As MLB teams move from partial to something resembling full attendance, the remainder of the 2021 season may not provide all those answers.
Author: Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY
Despite recent flurry, no-hitters remain amazing – but MLB offensive futility can’t be ignored
There have been four MLB no-hitters in the first 40 days of the regular season, but is the feat diminished in a year of such offensive futility?
‘There is a lot of testosterone:’ Why beefs and brawls are a way of life in the NL Central
The NL Central has been home to baseball’s most heated rivalries for more than a decade, with bench-clearing incidents, suspensions and hurt feelings.
Marlins pitcher Paul Campbell suspended 80 games by MLB for PED violation, two days after first start
Campbell, 25, who made his major league debut April 3, tested positive for DHCMT, according to MLB, and will be suspended without pay.
From two-way star Shohei Ohtani to soaring strikeout totals, MLB’s wacky April has been full of ‘anomaly stuff’
While the Angels’ slugger-pitcher shines just about every night, batting averages have dropped across baseball and strikeouts continue to rise.
Fernando Tatis Jr.’s first 162 games made history — even over three seasons
Now, 158 games in, Fernando Tatis’ totals would make for a phenomenal season: 46 home runs, 31 stolen bases, 107 RBI, a .957 OPS, a 156 adjusted OPS.
Red-hot Oakland Athletics on 11-game win streak: Here’s why MLB team has been so good
The A’s have won 11 in a row after starting the season 0-6 and looking like the favorite in the American League West.
Bombers to bust? Yankees can reverse slow start but time running out
While Yankees are 5-10, their worst start since 1997, it is not all that bad. Every team faces stretches of bad play, even if it does raise questions.
‘It’s going to be a good test for us’: Padres meet reigning World Series champ Dodgers for first time in 2021
The San Diego Padres’ quest to knock the Los Angeles Dodgers from their perch atop the NL West begins with a big early season series this weekend.
What is the MLB antitrust exemption? Baseball’s century-old golden goose becomes political cudgel
MLB’s exemption resulted from a 1922 Supreme Court ruling that stated that the business of baseball did not constitute “interstate commerce.”