Major League makes first rules changes in 11 years
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Major League Baseball has imposed a first set of rule changes since 1996 to address certain situations affecting play and issue guidelines governing official scoring decisions.
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City leaders and baseball officials agreed to alterations in the agreement made with Major League Baseball in September.
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After months of heated debate, a major revision, protests and an unsuccessful legislative assault, the most sweeping changes to the nation&#39;s overtime rules in more than 50 years take effect tomorrow.
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With some of its biggest stars under suspicion and lawmakers demanding action, Major League Baseball adopted a tougher steroid-testing program that will suspend first-time offenders for 10 days and randomly test players year-round.
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Perhaps there will come a time when baseball shakes free of these vexing and occasionally damning performance-enhancement headlines. But not for now.
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The last time Washington's major league baseball team played a home game, fans stormed the field with two outs in the ninth inning in a show of anger and frustration over owner Bob Short's decision to move the team to Texas. But even then there was the expectation that in a relatively short time, major league baseball would find a way to put a team back in Washington. Instead it took 33 years.
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District of Columbia officials moved yesterday to salvage an agreement to bring baseball back to the United States&#39; capital, after a tense week that had subjected them to ridicule
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Lastings Milledge of the New York Mets and Seattle Mariners pitcher Jorge Campillo and manager John McLaren have been handed bans, Major League Baseball said on its Web site (www.mlb.com) on Friday.
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Major League Baseball players finally came to their senses this week, telling their lawyers to reach an agreement on tougher testing for steroids.
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The NBA has entered into a new five-year collective bargaining agreement with the National Basketball Referees Association (NBRA), thus eliminating the possibility of having replacement officials work the upcoming season.
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The Yankeesâ rules for using Joba Chamberlain mandate that he not pitch on consecutive days. But there may be an amendment for the postseason.
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The off-season landscape changed a bit Friday, the first day teams were allowed to present offers to free agents from other clubs.
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Major League Baseball has introduced a Department of Investigations to lead the fight against drugs in the sport, it said on Friday. The new department will have "primary responsibility for conducting all investigations into violations of Major League Baseball's rules and policies," said an MLB statement.
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A year ago baseball was toying with the ill-conceived idea of expanding the playoffs by adding two wild-card teams - one from each league.
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Formula One&#39;s governing body imposed sweeping technical changes Friday designed to slash costs and improve the qualify of racing starting next year.
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An NCAA committee recommended Wednesday reversing rules enacted last season to shorten football games because the changes resulted in fewer plays being run and confusion at the end of games.
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NEW YORK -- NBA referees have entered into a five-year collective bargaining agreement with the league, removing the possibility of having replacement officials work the upcoming season.