PHOENIX — Main League Baseball is not finished tinkering with potential rule adjustments for the game. The league introduced a sequence of experimental guidelines Tuesday that might be used within the Atlantic League this season, together with a delegated pinch runner, “double-hook” designated hitter rule and additional limitations on a pitcher’s capacity to make pickoff … Read more
SUNRISE, Fla. — Matthew Tkachuk was proper at house on the NHL All-Star Sport. Once more. Detroit Red Wings ahead Dylan Larkin had a hat trick, Toronto Maple Leafs star Mitchell Marner had three assists and the Atlantic Division topped the Central Division 7-5 within the All-Star Sport closing on Saturday. All-Star Sport MVP Matthew … Read more
NEW YORK — Kelsie Wilmore relieved the Staten Island FerryHawks, who had the bases loaded. Ryan Jackson, a former Major Leaguer, was also retired on Wednesday. Whitmore became the first woman to pitch in an independent Atlantic League league. Days after breaking another barrier by starting in left fieldWhitmore had two outs in ninth against … Read more
GASTONIA (N.C.) — Kelsie Whitmore was in left field and batted ninth Sunday for the Staten Island FerryHawks. She became the first woman to open a game in the Atlantic League, and the first in a league that is connected to Major League Baseball. Whitmore, 23, was part of Edgardo Alfonzo’s roster for the FerryHawks’ … Read more
SUNRISE (Fla.) — The Florida Panthersthey are the NHL’s Atlantic Division champions. They seem like a team ready to win more. Aleksander BarkovHe scored his 38th goal for the season, and the Panthers tied a record in franchise history with their 12th consecutive win, beating the Detroit Red WingsThursday night: 5-2 This, along with Tampa … Read more
TAMPA, Fla. – Major League Baseball is changing a rule in the independent Atlantic League. It required teams to forfeit their designated batter when they removed a starter from the game. The Atlantic League’s first test of the double-hook designated hitter came last season. Teams lost their DH after removing their starter. MLB and the … Read more
NEW YORK — After experimenting with moving the rubber back a meter and using an automated ball-strike method, the Atlantic League has restored its pitching mound at 60 feet. As part of its partnership, the independent league made the announcements Thursday. Both sides have been in partnership since 2019, and the Atlantic League agreed to … Read more