MLB discussing plan to start season in late June, playing in home stadiums with realigned league  —  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 become cautiously optimistic …

MLB Teams to Announce Updated Ticket Policies, Paving Way For Refunds  —  Games had been officially listed as postponed rather canceled, but the league office is now providing clubs with new guidance  —  In a normal world, Major League Baseball would be about a month into the season …

2020 National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Weekend Canceled  —  (COOPERSTOWN, NY) - The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced today that its Board of Directors has voted unanimously to cancel 2020 Hall of Fame Induction Weekend events as a result of health and safety concerns associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

TTT Interview: Manny Ramirez “baseball royalty”  —  Manny Ramirez is a baseball superstar.  —  In an MLB career that lasted from 1993 when he made his debut for the Cleveland Indians, to 2011, when he was plying his trade at the Tampa Bay Rays, Manny Ramirez was known around the world for his hard-hitting performances at the plate.

I Am So Lucky  —  I've always loved spring training.  —  It's one of my favorite times of year.  It just has a slower pace, a softer edge.  It's friendly.  And it's all about baseball — and I love baseball.  —  But this year it was a little bit tougher, more of a grind to get through every day.

Yadier Molina now open to new team if Cardinals not option  —  In January, Yadier Molina was resolute.  —  With his three-year, $60 million contract set to expire after the 2020 season, Molina, who turns 38 in July, had decided he wanted to play several more years — but only in a St. Louis Cardinals uniform.

A's still undecided on paying employees, discussing extensive layoffs, sources say  —  Maybe it means nothing that the Oakland Athletics are the only major-league club yet to determine whether they will pay employees through May 31.  Or maybe it means the A's are preparing to make deeper cuts than other teams.

Andre Dawson's post-Hall of Fame career as a funeral director presents challenges amid coronavirus  —  Baseball Hall of Famer Andre Dawson has spent 12 years in the funeral business, dealing with death and heartbreak, but nothing prepared him for the pandemic that would sweep the world and alter everyone's way of life.