Major League Baseball announced Tuesday it will produce and distribute local broadcasts for the Cleveland Guardians, Milwaukee Brewers and Minnesota Twins next year. All three teams had contracts with Diamond Sports Group that expired at the end of the regular season. The Texas Rangers, whose deal also expired last month, also announced they will no longer be partnering with Diamond and…
CLEVELAND (AP) – Known as the Indians since 1915, Cleveland’s Major League Baseball team will be called Guardians. The ballclub announced the name change on Twitter, ending months of internal discussions triggered by a national reckoning by institutions and teams to permanently drop logos and names considered racist. The choice of Guardians will undoubtedly be criticized by many of the…
MINNEAPOLIS — Twins’ playoff baseball is returning to Minneapolis next week on Monday night, which means so is the iconic Homer Hanky. In an ode to the power-hitting “Bomba Squad” Twins of 2019, the new red towels read “Bomba SZN.” While the Hankies of previous postseasons were always white, Major League Baseball changed its rules to no longer allow white…
MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Minnesota Twins second baseman Brian Dozier has been traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The deal was done shortly before the Major League Baseball’s non-waiver deadline. Dozier was traded for infielder Logan Forsythe and two minor league players. Dozier is the fifth player the Twins traded in the last five days, signaling a shift in their focus…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) — Fernando Romero’s major league debut for Minnesota carried the extra weight of a Twins team that won only once in its previous 12 games. No pressure, kid. Well, he sure didn’t appear to feel any. Romero kept Toronto scoreless while pitching into the sixth inning, giving the Twins a badly needed boost in a 4-0 victory…
