Denver Post sports writer Patrick Saunders with the latest installment of his Rockies Mailbag.

An unexpected call from Roc Nation’ s sports division came through to Brave Space Alliance early Thursday. Stroman, the organization was told, was donating $20,000 to Brave Space Alliance to aid its work on the South and West sides. “I’ m going to be very frank: It saves lives— $20,000 saves lives,” Brave Space Alliance deputy CEO Jae Rice told the Tribune.“ We save lives.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Major League Baseball held a 60- game season, in which the rebuilding Orioles went 25-35 before losing 110 games in 2021. For the Orioles in 2020, José Iglesias hit. 373, Renato Núñez was on a full-season pace to hit 32 home runs and Chance Sisco had a better OPS than Austin Hays. Given those examples, it’ s safe to assume the numbers…

Since 1996, when Major League Baseball took the San Diego Padres and the New York Mets to Mexico for a three-game series, the brand has been expanding its global reach with games in Australia, Japan, Puerto Rico and soon South Korea and the Dominican Republic. And now, after a three-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, the London Series is back June 24-25, and…

Kyle Hamilton had to adapt to an unexpected role to get the most out of his rookie season with the Ravens. He learned enough from the experience that he’ s not going to pin himself down, not on June 6, anyway. The 2022 first-round draft pick knows fans are eager to hear where he will play in his second NFL campaign: At safety, where he was rated the runaway top prospect in his…