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Origin The year 2020 was an especially difficult one for devotees of Major League Baseball. Not only did the COVID-19 pandemic delay the start of the season for nearly four months and then limit it to 60 games (rather than the usual 162), but for the most part fans weren’t allowed to attend any of those regular-season games. On top of that, the baseball world lost an astounding 10 Hall of Fame members who passed away in the nine-month period between April 2020 and January 2021: Al Kaline, Tom...

Justin Turner will not be disciplined by Major League Baseball for coming onto the field last week to celebrate the World Series title with his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates after testing positive for COVID-19. The third baseman was removed after seven innings of Game 6 on Oct. 27 after MLB informed the Dodgers of the test result. He returned to...

By City News Service Apr 11, 2021 LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles Dodgers will honor the 40th anniversary of Fernandomania before todays game against the Washington Nationals at Dodger Stadium.   Fernando Valenzuela ignited what would be dubbed “Fernandomania when he went 8-0 with five shutouts, seven complete games and an 0.50 ERA in his first eight starts as a 20-year-old rookie in 1981, baffling hitters with his screwball, becoming the only player to win the Cy Young and Rookie of t...

“The energy, the friends, it’s good to be here,” said Cerutti. Last year’s pandemic-shortened regular season was played without fans. The last time Braves fans got to see their team play in person was the 2019 playoff series with St. Louis. For the first homestand of the season, the Braves are limiting attendance at Truist Park to 33%, announcing a crowd of 14,342 for Friday’s game. Cerutti and Stallings were both dressed in Braves shirts as they enjoyed a drink before the game. Their...

Apr 9, 2021 Welcome to The Opener, where every weekday morning you’ll get a fresh, topical column to start your day from one of SI.com’s MLB writers. A clinical psychologist in London devised a trial in 1960 in which subjects were told a series of three numbers, 2-4-6. The subjects were then instructed to figure out the “rule” behind the sequence by offering other series of three numbers, to which the psychologist would say if the proposed sequences fit the original “rule” or not. T...

April 9, 2021 The mystery pitcher began appearing in my morning box scores during the second half of September 1980. Sometimes he was Valenzuela, others Valenzla, but every time I looked, he had zeroes next to his name. I couldn’t find him in my baseball card set, my Street & Smith’s Official Yearbook 1980, or my Complete Handbook of Baseball 1980. All I knew was that suddenly he was one of the Dodgers’ most reliable relievers, a rookie thrown into the fire of a three-way NL West race b...

Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports The contrast between Clayton Kershaw’s first two starts of 2021 is like night and day, and not just because of the time of game. The Dodgers left-hander was in full control on Tuesday night, pitching seven strong innings in a 5-1 win over the A’s in Oakland. Though the A’s got to Kershaw right away, with consecutive doubles by Jed Lowrie and Ramon Laureano in the first inning giving Oakland a 1-0 — believe it or not, that was the A’s first lead all seaso...

“It just wasn’t the same last year,” Shaw said. “For me personally, after a tough ending my first time here, it was nice to hear the roar again.” Shaw played for the Brewers from 2017-19 but slumped badly his final season in Milwaukee and ended up in Toronto last year. He signed a minor-league deal with the Brewers before the season. His big hit delighted the crowd of 11,740 at Milwaukee’s American Family Field. Local health officials are allowing spectators to fill 25% of the stadi...

What You Need to Know: Brewers Opening Day 2021 MILWAUKEE- The Brewers open the 2021 season today against the Minnesota Twins. You can listen to this afternoon’s home opener at 620 AM on your radio dial, or if you live in Milwaukee, Racine, Waukesha, Ozaukee, and Washington Counties, you can tune in at wtmj.com or on your WTMJ Mobile App. If you’re heading to American Family Field today there are some things you should know before hitting the road. Per the Brewers: Parking Lots and Gates: ...

Sandy Koufax, pitcher of the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 18, 1964 at spring training. (AP Photo) In 1961, Koufax was pitching and Sherry was catching against the Minnesota Twins in a spring training game in Florida. Koufax was struggling with his control, something that had plagued the left-hander up to that point. Koufax walked his first three hitters, prompting Sherry to visit the mound. He suggested Koufax take some speed off his fastball to gain better control. The advice helped contribute...