immediately locked out players in a move that threatens spring training and opening day.

The 1994-95 players strike halted MLB’s season long before many current Major League Baseball players were born. But the current generation of baseball players could be mere weeks from experiencing a work stoppage firsthand.