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Several MLB managers voice support for decision to move All-Star Game out of Atlanta By Erin Walsh  |  Last updated 4/3/21 Major League Baseball's decision to move the All-Star Game and draft out of Atlanta was met with support from several managers around the league.  Chicago Cubs manager David Ross said the league made "a pretty strong statement" by moving the midsummer classic to a new location.  Cubs manager David Ross, on MLB's decision to pull the All-Star Game out of Atlanta: "I think it's a pretty strong statement that MLB's making and why they're making it: to s...

Say “labor” and “Akron” and the likely response will be “rubber.”  That’s as it should be, but in “Labor in Akron, 1825-1945” the historian John Tully reaches back far earlier, even as far back as the founding of the city. The laborers who dug the Ohio & Erie Canal, mostly Irish immigrants seeking opportunity after a famine and cholera epidemic, were paid a pittance and vulnerable to rattlesnakes and diseases like malaria. There were a few unorganized strikes, but conditions did not improve. Other early labor activities included the forming of a carpenters’ union in 1837 ...

During a Zoom call with reporters including Zack Meisel of the Athletic, Indians' manager Terry Francona all but named Andrés …

Fun 24 hours of Cubs stuff, eh? We got to watch our first live Cubs action since October, then there was a Cubs-Yoenis Cespedes rumor, and finally, the team signed Eric Sogard. They are things! Now let’s check in on MLB … Jon Lester Surgery In 2006, Jon Lester was diagnosed with lymphoma, went through chemotherapy, and has been healthy ever since. But earlier this spring, he told Nationals coaches/doctors that he was feeling tired and the doctors discovered a thyroid issue. Now, he’s left camp for New York to have his thyroid gland removed: Jon Lester has flown to New York to have surge...

Rival Roundup, Vol. 19: Spring Gleaning Share this story Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Baseball is FINALLY back today, with your Minnesota Twins opening their spring set against the Boston Red Sox this very afternoon. But as long as rivals exist, they will be rounded up, left, right, and center, and this week is no exception. Next week, we’ll merge into Rival Roundup’s sister series, the Rival Recap, where I’ll take a dive into reviewing each of our four main opponents’ offseasons, reminding you of the major additions and subtractions that we’ve watched take...