MLB will give at least $100 million over 10 years and help raise an additional $50 million to the Players Alliance aimed at increasing the number of Blacks playing baseball.
Emotions ran high as baseball came together at Truist Park to honor to life and legacy of Hank Aaron. The one-time home run king and Baseball Hall of Famer died last week at age 86.
The Boston Red Sox have fired manager Alex Cora, one day after MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred named him as a ringleader with Houston in the sport's sign-stealing scandal.
Skaggs died Monday, when the 27-year-old pitcher was found unresponsive in his Texas hotel room. The scheduled series opener against the Rangers was postponed.
MLB's overall average of 26,854 through Wednesday is 1.4% below the 27,242 through the similar point last season, which is below 30,000 for the first time since 2003.