ST. LOUIS -- LaVelle E. Neal III of the Minneapolis Star Tribune has become the first black reporter to head the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
In dropping yet another postseason game, the Twins showed once again that the stage lights are too bright for their wide eyes when the games matter most. Neal III is a baseball writer.
The 48-year-old Neal, who has covered baseball for the paper since 1998, was elected Saturday at the BBWAA's World Series meeting to succeed Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle. Slusser was the first woman to head the organization, which was founded in 1908.
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Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Houston Chronicle was elected vice president, putting him in line to become president next October.
Slusser was elected to the BBWAA board along with Dan Connolly of The Sun in Baltimore, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post- Dispatch and Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times.
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- The game went 10 innings, and the Texas Rangers eventually won, 3-1 in 10, so neither starter got a decision. (I thought this during the recent Astros-Twins series and tweeted it Sunday night: If the Astros have a weakness, it's their bullpen.).
- A ccording to Lavelle E. Neal of the Star Tribune, it looks like the National League will not use the DH in 2021. Neal reported earlier this week that the DH will probably be used soley in the American League next season. The union and MLB would have to agree through bargaining. As of now, the DH will be AL-only next season, I'm.