The end of tanking?  How to make every MLB team try to win every year  —  Editor's note: From rising strikeout totals and unwritten-rules debates to connecting with a new generation of fans and a looming labor battle, baseball is at a crossroads.  As MLB faces these challenges …

Nine teams, hundreds of teammates and a lifetime of stories: Ryan Fitzpatrick is a ‘next-level leader’  —  A rare morning storm has just rolled over Ryan Fitzpatrick's home in Gilbert, Ariz., and the 38-year-old quarterback is on the backyard patio prepping for breakfast.

Cardinals Notebook: Flaherty will get Royal return in KC as Cardinals weigh, wonder Kim's next move, role  —  PITTSBURGH — Beginning with opening day starter Jack Flaherty's return to the rotation on Friday in Kansas City, the Cardinals will soon have the mid-August reinforcements they imagined …

Kevin Costner, White Sox and Yankees put on a show at ‘Field of Dreams’ game in Iowa  —  DYERSVILLE, Iowa — Major League Baseball spent the day and night building up Thursday's game between the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox.  —  The pregame festivities at the specially constructed stadium near …

Milwaukee Brewers' Corbin Burnes ties record with 10 straight strikeouts  —  Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Corbin Burnes tied a major-league record by striking out 10 consecutive batters during Wednesday night's 10-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs.  —  Burnes' record-tying strikeout came …

Sweep, but bittersweet: Cardinals outlast, out-blast Pirates for 7-6 win after LeBlanc leaves with elbow injury  —  PITTSBURGH — To outlast and out-blast the Pittsburgh Pirates it took the entirety of the Cardinals roster to rush in and bail out the team when injuries could have left them swamped.

Despite ‘Dinger’ explanation, Marlins outfielder Lewis Brinson can't unhear slur: ‘I keep hearing the n-word’  —  As a Miami Marlins outfielder and public figure, Lewis Brinson is accustomed to catching grief.  As a Black baseball player, he says that comes in the form of at least …

Tigers beat Orioles 9-4 despite scary collision in outfield  —  BALTIMORE (AP) — Derek Hill and Akil Baddoo took off after Anthony Santander's drive to left-center field.  Each player reached for the ball — and then they collided, sending Baddoo's cap flying.  —  “It was a nasty collision.