Bob Nightengale
Nightengale: MLB Opening Day has Arrived, Ready for 60-Game Sprint
By Bob Nightengale |
It began and suddenly halted four months ago in spring training and then restarted as summer camp. Now, filled with...
Nightengale: Nashville Stars Could be MLB’s Next Team – and League’s First Black-owned Club
By Bob Nightengale |
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred has more power than anyone in baseball, but he can’t unilaterally implement change.
He can’t...
Nightengale: Things Look Bleak, but There Will be a Major League Baseball Season
By Bob Nightengale |
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred may not want to say it, but I will.
There will be a baseball season....
Nightengale: MLB Mulls Plan to Start Season in Late June With Realigned League
By Bob Nightengale |
Maybe it’s a dream scenario.
Maybe it’s premature to get excited.
Then again, maybe it just might work.
Major League Baseball officials have...
Nightengale: MLB Employees to be Subjects of Country’s Largest COVID-19 Antibody Study
By Bob Nightengale |
They are Major League Baseball owners in their 70s and 80s, team presidents in their 60s, general managers in their...
Nightengale: Tim Anderson, Inspired by Jackie Robinson, is Leading Voice of MLB’s African-American Community
By Bob Nightengale |
Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson didn’t ask for the torch to be passed onto him, but he embraces the...
Nightengale: MLB Players Improvise to Stay in Game Shape
By Bob Nightengale |
They are playing catch in the backyard with their wives, like New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole.
They are building makeshift...
Nightengale: Doctor Says Baseball Can ‘Lead the Way’ on Coronavirus Response
By Bob Nightengale |
The man is a chemist by trade, with a passion for baseball, and a hunger to save the world.
The
name...
Nightengale: Rose Supports MLB in Astros Scandal, Wonders if Players Should be Punished
By Bob Nightengale |
Pete Rose, banned from baseball 30 years ago, doesn’t believe the Houston Astros’ cheating scandal will dramatically change his fate.
Commissioner Rob Manfred...
Nightengale: MLB Hits Astros with Historic Penalties in Cheating Scandal
By Bob Nightengale |
Major League Baseball dealt the most severe punishment against a team in its history Monday by suspending Houston Astros GM...