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Major League Baseball is moving the 2021 All-Star Game and MLB Draft out of Atlanta after a new Georgia law that includes restrictions on voting by mail and greater legislative control over how elections are run. “I have decided that the best way to demonstrate our values as a sport is by relocating this year’s […]
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Tony Reagins has been promoted to chief baseball development officer of Major League Baseball, where he will oversee the growth of youth and amateur levels of baseball and softball in the United States and internationally. Reagins, who began at MLB in 2015 as senior vice president of the Youth Programs department, will also be tasked […]
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Major League Baseball’s annual draft will be on the move from New Jersey and heading to Omaha, the site of the College World series, and the Holland Performing Arts Center. Major League Baseball will move the date of the first round of the 2020 Draft to June 10 so that the event does not overlap […]
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If Major League Baseball builds a temporary 8,000-seat ballpark in the middle of an Iowa cornfield, will people come? That’s what MLB will find out on August 13, 2020, when the Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees play a regular-season game in Dyersville, Iowa, at the site of the movie “Field of Dreams.” The […]
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One of the most famous lines in “Field of Dreams” no longer is true: If you build it, people won’t come. In the current sports scene, you need to make it an experience beyond merely a game to get people to the stadium so they can brag about being there for days to their friends […]
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Atlanta has been awarded the 2021 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, which will be played at the Braves’ SunTrust Park. It will be the first time Atlanta has hosted the Midsummer Classic since 2000, when Turner Field staged the game. The city also hosted 1972, when Hank Aaron hit a two-run home run to lead […]
Continue ReadingThe 2026 Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be held in Philadelphia, aligned with the celebration of the 250th anniversary of American independence. The move marks yet another Midsummer Classic aligned with American history for Philadelphia, which hosted in 1976 on the nation’s bicentennial. The game will mark the city’s fifth time hosting and the first […]
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Major League Baseball has announced that the former spring training site of the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers in Vero Beach, Florida—previously called Historic Dodgertown—will be renamed the Jackie Robinson Training Complex in honor of the late Hall of Famer and baseball legend. The dedication of the complex is part of a year-long schedule commemorating Robinson’s legacy […]
Continue ReadingMajor League Baseball, Nike and Fanatics have entered a new 10-year global partnership. Under the new deal, Nike will serve as the official uniform and footwear supplier of MLB starting in the 2020 season, with Fanatics serving as the manufacturer and distributor of fan gear. “Nike’s global brand and reputation as a leader in marketing and driving innovation makes […]
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Major League Baseball has signed a multiyear partnership with MGM Resorts International that will make MGM Resorts the first official gaming partner and official entertainment partner of MLB. The agreement combines the MLB brand with MGM Resorts and playMGM brands across league and team sponsorships, data usage in gaming, promotion across MLB-owned media platforms and domestic and international […]
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