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The live-ball era, also referred to as the lively ball era, is the period in Major League Baseball since 1920. It contrasts with the pre-1920 period known as the " dead-ball era ". The name "live-ball era" comes from the dramatic rise in offensive statistics , a direct result of a series of rule changes (introduced in 1920) that were ...
The Dodgers promoted Black to the major leagues in 1952 at 28, five years after teammate Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier. He roomed with Robinson while on the Dodgers. Black was chosen Rookie of the Year after winning 15 games and saving 15 others for the National League champions. He had a 2.15 ERA but, with 142 innings pitched ...
MLB Local Media is a division of Major League Baseball that produces and distributes regional television broadcasts for various MLB teams. Established prior to the 2023 season, and leveraging resources from MLB Network, the division has primarily served teams who no longer had a broadcaster due to business issues affecting their regional sports network rightsholders, including the then-ongoing ...
In an effort to find players in lower income neighborhoods, MLB sponsors a pro-style camp that stops at cities all over the U.S. The hope is to find the player a year or two before they enter high ...
This week’s SportsBeat KC podcast covers Negro Leagues statistics being integrated into the MLB record books.
Baseball, widely known as America's pastime, is well established in several other countries as well. The history of baseball in Canada has remained closely linked with that of the sport in the United States. As early as 1877, a professional league, the International Association, featured teams from both countries. [94]
The integration of Negro Leagues statistics into Major League Baseball — which has resulted in new leaders atop several categories — happened decades later and was determined by a committee.
Some of Anson's notoriety stems from a 1907 book on early black players in baseball by black minor league player and later black semi-professional team manager Sol White, who was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2006. White claimed that, "Were it not for this same man Anson, there would have been a colored player in the National League in 1887."