If Albert Pujols reaches 700 home runs before his career clock strikes midnight, it will be an important milestone for baseball history. Here’s why.
Usually when teams form a talented outfield they patch it together with young players. But the St. Louis Browns built their famous outfield in the 1920s from
How MANY runs a batter drives in isn’t as important as how many opportunities he has and how many he converts.
2020 October 17, 2020, at Petco Park, San DiegoTampa Bay Rays vs. Houston AstrosAL Championship Series Game SevenAt Stake: Spot in World Series The Rays eliminated the
The first game played at Houston’s Astrodome was an exhibition between the New York Yankees and Houston Astros on April 9, 1965.
We evaluate the 10-person ballot for the Early Days Baseball Hall of Fame election.
How Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman became in volved in thoroughbred horse racing
A comprehensive head-smacking history of the catcher’s mask, from face-cage to mask to helmet.
Remembering Frank Howard, the feared power hitter of the 1960s with the Senators and Dodgers.
In this blog post, we’re going back in time to take a look at some of Major League Baseball’s best pitchers ever—the ones whose names will always be associated with excellence when it comes to the art of pitching
These pitchers had the most starts with one run earned run or less over 9 innings without getting a win.
Could Julio Rodriguez be better than Ken Griffey Jr. was, and lift the Mariners to the World Series?
Babe Ruth left his mark on the game like no other. He was an overgrown kid, an ungovernable force who swept his way through the sporting world, dominating headlines every year after he became a Yankee until his death nearly three decades later.
We pick the best baseball player born every year since 1861.
Now that Keith Hernandez has finally and deservedly had his number retired, Mets fans are debating who is next to be honored by “the other New York baseball team.”
We select an all-time team from those who played under famed baseball manager Dusty Baker.
Yesterday we got the news that six former players had been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The new members of the Hall were approved
Gil Hodges and Minnie Miñoso are among the new members of the Baseball Hall of Fame, after results were announced of two elections by two separate committees.
A game-by-game history of the heated and often dramatic rivalry between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.
How many home runs did Babe Ruth hit? Which teams did Ty Cobb play for? Did Barry Bonds use steroids? These are all questions that baseball fans
One of the annoying things you’ll hear people say when they argue about the Hall of Fame is this: “So and so is a Hall of Famer.
There was a time when big league teams held open tryouts in hopes of finding new talent. The Senators were lucky enough to have a famed scout run their operation.
Eight pitchers have managed to win 100 games for TWO teams. All but two of them are in the Hall of Fame. All of them were great hurlers.
The 20 greatest players in the history of the Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Braves, and Boston Braves.
It’s possible that no other position player has ever dominated a World Series to the extent Brooks Robinson did in 1970. That October, Robinson was dazzling in the field and at the plate as the Baltimore Orioles defeated Cincinnati in the Fall Classic.
For all his accomplishments in uniform, Gibson’s influence on the culture of baseball is often overlooked.
The New York spotlight was perfect for the kid from California: the team was woeful, expectations were low, every fourth day all eyes were on him. He was “Tom Terrific.”
The greatest players in the history of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Be ready for lumber and old-time pitchers.
This is part of a series on the greatest players in the history of a franchise based on the advanced statistic called WAR (Wins Above Replacement). First
It seemed as if much of the nation was pulling for the Washington Nationals in the 2019 World Series, completed on Wednesday when the Nats prevailed in