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Baseball trading cards are booming during the pandemic, with collectors gobbling up new boxes as they hit shelves and rookie cards selling for thousands of dollars — before the players ever hit the field.

Veteran ESPN baseball reporter Pedro Gomez, a "SportsCenter" regular, is dead at age 58. “He died unexpectedly at home this afternoon,” Gomez’s family said Sunday.

Grant Jackson, the winning pitcher in Game 7 of the 1979 World Series for the “We Are Family” Pittsburgh Pirates and a reliable left-hander for 18 seasons in the majors, died Tuesday from COVID-19 complications. He was 78.

Mel Richard Antonen, family man, beloved friend and renowned sports journalist, died Saturday of a rare acute auto-immune disease and complications from COVID-19. He was 64.

Mount Saint Joseph might soon have its eighth Major League Baseball player after former Gaels pitcher Peter Solomon was added to the Houston Astros’ 40-man roster on Nov. 20.

Former Sun columnist Peter Schmuck's tribute to late former Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda

Robert Winfield “Bob” Brown, who was for 35 years the Baltimore Orioles’ public relations director, has died at 89.

In his memory, Tim Mead travels back to early October 1968. He’s 10 years old. It’s the World Series, Cardinals versus Tigers.

Josh Bell is heading to the Washington Nationals

Former New York Yankees infielder Phil Linz, who knocked a Game 7 home run off Bob Gibson in the 1964 World Series but made even more noise by hitting a few sour notes on his harmonica, has died

Morton C. Tadder, a noted Baltimore professional photographer who was the Orioles' team photographer for 40 years, has died at 92.

The Tampa Bay Rays pulled off a stunning rally in the bottom of the ninth inning when Brett Phillips' two-out single and a pair of Dodgers misplays resulted in two runs that beat Los Angeles, 8-7, and tied the World Series at two games each.

Adam Kolarek’s Dodgers and Brandon Lowe’s Rays are facing off in the World Series, marking the first time since 1969 any Terp reached the Fall Classic and the only time two Maryland products have opposed each other in the World Series.

“It’s an enormous stand. It’s more than sports ... and they showed it. It’s not about the game. It’s more than that,” Josh Hader said of the Bucks during a news conference before his Milwaukee Brewers and the Cincinnati Reds agreed not to play their scheduled game.

Nick Markakis is returning to the Atlanta Braves, three weeks after announcing he was opting out of the season due to his concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.

Dr. David Mayer, founder of Patient Safety Movement Foundation, is in the midst of taking walks to every Major League Baseball park in the country. Saturday's stop is Camden Yards.

The state of Pennsylvania won't allow the Toronto Blue Jays to play at PNC Park in Pittsburgh amid the coronavirus pandemic, health officials announced Wednesday, becoming the latest jurisdiction to say no to the team as the baseball season begins this week.

The Washington Nationals canceled Monday's workout a day after All-Star reliever Sean Doolittle voiced concerns about the slow turnaround on coronavirus tests and the Nationals not receiving some kinds of personal protective equipment.

After a disappointing first season in San Diego, former Orioles star Manny Machado is looking to go harder and farther with the Padres in 2020.

The Yankees and Nationals are set meet when the virus-delayed season begins next month, a person familiar with the game told The Associated Press on Saturday.

University of Maryland baseball commit Alex Santos was selected No. 72 overall by the Houston Astros on Thursday in the second round of the MLB draft.

Jim Frey, who managed the Kansas City Royals to the 1980 American League pennant and the Chicago Cubs within one win of the 1984 World Series, has died. He was 88.

Slugger Mark Reynolds is retiring after hitting 298 homers over 13 seasons with eight teams.

Kaline was known as “Mr. Tiger,” but he was already a local legend when he signed with Detroit out of Southern High School.

Sung Min Kim’s love for the game of baseball courses through his veins. The game has given him much hope and he’s acted out on his dreams to work within baseball.

Orioles left-hander John Means made the road trip to Spectrum Field, and his reward will be the opportunity to face a semblance of the power-heavy Philadelphia Phillies’ regular season lineup.

Before taking batting practice, Atlanta Braves outfielder Nick Markakis teed off on the scam-ridden Houston Astros.

While he has expressed disappointment in his 2019 performance, Machado said that is in the past and he doesn't feel like he has prove to people that he is still one of the game's top offensive players.