Tickets to Aviators games at Las Vegas Ballpark this season will be digital only. The Aviators open their season May 6 at home against Sacramento.
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Atlanta lost Major League Baseball’s summer All-Star Game on Friday over the league’s objections to sweeping changes to Georgia voting laws.
Collecting baseball cards — or at least buying and selling the most rare ones — is a big thing again. A 1952 Mickey Mantle card sold for $5.2 million in January.
In a span of 11 days that began Thursday, fans and bettors can feast their eyes on a smorgasbord of baseball, the Final Four and NCAA championship and the Masters.
The deal announced Wednesday includes the recently opened, adults-only resort being an official sponsor of the Padres for the 2021 MLB season.
Luke Voit led the majors in homers in last year’s shortened season with 22. The Yankees first baseman was a 1,000-1 long shot in the original pool posted at the Westgate.
Under bettors might have a bit of an edge on baseball’s season win totals because of the coronavirus pandemic.
“It was pretty nerve-racking,” admits Joey Gallo of the Texas Rangers about meeting Hall of Fame pitcher Greg Maddux before escorting his daughter to the prom when he was 17.
The pandemic created an opportunity for Shane Taylor to break into a Division I starting lineup as a 17-year-old.
Kevin Higgins’s son Kade is excelling as a freshman at Arizona State, but UNLV won the recent game, 10-9.
Major League Baseball is using the minor leagues to test out several potential rules changes this season.
Many baseball fans head from the Las Vegas area to Arizona to watch spring training each year, with few giving much thought to safety.
As major events like the NCAA Tournament were canceled and professional leagues hit the pause button, the importance of sports in our lives became even more clear.
Aviators president Don Logan said he didn’t know if the 142-game schedule would be shortened.
Chicago Cubs slugger Kris Bryant and NASCAR champion Kyle Busch have enjoyed quality time with their young sons during the COVID pandemic.
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