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During Sunday night’s Little League Classic between the New York Mets and Seattle Mariners, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred talked about the possibility of not just expansion, but also a total overhaul of the leagues as we know them. “I think if we expand, it provides us with an opportunity to geographically realign,” he told ESPN. “I think we …

As notable as the moment when Pete Alonso’s 253rd career home run disappeared behind the right field wall Tuesday night were the 10 or so minutes that followed: a spontaneous outpouring of love from Citi Field to its new franchise home run leader. These are the things less easy to quantify than stats: what a player means to a team. …

ATLANTA (AP) — Jen Pawol has made history as the first female umpire to work a regular-season game in the major leagues. Pawol’s much-anticipated debut came as the first base umpire for Saturday’s first game of a split doubleheader between the Atlanta Braves and Miami Marlins. She enjoyed a quiet first inning, watching as Braves right-hander Hurston Waldrep struck out …

MLB’s first female umpire just received the call of a lifetime  The Washington Post Barrier-breaking MLB umpire Pawol ‘ready to go’  ESPN Trailblazing baseball umpire Jen Pawol is going to make more history on Saturday  CNN MLB’s first female umpire to debut. Here’s other women who broke officiating barriers  NPR Set to become 1st female MLB umpire, Pawol represents beacon of hope and progress  MLB.com …

Home plate umpire Jen Pawol takes her position during the first inning of a spring training baseball game between the Houston Astros and Miami Marlins Sunday, March 10, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. Jeff Roberson/AP hide caption toggle caption Jeff Roberson/AP This weekend, Jen Pawol will make history by becoming the first woman to umpire a Major League Baseball …

Jen Pawol, a minor-league umpire since 2016, is set to make her major-league debut on Saturday, making her the first female umpire in regular-season MLB history. Pawol is being called up for the Miami Marlins-Atlanta Braves doubleheader on Saturday, when she will work the bases for those two games. For Sunday’s series finale, she is slated to be behind the …

Jen Pawol will make history this weekend as the first woman to be an umpire in a regular-season MLB game. Pawol will ump three games during this weekend’s Marlins-Braves series in Atlanta, including both ends of Saturday’s doubleheader and the series finale on Sunday, when she will be behind home plate. The doubleheader necessitated adding a fifth umpire to the …

The San Diego Padres are turning a position of strength into a position of dominance. Despite already having three All-Star relievers and a bullpen that easily leads MLB with a 2.97 ERA, the Padres swung a blockbuster deal for Athletics closer Mason Miller on Thursday ahead of the MLB trade deadline, the team announced on Thursday. ESPN’s Jeff Passan was …

Image credit: Leo De Vries (Photo by Bill Mitchell) Padres GM A.J. Preller has a well-earned reputation as one of the boldest in the game. On Thursday before the MLB trade deadline, he restaked the claim by making another stunning deal that sends one of the top prospects in all of baseball, Leo De Vries, to the Athletics in a …

CLEVELAND — For weeks, the Cleveland Guardians had fielded trade inquiries about closer Emmanuel Clase. Now, there will be no trade. Clase will not don a major-league uniform until at least September, as Major League Baseball placed him on non-disciplinary paid leave through at least Aug. 31, as the league continues a sports betting investigation that began with fellow Cleveland …