TOKYO — At Yokohama Stadium, the Tokyo Olympics baseball tournament unveiled a new bullpen cart that should become a staple in every American ballpark. The cart features a driver, an astroturf carpet with a drawing of a baseball diamond, and a passenger seat in the shape of a massive baseball glove. The incoming pitcher sits in it like a king, like Scarface, like anyone trying to get ...

ST. LOUIS – The tryout for a semipermanent spot in the rotation was a success. The audition for the vacant closer role didn't go so well. Griffin Jax, handed Jose Berrios' scheduled start and endowed by the day's trades an opportunity to do so for the remainder of the season, gave up only two singles, two walks and one run in five innings at Busch Stadium. But Tyler Duffey, a plausible ...

China reported on Saturday 55 new coronavirus cases in the mainland for July 30, compared with 64 cases a day earlier, the health authority said. The National Health Commission said in a statement 30 of the new infections were local cases, compared with 21 the previous day. The other 25 cases were imported infections originating overseas.