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San Diego Padres’ star shortstop, Fernando Tatis Jr., is on the injured list after testing positive for COVID-19. Teammates Jurickson Profar and Jorge Mateo are also on the IL due to contract tracing and health and safety protocols.

Former New York Yankees center fielder and All-Star Bernie Williams is teaming up with musician Paul Shaffer to spread awareness of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. They say more needs to be learned about the rare disease, which killed Williams’ father.

MLB umpires just can’t seem to get these calls right this season.

A young man has launched a new baseball league to prove there’s no limit to what people with autism can accomplish — and now Alternative Baseball is coming to Loudoun County. News4’s Melissa Mollet reports.

His fist was raised high in the air in triumph. The ball hadn’t even landed yet, but it was as if Walker Buehler already knew what was about to happen. Over 300 feet away Mookie Betts was hastily backpedaling before leaping up at the last second. His eyes closed as he crashed into the wall. He had just made the…

Game 7 of the National League Championship did not disappoint for Dodgers fans. Enrique Hernandez and Cody Bellinger both homered as Los Angeles came from behind in the series to beat the Atlanta Braves, 4-3, advancing to the World Series for the third time in four years.

El Cajon native and Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove held the Texas Rangers without a hit in Friday night’s game, the first no-hitter in franchise history.

News4’s Julie Carey reports on Nats fans at opening day.

Major League Baseball announced it will move the events after the city passed a controversial voting bill.

Even in the freezing cold, it was hard to dim the joy for fans across Major League Baseball

News4’s Julie Carey reports on disappointed fans and businesses after the Nats opening day baseball game was canceled.

The Nationals face the Mets for opening day on Thursday.

John Turnour, Director of Field Operations at Nationals Park, talks about how the stadium has been preparing for opening day....

Note: If you’re headed to Nationals Park this season, you can purchase concessions via a mobile app, or use credit card, eCash or Apple Pay at concession stands, bars, and from hawkers. No cash is being accepted due to...

White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed on Tuesday that President Joe Biden will not throw the traditional opening pitch but hinted that “baseball fans will be hearing from him in the next couple of days.” With the exception of former President Donald Trump, every sitting president has thrown the first baseball pitch on opening day since 1910.

The Washington Nationals can play in Nationals Park but no fans will be allowed because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the mayor’s office told the team on Tuesday.  “With you, we are looking forward to fans returning to Nats Park. Answers as to how many and when are still premature,” wrote Christopher Rodriguez, the director of D.C. Homeland Security...

The baseball Hall of Fame won’t have any new players in the class of 2021 after voters decided no one had the merits — on the field or off — for enshrinement in Cooperstown. Curt Schilling, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were the closest in voting by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America released Tuesday, and the trio…

News4’s Barbara Harrison interviewed baseball legend Hank Aaron in 2014. “Hammerin’ Hank” recounted his youth, making his record-breaking home run 1974 and facing down racism, years before he died in January 2021 at the age of 86.