Falling bobblehead sparks bill requiring upper deck nets at Minnesota stadiums

A man injured by a falling bobblehead at Target Field has prompted Minnesota lawmakers to consider forcing teams to install more protective netting in stadiums.

MLB lockout talks resume in Florida as season openers threatened

The lockout enters its 82nd day Monday as negotiations resume in Florida. MLB on Friday canceled spring training games from Feb. 26 through March 4.

MLB postpones 1st week of spring training amid lockout

Major League Baseball has canceled the first week of spring training games through March 4 in the first public acknowledgement of the disruption caused by the lockout.

Jeremy Giambi’s cause of death was suicide, coroner’s report says

Former Major League Baseball player Jeremy Giambi died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s coroners report.

MLB stops testing athletes for steroids amid lockout, AP sources say

Two people familiar with the sport’s Joint Drug Program tell The Associated Press that Major League Baseball has stopped testing players for steroids for the first time in nearly 20 years due to the expiration of the sport’s drug agreement.

Former Twins greats Kent Hrbek, Ron Gardenhire talk ALS Black Woods Blizzard Tour

Ron Gardenhire and Kent Hrbek joined Fox 9 Sports Now Sunday night with Jim Rich to talk about the Black Woods Blizzard Tour snowmobile ride to fight ALS.

Baseball Hall of Fame: David Ortiz elected in 1st turn on ballot

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.

Robot umpires being called up to Triple-A this season

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

Minnesota Twins elect Gardenhire, Gladden, Tovar to 2022 Hall of Fame class
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The Minnesota Twins announced Thursday morning that Ron Gardenhire, Dan Gladden and Cesar Tovar have been elected to the team?s Hall of Fame for the 2022 class.

Minnesota Twins elect Gardenhire, Gladden, Tovar to 2022 Hall of Fame class

The Minnesota Twins announced Thursday morning that Ron Gardenhire, Dan Gladden and Cesar Tovar have been elected to the team’s Hall of Fame for the 2022 class.

Minnesota Twins elect Gardenhire, Gladden, Tovar to 2022 Hall of Fame class
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The Minnesota Twins announced Thursday morning that Ron Gardenhire, Dan Gladden and Cesar Tovar have been elected to the team’s Hall of Fame for the 2022 class.

MLB lockout: Little progress made as league, players’ union resume talks

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

Rachel Balkovec to manage Yankees minor league team

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.

Former Minnesota Twins Tony Oliva, Jim Kaat voted into Baseball Hall of Fame

Former Minnesota Twins greats Tony Oliva and Jim Kaat were both voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday via the Golden Days Era Committee.

MLB lockout: Teams scrub players from websites amid work stoppage

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

MLB lockout: Players, owners begin first work stoppage since 1995

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