A 60-game season, stars opting out. Ballparks without fans, players wearing masks. Piped-in sound effects, cardboard cutouts for spectators. Spray-painted ads on the mound, pitchers with personal rosin bags.

On opening day, Twitter Canada announced a new baseball emoji that will appear every time the #BlueJays hashtag is used.

A former groundskeeper with Major League Baseball's Chicago White Sox is back at his old job after spending more than 20 years in prison for a rape and murder he didn't commit.