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MLB CalendarBy The Associated PressTBA - Opening day, active rosters reduced to 26 players.June 3-4 - Owners meeting, New York.June 10-July 20 - Amateur draft starts.June 15 - International amateur signing period closes.July 2-Jan. 15 - International amateur signing period opens.July 10-Aug. 1 - Deadline for drafted players to...

AP Baseball WriterEx-MLB player finishes medical school, primes to fight virusBy BEN WALKERNEW YORK (AP) If he wanted, Mark Hamilton could show off his World Series ring at work.But the fill-in first baseman for the 2011 champion St. Louis Cardinals prefers to keep that prize safe at home.''The...

AP Baseball WriterEx-MLB player finishes medical school, primes to fight virusBy BEN WALKERNEW YORK (AP) If he wanted, Mark Hamilton could show off his World Series ring at work.But the fill-in first baseman for the 2011 champion St. Louis Cardinals prefers to keep that prize safe at home.''The...

South Korean baseball set for planned early May returnSEOUL, South Korea (AP) With new cases of the coronavirus falling in South Korea, the country’s baseball league is targeting an early May restart with teams ready to play preseason exhibition games as early as April 21.On Wednesday, the country...

AP Sports WriterRipken heads charity campaign, longs for baseball's returnBy DAVID GINSBURGBALTIMORE (AP) Cal Ripken Jr. has launched a campaign to help feed children and families across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic, coordinating a contribution of $250,000 and opening a social media account for the first time...

AP Baseball WriterAP sources: MLB, union discuss playing all games in ArizonaBy RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) Putting all 30 teams in the Phoenix area and playing in empty ballparks was among the ideas discussed Monday by Major League Baseball and the players’ association.The sides held a telephone call...

Associated Press WritersBeloved Tigers star, Hall of Famer Al Kaline dies at 85By JIM IRWIN and NOAH TRISTERDETROIT (AP) Fresh off the train and only 18 years old, Al Kaline ran into an immediate roadblock trying to join the Detroit Tigers. Called up to the majors, he couldn't...

AP Baseball WriterAP sources: MLB, union discuss playing all games in ArizonaBy RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) Putting all 30 teams in the Phoenix area and playing in empty ballparks was among the ideas discussed Monday by Major League Baseball and the players’ association.The sides held a telephone call...

Beloved Detroit Tigers star Al Kaline dies at 85DETROIT (AP) Al Kaline, who spent his entire 22-season Hall of Fame career with the Detroit Tigers and was known affectionately as “Mr. Tiger,” died Monday. He was 85.John Morad, a friend of Kaline's, confirmed to The Associated Press that...

Beloved Detroit Tigers star Al Kaline dies at 85DETROIT (AP) Al Kaline, who spent his entire 22-season Hall of Fame career with the Detroit Tigers and was known affectionately as “Mr. Tiger,” died Monday. He was 85.John Morad, a friend of Kaline's, confirmed to The Associated Press that...

Beloved Detroit Tigers star Al Kaline dies at 85DETROIT (AP) Al Kaline, who spent his entire 22-season Hall of Fame career with the Detroit Tigers and was known affectionately as “Mr. Tiger,” has died. He was 85.John Morad, a friend of Kaline's, confirmed to The Associated Press that...

AP Baseball WriterFields of green: Mild winter, no games aid ballpark grassBy STEPHEN HAWKINSNicole Sherry poked some holes in the turf at Camden Yards, cut the grass and then left the ballpark about the same time the Baltimore Orioles should have been wrapping up their season opener.“What a beautiful...