When and if opening day for Major League Baseball comes around this year, New York Yankees pitching coach Matt Blake anticipates a brimming bullpen.

Kevin Spain had booked his flight weeks ago. The former assistant sports editor of the Times Free Press would fly to Nashville from his home in the Washington, D.C., area, then drive to Chattanooga this past Sunday for one of his favorite events of the year: The annual selection party for the McDonald Farm System fantasy baseball league.

When the Braves earned Atlanta its first professional championship in a major sport with the 1995 World Series crown, they did so following a shortened regular season of 144 games.

If the final pitch of the 2020 baseball season comes closer to Christmas than Halloween, that's fine with the players.

Former Braves owner Bill Bartholomay, who moved the franchise from Milwaukee to Atlanta in 1966 to become Major League Baseball's first team in the South, has died. He was 91.

There will be no hot dogs on the grill, no beer on tap, no vendors in the stands selling peanuts and Cracker Jack.

Major League Baseball has a best-case scenario of starting its 2020 season during the latter half of May as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Major League Baseball pushed back opening day until mid-May at the earliest on Monday because of the new coronavirus after the federal government recommended restricting events of more than 50 people for the next eight weeks.

Major League Baseball's decision Thursday to cancel remaining spring-training games and to delay the start of its season by two weeks due to coronavirus concerns has postponed opening day for the Chattanooga Lookouts.

Major League Baseball is delaying the start of its season by at least two weeks because of the coronavirus outbreak and has suspended the rest of its spring training game schedule.

Is singing the national anthem at a ballgame on your bucket list?

The NBA, NHL, Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer are closing access to locker rooms and clubhouses to all non-essential personnel in response to the coronavirus crisis, the leagues announced in a joint statement Monday night.

Hall of Fame third baseman Chipper Jones has joined the ESPN lineup.

New York Mets slugger Pete Alonso was the breakout star in an impressive group of major league rookies last summer. Now another wave of young talent is looking to leave its mark on the sport.

As he searched for the best things outfielder Nick Markakis brings to the Atlanta Braves, bench coach Walt Weiss shared several.

Mike Foltynewicz was asked how long it took him to get over his nightmarish start in Game 5 of the National League Division Series against the St. Louis Cardinals last fall.

Cole Hamels rejoined the Atlanta Braves just in time for their first exhibition game of the year. The injured pitcher is still far off from using the mound at the club's new spring training facility.

It will be champions versus cheaters in a World Series rematch Saturday night when the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros play their exhibition opener.

Professional baseball's pitchers and catchers began reporting last week. The Atlanta Braves' first preseason game is scheduled for Saturday against the Baltimore Orioles. Our own Chattanooga Lookouts are set to open their regular season at AT&T Field on April 9, against Jackson.

Braves manager Brian Snitker and his coaching staff were given one-year contract extensions through the 2021 season on Monday.

These are the new sounds of spring for the Houston Astros: a fan banging on a trash can, another calling José Altuve a cheater.

Max Fried has been working on meditation. He believes in visualization. He incorporates breathing into his movements while working out, also using it as a way to calm down and relax.

The presence of "King Felix" is one of the early subplots for the reigning National League East Division champions.