Frank Howard, a four-time All-Star who slugged 382 home runs during a lengthy major league career that included a World Series title with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1963, has died. He was 87.

A spokesperson for the Washington Nationals said the team was informed of Howard's death by his family Monday. A cause of death was not provided.

"He was the ultimate teammate," Dick Bosman, who played six-plus seasons with Howard with Washington and Texas and remained friends with him for decades, told The Associated Press on Monday. "Next to my dad, he's the greatest guy I know."

Major League Baseball's owners will vote on the Oakland Athletics' relocation to Las Vegas during their next meetings, scheduled to take place in Dallas from Nov. 14 to 16, commissioner Rob Manfred reiterated prior to the start of the World Series on Friday.

The A's hope to break ground on a new 33,000-seat, retractable-roof stadium on the site of Vegas' Tropicana hotel by April 2025, with hopes that it will be ready in time for the start of the 2028 season. The A's lease at the current Coliseum expires at the end of the 2024 season.

Wisconsin legislators edged closer Tuesday to passing a compromise plan to spend more than $500 million in public money to help cover repairs at the Milwaukee Brewers stadium, pushing the proposal through the state Assembly and on to the Senate.

Mets owner Steve Cohen hopes to construct a casino adjacent to Citi Field as a way to attract people to the area near the ballpark.

Cohen, who bought the Mets before the 2021 season, hopes to create attractions near the stadium in Queens in the manner of other teams.

"There's nothing going on. The only thing you can do at Citi Field is get your hubcap changed or maybe get back a catalytic converter," he said Wednesday during the closing session of Sportico's Invest in Sports conference. "The way I would describe it is 50 acres of cement."

New York State this year authorized three casino licenses for New York City, Long Island and Westchester, and many groups have discussed proposals.