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Baseball
The coronavirus pandemic prematurely ended the seasons for UNLV’s spring sports. Now the coaches and athletes are trying to make the best of the situation.
The NCAA Division I Council voted Monday to give college athletes who compete in spring sports such as baseball, softball and lacrosse a way to get back the season they lost, but did not guarantee financial aid.
A few months after his final pitch, Bryan Harper, brother of major league star Bryce Harper, received his real estate license and has embarked on a second career in Las Vegas.
He hit more than 30 homers twice with Houston, including a career-high 37 in 1967 at the pitcher-friendly Astrodome.
MLB Network is available in the local market, and televising five memorable Opening Day games beginning at 10 a.m. with the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians in 1996 — aka Derek Jeter’s first Opening Day.
Mike Guerra, a former Seattle Mariners minor leaguer, recently rediscovered a pristine 70-year-old baseball glove that had been tucked away in his father’s safe.
MLB said it is working with teams to develop an industry-wide plan to compensate players for missed games.
An employee who worked at the Cincinnati Reds spring training complex in Goodyear, Arizona has tested positive for the new coronavirus, the ballclub announced Wednesday.
Major League Baseball pushed back opening day until mid-May at the earliest on Monday because of the new coronavirus after the federal government recommended restricting events of more than 50 people for the next eight weeks.
UNLV baseball coach Stan Stolte said his team has not shown signs of coronavirus after the Rebels’ most recent opponent, Houston, had a staff member reportedly develop symptoms for COVID-19.
UNLV, like other college athletic programs, is waiting to see how long the shutdown lasts.
There were lots of questions and no answers about how to proceed amid the coronavirus pandemic during a Pacific Coast League executive committee conference call Friday.
Major League Baseball is delaying the start of its season by at least two weeks because of the coronavirus outbreak and suspended the rest of its spring training game schedule.
Minor League Baseball has delayed the start of its season after Major League Baseball announced the halt of spring training games and delayed the start of the season.
