FiveThirtyEight baseball writer Travis Sawchik among layoffs at ABC News
Sawchik had written for ABC's data-driven analysis site since 2018.
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Felicity Huffman to play minor-league baseball owner in ABC comedy
Huffman previously starred as producer Dana Whitaker on 'Sports Night.'
Showtime’s ‘Bad Hombres’ uses minor-league baseball team to chronicle U.S.-Mexico border conflict
Most viewers might prefer more of a sports documentary without politics as the backdrop.
MLB.TV costs $59.99 for the 60-game season
MLB.TV had a price of $121.99 for the 162-game season before the pandemic.
ESPN releases trailer for ‘Long Gone Summer’, a 30 for 30 on the Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa 1998 home run battle
The 1998 MLB season was an absolute blast, but it's now remembered as much for PEDs. How will Long Gone Summer depict the home run chase? We'll find out on June 14.
ESPN’s Jon Sciambi on calling KBO broadcasts: “Smile and have some fun”
Sciambi has been paired with Eduardo Perez and Kyle Peterson for early-morning telecasts.
Spike Lee’s Jackie Robinson film would have been a major downer, aiming to tell the icon’s complete story
Lee would have explored Robinson's post-baseball life, politics, and the tragedy of his son's death.
Spike Lee posts script for his unmade Jackie Robinson film online, for all to read during isolation
"Don't worry if you don't like baseball or sports. This is a great American story."
Oakland Athletics ending local radio broadcasts is sign of the times, sad end of an era
Nick Cafardo to receive BBWAA’s J.G. Taylor Spink Award
"No one more deserving. We miss that guy every day."
Here’s the Washington Nationals radio call of the final out to win the World Series
"SWING AND A MISS! SWING AND A MISS! SWING AND A MISS! AND A WORLD SERIES GAME 7 WINNING CURLY W IS IN THE BOOKS! THE CELEBRATION IS ON! THE WASHINGTON NATIONALS ARE THE WORLD CHAMPIONS! REMEMBER WHERE YOU ARE!"
Nationals’ Juan Soto hits home run after reverse announcer’s jinx from Keith Hernandez in the Mets’ broadcast booth
Hernandez said Soto was "not a home run hitter." Soto then proved him wrong.
Watch this announcer perfectly call himself catching a foul ball to the broadcast booth
Great catch and call from Somerset Patriots play-by-play man Marc Schwartz.
