After a year’s absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Las Vegas Ballpark is set to host Big League Weekend in 2022.
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This season’s NL MVP vote is a three-way battle pitting the Phillies’ Bryce Harper of Las Vegas against Juan Soto of the Nationals and Fernando Tatis Jr. of the Padres.
Houston furniture store owner Jim McIngvale bought hundreds of tickets for nuns to attend Astros games in the World Series and ALCS. The sisters became known as the “Rally Nuns.”
Oakland Athletics brass wasted no time getting back to Southern Nevada following the end of the Major League Baseball season.
The Atlanta Braves won their first World Series since Valley graduate Greg Maddux helped the club win the 1995 championship.
Jorge Soler, Freddie Freeman and the Braves breezed to their first World Series championship since 1995, hammering the Houston Astros 7-0 Tuesday night in Game 6.
The Dodgers are the 5-1 favorites at the Westgate SuperBook and +550 favorites at Caesars Sportsbook to win the world title next year after losing to the Braves in the NLCS.
In a survey of Aviators fans, the Oakland Athletics say they are looking to possibly construct a ballpark “on or near the Las Vegas Strip,” but did not note any specific sites.
Sportico is reporting that New York Mets majority owner Steven Cohen is in preliminary talks with Las Vegas Sands Corp. to build a casino next to the Mets’ stadium, Citi Field.
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said Las Vegas hasn’t struck out yet on the possible relocation of the Oakland Athletics to Southern Nevada.
The yes vote is a positive step toward possibly keeping the A’s in Oakland, but with the non-binding nature, the A’s plan to continue their research in the Las Vegas Valley.
Mountain Ridge Little League will overcome the recent theft of about $6,500 worth of equipment thanks to an online fundraising effort that raised more than twice that amount.
His Astros wagers are hedge bets to offset potential losses of about $25 million from a promotion that offers customers a refund of any purchase of $3,000 or more if Houston wins the World Series.
College of Southern Nevada baseball coach Nick Garritano signed Los Angeles Dodgers rookie relief pitcher Phil Bickford at a Coco’s Bakery Restaurant in California.
A northwest Las Vegas little league team said more than $6,000 in equipment was stolen during a burglary this week.
