The on-again, off-again relationship between the Olympics and baseball is heading toward another reconciliation in 2028.

Ken Griffey Jr. and Ozzie Smith have agreed to manage or coach in a May 25 tribute to he Negro Leagues All-Star Game at the Hall of Fame’s Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, New York.

Edwin Jackson says 14 teams will be it.

Baseball's traditional powers — Japan, the United States and the Dominican Republic — took the medals as the sport made a dramatic return to the Olympic program.

Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw warms up before Game 1 of the baseball World Series against the Tampa Bay Rays Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)ARLINGTON, Texas – Clayton Kershaw, Cody Bellinger, Mookie Betts — the Los Angeles Dodgers stars all shined. Baseball's best team during the pandemic-shortened season showed off its many talents in the first World Series game played at a neutral site, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 8-3 Tuesday night. “Constantly keep putting that in your brain: tomorrow, win tomorrow, win tomorrow, win tomorrow. ”Betts became the first player to hit a home run, steal two bases and scored twice in a Series game.

DETROIT - In the big picture, the Detroit Tigers are helping themselves with a bad finish to a terrible season. Edwin Jackson allowed five runs in five innings, and the Tigers took control of the race for the top pick in next June's amateur draft with an 8-2 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday. Baltimore took Oregon State catcher Adley Rutschman with the top pick this year after finishing 47-115 last season. "They did a really nice job, but we gave them a breather by adding on some runs," Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. Trailing 2-1, the Orioles took the lead in a three-run third that included Dwight Smith Jr.'s two-out triple, Hanser Alberto's run-scoring bunt single and tiebreaking two-run homer by Ruiz.

Matthew Boyd #48 of the Detroit Tigers throws in the second inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on August 18, 2019 in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images)TAMPA, Fla. - Ji-Man Choi's two-run single in the bottom of the ninth completed a rally from a late three-run deficit and gave the Tampa Bay Rays a 5-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday. The Rays trailed 4-1 after seven before coming back with two in the eighth and then the winning hit in the ninth. Tampa Bay pitchers set a three-game series team record by recording 49 strikeouts, including 12 on Sunday. Richards allowed two runs, eight hits and struck out six over 3 1/3 innings in his Tampa Bay debut.