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Minnesota Twins designated hitter Nelson Cruz (23) follows through on a single in the first inning of a spring training baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Fort Myers, Fla., in this Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, file photo. Cruz is a free agent. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

MLB’s tweaks, changes put new spin on tradition-bound baseball

By Matthew Paras and Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

The Nationals’ "City Connect" uniforms will be worn during select games throughout the 2022 season and will make their on-field debut during the team’s home-opening weekend on Saturday, April 9. (Photo courtesy of Nationals)

Wizards, Nationals collaborate on new cherry blossom-themed uniforms

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

Boston Red Sox players take batting practice at Yankee Stadium, Thursday, July 15, 2021, in New York. The Yankees' post-All-Star break opener against the Red Sox on Thursday night was postponed because of positive COVID-19 tests among New York pitchers Jonathan Loaisiga, Nestor Cortes Jr. and Wandy Peralta. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Not just Kyrie: Unvaccinated Mets, Yankees can’t play in home games due to NYC’s COVID-19 rules

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred gestures as he answers questions during a news conference after negotiations with the players' association toward a labor deal, Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Fla. Manfred said he is canceling the first two series of the season that was set to begin March 31, dropping the schedule from 162 games to likely 156 games at most. Manfred said the league and union have not made plans for future negotiations. Players won't be paid for missed games. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) **FILE**

MLB cancels games through April 13

By Ronald Blum - Associated Press

Major League Baseball Deputy Commissioner Dan Halem, left, Senior Vice President Patrick Houlihan, second from left, Executive Vice President Morgan Sword, second from right, and spokesman Glen Caplin arrive at the Major League Baseball Players Association in New York for labor negotiations, Tuesday March 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Ron Blum)

MLB, union bargain into night to salvage 162-game season

By Ronald Blum - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 3, 2015, file photo, a clock counts down as Detroit Tigers pitcher Kyle Lobstein, left, prepares to deliver his first pitch of the second inning to Baltimore Orioles' Matt Tulasosopo during a spring training exhibition baseball game in Lakeland, Fla. A 20-second pitch clock will be phased in three stages during spring training, with the start of ball/strike penalties depending on negotiations with the players' association. Major League Baseball said Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, that the pitch clock will not be enforced this weekend and that beginning early next week umpires will issue reminders to batters and pitchers who violate the clock. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Banned shifts, pitch clocks could be coming to MLB in 2023

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

Major League Baseball Deputy Commissioner Dan Halem, left, Senior Vice President Patrick Houlihan, center, and Executive Vice President Morgan Sword, right, arrive at the office of the players' association in New York for labor negotiations, Sunday, March 6, 2022. MLB spokesman Glen Caplin is at far left. (AP Photo/Ron Blum)

MLB reacts angrily to locked-out players, season still off

By Ronald Blum - Associated Press

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., hits a baseball after a meeting with minor league baseball players and officials at FunCity Turf, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019, in Burlington, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Bernie Sanders sides with players, urges MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred to end lockout

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred practices his golf swing as negotiations continue with the players' association toward a labor deal, Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

MLB cancels opening day after sides fail to reach lockout deal

By Ronald Blum - Associated Press

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred gestures as he answers questions during a news conference after negotiations with the players' association toward a labor deal, Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Fla. Manfred said he is canceling the first two series of the season that was set to begin March 31, dropping the schedule from 162 games to likely 156 games at most. Manfred said the league and union have not made plans for future negotiations. Players won't be paid for missed games. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Players react to MLB canceling first two series of season due to lockout

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

New York Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner walks through Roger Dean Stadium as Major League Baseball negotiations continue in an attempt to reach an agreement to salvage March 31 openers and a 162-game season, Tuesday, March 1, 2022, in Jupiter, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

MLB extends deadline to salvage openers to 5 p.m. Tuesday

By Ronald Blum - Associated Press

Baseball fan Noah McMurrain of Boynton Beach, Fla., stands outside Roger Dean Stadium as Major League Baseball negotiations continue in an attempt to reach an agreement to salvage a March 31 start to the regular season, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, in Jupiter, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

MLB labor talks intensify as deadline nears to save openers

By Ronald Blum - Associated Press

With the Major League Baseball Grapefruit League schedule on hold, Ed Smith Stadium, the Spring home of the Baltimore Orioles, is empty on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022 in Sarasota, Fla. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

MLB: It’s deadline day to save 162-game season

By Ronald Blum - Associated Press

Chief negotiator Bruce Meyer, left, followed by director of analytics Greg Dreyfuss, second from left, and union head Tony Clark, third from left, lead players into negotiations with Major League Baseball on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022 at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Fla. (AP Photo/Ron Blum)

MLB lockout talks recess, will resume Monday as deadline nears

By Ronald Blum - Associated Press

GOOSE GOSSAGE - New York Yankees Hall of Famer Richard "Goose" Gossage tips his cap to fans during introduction ceremonies before an old timers baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York. For only the second time in four decades, baseball writers failed to give any player the 75 percent required for induction to the Hall of Fame on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, sending a powerful signal that stars of the Steroids Era will be held to a different standard. "I think the steroids guys that are under suspicion got too many votes," Gossage said. (AP Photo/Ed Betz, File) **FILE**

Hall of Famer Gossage rants about MLB commissioner, wants to punch him in nose

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

New York Mets baseball player Max Scherzer arrives for contract negotiations at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. (Greg Lovett/The Palm Beach Post via AP)

MLB vows season will be shortened if no deal by end of Monday

By Ronald Blum - Associated Press

Major League Baseball Players Association executive director Tony Clark, left foreground, and chief negotiator Bruce Meyer, second from left, arrive at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Fla., Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. Baseball labor negotiations moved to the spring training ballpark from New York as players and owners join the talks, which enter a more intensive phase with perhaps a week left to salvage opening day on March 31. (AP Photo/Ron Blum)

MLB makes slight moves as threat to openers intensifies

By Ronald Blum - Associated Press

A practice field at the Cincinnati Reds spring training complex sits empty as pitchers and catchers are not starting spring training workouts as scheduled as the Major League Baseball lockout enters its 77th day and will prevent pitchers and catchers from taking the field for the first time since October Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Goodyear, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

MLB cancels spring games through March 4 due to lockout

By Ronald Blum - Associated Press

FILE - Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Max Scherzer walks off the field after being relieved in the fifth inning in Game 2 of baseball's National League Championship Series against the Atlanta Braves Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021, in Atlanta. Eight-time All-Star Max Scherzer is nearing a $130 million, three-year contract with the New York Mets, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Monday, Nov. 29, because the agreement was still being worked on and would be subject to a successful physical.(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Scherzer to join Mets in massive free agent deal

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019 file photo, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People President Derrick Johnson faces reporters during a news in Boston, held to announce that the NAACP's 111th national convention is to take place in Boston, in July of 2020. Emails and recordings obtained by The Associated Press show that the NAACP's national president chastised women who went public with a sexual harassment claim. The records also show that Johnson was reluctant to swiftly deal with accusations against a former North Carolina officer in the civil rights organization. The emails also indicate that he knew about the complaint two years before he says he did. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

NAACP urges pro athletes to avoid signing with Texas teams over abortion, voting laws

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times