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Tigers’ minor-league affiliates will have new leagues in 2021 Updated Feb 14, 2021; Posted Feb 14, 2021 The Toledo Mud Hens play at Fifth Third Field in Toledo, Ohio, in 2018. (Evan Woodbery | MLive.com) Facebook Share All 120 teams that were extended an invitation to join Major League Baseball’s revamped minor league system have officially signed on the dotted line. That means Toledo, Erie, West Michigan (Comstock Park/Grand Rapids) and Lakeland are officially back, while Norwich, Conn., the lone Tigers’ affiliate to get dropped, is looking for other options. The most immediate impac...

By Justine Coleman - 01/25/21 03:51 PM EST   Officials from the Cactus League and Arizona communities are asking MLB to delay spring training for 15 teams in the state due to the high COVID-19 infection rate. Cactus League Executive Director Bridget Binsbacher made the request through a letter to MLB Commissioner Robert Manfred that was dated Friday and signed by six mayors, two city managers and the president of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community.  Players typically report to spring training in February, bringing 15 teams to train at 10 facilities in the area for games ...

Tommy Lasorda, the colorful and cantankerous longtime manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers who led the team to four National League pennants and two World Series championships in the 1970s and ’80s, has died. He was 93. Lasorda, who spent more than 70 years in the Dodgers organization, suffered a sudden cardiopulmonary arrest at home Thursday night and was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later, the team said in a statement on Friday. “In a franchise that has celebrated such great legends of the game, no one who wore the uniform embodied the Dodger spirit as muc...

6 Min Read LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tommy Lasorda, the colorful and cantankerous longtime manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers who led the team to four National League pennants and two World Series championships in the 1970s and ‘80s, has died. He was 93. FILE PHOTO: Sep 20, 2019; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers former manager Tommy Lasorda attends the game against the Colorado Rockies at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers defeated the Rockies 12-5. Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo Lasorda, who spent more than 70 years in the Dodgers organization, suffered a sudden cardiopulmonary arr...

In this Aug. 2, 1942, file photo, Kansas City Monarchs pitcher Leroy Satchel Paige warms up at New York's Yankee Stadium before a Negro League game between the Monarchs and the New York Cuban Stars. (AP file photo) Before Jackie Robinson (1919-1972) became the first African American to debut in Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1947, Black ballplayers were allowed to play only in their "own" leagues which, by today's standards, bore the racist name of the Negro Leagues. The latter played unofficial games with the MLB and proved quite formidable. Nonfiction author Kazuo Sayama quotes Negro League...