In May, King County and Executive Dow Constantine laid out a proposal that would allocate roughly $180 million in public funds from the lodging tax to Safeco Field upkeep and capital improvements over the next two decades.

The Mariners and Diamondbacks are seeking public money toward upgrades for ballparks that are five and six years older, respectively, than Petco Park.

The Oakland Athletics have decided to do something unexpected. No, not compete for a wild-card spot — they’re just two games out of the second wild-card, so they’re already doing that. The team has decided to get rid of its season ticket program and replace it with something that hasn’t been seen in baseball before.

When it comes to filling a ballpark, the Tampa Bay Rays are Major League Baseball’s perennial bottom-dweller.

Having apparently exhausted all possibilities for a new stadium in their current home base of St. Petersburg, the Rays on Tuesday unveiled plans for a proposed new home across the bay in Tampa.

The 16 men and women who gathered at a restaurant in South San Francisco one afternoon for an informal reunion would be vaguely familiar to many Bay Area sports fans.

When Mike Trout hit a home run in the eighth inning of the Angels’ June 13 game at Safeco Field, most Mariners fans shared a general feeling of exasperation: How do you get this guy out?

With the regular season approaching the halfway point, it seems safe to say that this is baseball in 2018: lots of home runs, even more strikeouts—and, relatively speaking, not a lot of people in the stands to see them.

The Cleveland Indians plan to ask Cuyahoga County for $8 million to fund the renovation of Progressive Field. According to the organization, the improvements represent areas of the ballpark that need the most attention after 25 years of use.

Last fall, we got our first good look of the Texas Rangers’ new Globe Life Field. The $1.1 billion stadium will have a seating capacity of 40,000 when it is completed in 2020.