This is the Rob Manfred era in Major League Baseball. And as such ... That’s the “Golden At-Bat,” a colloquialism that seems to have taken hold even if the rule change bearing that label ...

Then Dave Roberts plays his golden at-bat card, and you have to face the best hitter in baseball all over again ... which the umpire hears the automated ball/strike call only when a team issues ...

Baseball gives us plenty of funny ... “He hit it towards the end of the bat, just a nice little old lazy fly ball to Joe Rudi in left,” Fingers said. “It made my day.” ...

Is the Golden At-Bat an exciting and innovative idea? Or is it reminiscent of an unserious, Savannah Bananas-like sideshow?

“One of them — there was a little buzz around it at an owners’ meeting — was the idea of a Golden At-Bat ... baseball. If it’s the Super Bowl, Patrick Mahomes is going to have the ball ...

Tennessee baseball gained a more defined picture of ... He did everything well and showed the bat-to-ball skills that he had at Louisville. He could be a two-hitter or a six-hitter in the lineup ...

Each family member received an engraved baseball bat and ball with the names of all the services members who were killed. Engraved in the wooden Louisville Slugger was Shamus. Danville High School ...

Then Dave Roberts plays his golden at-bat card, and you have to face the best hitter in baseball all over again. Or, say, you're facing the Yankees and load the bases against the Nos. 5 ...