Hannah Keyser
Yahoo SportsShould baseball delay 2021 season over COVID-19? Maybe, but safety isn't driving MLB, union talks
Health and safety amid the COVID-19 pandemic might point toward delaying the season. But it doesn't seem like MLB and the players are talking about that.
Yahoo SportsWhen do baseball players get the COVID-19 vaccine? How MLB will navigate the messy rollout
MLB would like to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to players and staff, but the national rollout is making that streamlined option unlikely.
Yahoo SportsCan we talk about how A.J. Hinch objected to the Astros' sign-stealing scheme by smashing things with a bat?
How have we not gotten more of the story behind A.J. Hinch twice smashing the monitors with a baseball bat during the Astros' sign-stealing scheme?
Yahoo SportsThe Francisco Lindor trade is a brazen example of baseball's broken economic system
Trying to win is a market inefficiency in MLB. And that diagnosis of baseball's problem is now so obvious it's a cliche.
Yahoo SportsA year without fandom: Why these baseball fans stopped watching in 2020, and how MLB can win them back
The pandemic-shortened MLB season wiped baseball from some diehard fans' summers, and then exposed doubts about the league they may have been harboring before.
Yahoo SportsTranscendent 12: Kim Ng
Kim Ng’s career was worth noticing and celebrating and, above all, respecting even before the Miami Marlins hired her as the first female general manager in a major men’s sport at the start of this offseason. Hopefully, if she had time to read those reactions while she acquainted herself with the dynamic young Miami organization that just proved itself postseason-worthy, she took them as compliments. Ng’s desire to be a GM has been well-known around baseball for years.
Yahoo SportsHow will MLB handle clubhouse divisions over COVID-19 vaccine as baseball seeks return to normalcy?
Managers say they will get vaccinated, and the league plans to "promote" vaccination. But how will they encourage widespread acceptance of the vaccine among players?
Yahoo SportsHow did that instantly become a T-shirt? Inside baseball's moment-based merchandise boom
That crazy thing that just happened in the game? Yeah, you can probably buy a T-shirt about it by morning. Here's why.
Yahoo SportsThe Indians are doing the right thing for the wrong reasons. And they're not even doing it right now
Please clap for the Cleveland Indians realizing their name is racist but not changing it yet.
Yahoo SportsRemembering the biggest baseball fan I know: A look at what we lost this year
There are a lot of ways to die in a pandemic and not end up a COVID stat. One is to be in fading health and not be able to get lifesaving care when needed.
Yahoo SportsA celebration of Kim Ng's exceptionalism
Kim Ng's climb to the Marlins GM job is testament to the fact it can be done, and also to the ongoing difficulty of doing so as a woman in baseball.
Yahoo SportsPublic job, public skepticism: Is Alex Cora really the best manager the Red Sox could find?
Alex Cora and A.J. Hinch are walking, talking distractions after the Astros' sign-stealing scandal. But the Red Sox and Tigers didn't see any need to try new candidates.
Yahoo SportsThe pandemic didn't end with the World Series. Neither did Justin Turner's responsibility to others
Justin Turner and the Dodgers seem confused about the goals of pandemic protocols: Not to finish a baseball season, but to protect people from the very real, very ongoing threat of the coronavirus.
Yahoo SportsHow to remember the Rays, and the Blake Snell decision that ended their World Series hopes
The Rays' players are not one and the same with the franchise's modern Moneyball reputation. And it's never been more clear than in their World Series run.
Yahoo SportsA man who has been to 766 stadiums reviews World Series venue Globe Life Field
Sean MacDonald has been to every North American sports stadium. And he wasn't going to miss seeing World Series host Globe Life Field in its first season if he could help it.
Yahoo SportsIn praise of exciting outs: The World Series needs more of Manuel Margot's unscripted aggression
What the World Series needs now? More unscripted aggression like Manuel Margot's attempted steal of home.
Yahoo SportsA World Series game hinging on him, Brett Phillips unleashes 14 seconds of fortune-flipping chaos
One unlikely batter takes one swing, and 14 seconds later, the Rays have a new outlook on the World Series. And a new postseason hero.
Yahoo SportsRandy Arozarena's rise to Rays postseason hero began with this scout's glowing report
From unheralded Cardinals prospect to October hero, the Rays' deal for Randy Arozarena started with one scout's glimpse of stardom.
Yahoo SportsWhy the Dodgers still have a home-field advantage, and what the Rays are doing about it
The Rays will take their first turn as the home team at MLB's neutral site in World Series Game 3. But they are working to whittle down a built-in advantage for the Dodgers.
Yahoo SportsA failed Dodgers bullpen game drags down two young pitchers — and the viewers
Nothing went according to plan when the Dodgers tried a Rays-like pitching strategy in Game 2. Were their hurlers put in a position to succeed?
Yahoo SportsMax Fried lost NLCS Game 6, but his resilience may set the Braves up to win Game 7
After giving up three early runs that his lineup never overcame, Braves starter Max Fried pitched into the seventh inning to preserve the bullpen for a winner-take-all Game 7.
Yahoo SportsThe Astros didn't get to Game 7 on momentum. And they won't win it with a narrative
Block out the the sign-stealing scandal and the comeback. ALCS Game 7 will still come down to a ball flying around a park while runners go counter-clockwise.
Yahoo SportsCarlos Correa's walk-off blast a ringing reminder that the Astros are nothing if not competitive
How an in-game adjustment amped up Carlos Correa's confidence ahead of his walk-off homer in ALCS Game 5.
Yahoo SportsWould You Rather? How winning a weird World Series could change each MLB contender's narrative
The Dodgers, Rays, Braves and Astros all want to win the 2020 World Series. But what if they had some harder choices to make about their ongoing arcs in the baseball universe?
Yahoo SportsThe who, why and how of MLB’s decision to allow fans at the NLCS and World Series
For the first time since the coronavirus pandemic hit, MLB will be allowing ticketed fans starting Monday. Up to 11,500 could attend NLCS and World Series games in Arlington, Texas.