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Bristol Motor Speedway to Host Braves, Reds in 2025

Officials from Major League Baseball and Bristol Speedway, the track known as the “Thunder Valley” that holds more than 146,000 fans for NASCAR races, announced Friday that the Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds will play in the Speedway Classic on Aug. 2, 2025. It will be a Reds home game with the first two being […]

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Oakland A’s Moving to Sacramento for Next Three Seasons

The Athletics will leave Oakland at season’s end and go to Sacramento’s Sutter Health Park, a minor league baseball stadium, starting in 2025 for at least three seasons ahead of the team’s permanent transition to Las Vegas. The announcement was made by the Sacramento Kings, majority owner of the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats, who play […]

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Truist Park before a baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and New York Yankees on August 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Hakim Wright Sr.)

Atlanta’s Truist Park Awarded 2025 MLB All-Star Game

Major League Baseball will play its 2025 All-Star Game in Atlanta, four years after moving the game from Truist Park to Denver’s Coors Field over objections to changes in Georgia’s voting rights laws. The 2025 All-Star Game will be the 95th edition and the first in Atlanta since 2000, when Derek Jeter earned MVP honors […]

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The All-Star Game logo is seen on the field at T-Mobile Park during the national anthem before the game in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Chicago, Atlanta Favorites to Host 2025 MLB All-Star Game

Hours before the 2023 All-Star Game started in Seattle, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred touched on several subjects including future hosts for the midseason game plus the drawn-out process of the Oakland Athletics relocating to Las Vegas. Next year’s All-Star Game is scheduled for the Texas Rangers’ Globe Life Field in Arlington. The 2026 […]

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New York Mets to Play Philadelphia Phillies in London in 2024

The New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies will play a two-game series in London next season as MLB takes another rivalry abroad at London Stadium, ahead of this weekend’s series between the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs. The first MLB series in the British capital — and in Europe — featured the New York […]

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The minor league Birmingham Barons and the Montgomery Biscuits play a game in Rickwood Field on May 29, 2019. The two teams will square off at the venue again this week as part of a Negro League celebration. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)

MLB to Host Cardinals, Giants at Rickwood Field in Birmingham

Major League Baseball has announced that Rickwood Field, the oldest professional ballpark in the United States and former home of the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues, will host a regular season game next year between the St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants on June 20, 2024. The contest is scheduled around the […]

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Oakland Athletics pitcher Mason Miller throws against the Chicago Cubs during the first inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, April 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Oakland A’s Sign Land Agreement for Las Vegas Ballpark

The Oakland A’s have made the next move toward relocating to Las Vegas, announcing that the team has signed a binding agreement to purchase 49 acres of land near the Las Vegas Strip for the site of a future ballpark. In a statement, the team, which for years has negotiated with the city of Oakland […]

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MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred (right) sat down with SBJ Staff Writer John Ourland at the CAA World Congress of Sports on October 11.

Las Vegas on the Radar for Both MLB and NBA Teams in Near Future

Having already secured an NHL and NFL team in the past five years, Las Vegas has been on a heater when it comes to bringing professional sports to the desert. There has been no shortage of rumors and rumblings in the past year about the city adding both an MLB and NBA team in the […]

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The New York Yankees, left, and the Boston Red Sox line up for the national anthem before a baseball game in London on June 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

MLB Returns to London in 2023, 2024 and 2026

Major League Baseball has announced a long-term strategic partnership with the city of London that includes the league’s commitment to hold major events in the city over the next five years. The deal includes regular-season games in 2023, 2024 and 2026. The league has also announced the formation of the MLB London Legacy Group, which […]

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Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu, right, delivers to Tampa Bay Rays' Michael Brosseau in an empty stadium during the fourth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 24, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Major League Baseball Rejects Rays’ Split-Season Plan Between Tampa Bay, Montreal

The proposed plan to split the Rays’ Major League Baseball seasons between Tampa Bay and Montreal has been rejected by MLB, the team announced on Thursday. The MLB Executive Council allowed the Rays in June 2019 to explore plans for a shared season with the team playing games in spring training in Tampa Bay, then […]

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