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American League's starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani, of the Los Angeles Angeles, throws during the first inning of the MLB All-Star baseball game, Tuesday, July 13, 2021, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

Sho-case: Shohei Ohtani gets All-Star win for AL, bats, too

by Ronald Blum AP Baseball WriterJuly 13, 2021July 13, 2021

Shohei Ohtani, of the Los Angeles Angels, arrives to a news conference to be named the American League’s starting pitcher for the MLB All-Star Game, Monday in Denver.

Baseball All-Star Game becomes Greatest Sho on Earth

by Ronald Blum Associated PressJuly 12, 2021July 12, 2021

Boston Red Sox's Christian Vazquez, top right, watches as Hunter Renfroe, bottom right, slides past New York Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez, left, to score on a double by Red Sox's Marwin Gonzalez during the sixth inning of a baseball game Friday, June 4, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Rivalry renewed: Red Sox stop slide in Bronx, beat Yankees 5-2

by Ronald Blum Associated PressJune 4, 2021June 4, 2021

FILE - In this Monday, March 1, 2021, file photo, Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Trevor Bauer throws against the Colorado Rockies during the first inning of a spring training baseball game in Phoenix. Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer is the highest-paid player in 2021 at 38 million after agreeing to a 102 million, three-year contract he can terminate after one season. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

AP study: MLB salary down 4.8% in 2 years; top 100 earn half

by Ronald Blum Associated PressApril 16, 2021April 16, 2021

FILE - Boston Red Sox's Jackie Bradley Jr., hits a two-run home run off Houston Astros pitcher Josh James during the sixth inning in Game 4 of a baseball American League Championship Series in Houston, in this Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018, file photo. Major League Baseball wants to see if moving back the pitcher's mound will increase offense. MLB will experiment with a 12-inch greater distance between the mound and home plate during a portion of the Atlantic League season in an effort...

MLB will have minor league experiment with moving back mound

by Ronald Blum Associated PressApril 14, 2021April 14, 2021

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred speaks on his phone as he watches a spring training baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and Boston Red Sox on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Fort Myers, Fla.. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

MLB moving All-Star Game in response to voting restrictions

by Ronald Blum Associated PressApril 2, 2021April 2, 2021

United States' Sebastian Soto reacts at the end of a Concacaf Men's Olympic qualifying championship semi-final soccer match against Honduras in Guadalajara, Mexico, Sunday, March 28, 2021. Honduras defeated United States 2-1, qualifying for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Olympic failures show structural issues for US Soccer, MLS

by Ronald Blum Associated PressMarch 29, 2021March 29, 2021

FILE - This is a Feb. 24, 2021, photo showing Aaron Boone of the New York Yankees baseball team. The New York Yankees announced Wednesday, March 3, 2021, that manager Aaron Boone is taking an immediate medical leave of absence to receive a pacemaker. (Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via AP, Pool)

New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone takes leave to get pacemaker

by Ronald Blum Associated PressMarch 3, 2021

FILE - In this July 24, 2020, file photo, empty seats are viewed in Busch Stadium as St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Jack Flaherty throws in the first inning baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in St. Louis. Major League Baseball players rejected a proposal to delay the start of spring training and the season due to the coronavirus pandemic, vowing Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, to report under the original schedule. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

MLB players to wear electronic tracers, face discipline

by Ronald Blum Associated PressFebruary 9, 2021February 9, 2021

FILE - Cubs fans take photos through the locked gates at Sloan Park, the spring training site of the Chicago Cubs, in Mesa, Ariz., after Major League Baseball suspended the rest of its spring training game schedule because of the coronavirus outbreak, in this Friday, March 13, 2020, file photo. The Cactus League and Arizona community leaders have asked Major League Baseball to delay the start of spring training due to coronavirus concerns just over three weeks before pitchers and catchers are supposed to report. The Cactus League made the request in a letter to Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred obtained by The Associated Press on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

MLB proposes delaying start to April 28, cut to 154 games

by Ronald Blum AP Baseball WriterJanuary 31, 2021January 31, 2021