Less than a year after he was forced to leaved baseball due to illness, Lou Gehrig’s legacy was threatened by an ignorant sportswriter’s accusations.
When Babe Ruth went down on strikes in an exhibition game in Chattanooga in 1931, it was at the hand of a pitcher described as having “a swell change of pace,” as well as a “mean lipstick.”
For more than 120 years, the winners of the American and National leagues have met to determine the champions of Major League Baseball. With the exception of
Baseball is one of America’s favorite past times. So it’s not a surprise that you’ll come across plenty of baseball movies, mostly on TV and cable, and occasionally on the big screen. These weave tales of triumph, loss, tragedy, timeless bonds, and special moments in history.
On April 8, 1974, Hank Aaron broke the most famous record in sports. When he did, history was made, and it’s still being felt 50 years later.
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Nothing sums up the USA more than a trip to watch the ballgame. Baseball is America’s pastime with a storied history dating back more than 150 years. At its best, it provides heart-stopping drama on the field, and the food from the concourses isn’t bad either. It’s all about picking the best spot out of the 30 MLB stadiums. Here is our guide to the best venues for watching a baseball game.
The game of baseball has produced a wide array of legendary players. If you love baseball, you should get acquainted with the best baseball players of all time.
The history of sports is filled with teams that have experienced remarkable success. Yet none has been as consistently dominant as the New York Yankees. Renowned for their enduring success, the Yankees have secured an astonishing 27 World Series Championships and 40 American League pennants. More than just the titles, what sets the Yankees apart is their legacy of producing the world’s most prodigious sluggers.
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Who had the most hits in Major League Baseball in the 1930s? This baseball list looks at the top ten for that decade.
Two stars of the Philadelphia Athletics, Al Simmons and Jimmie Foxx, sign autographs for kids at the ballpark, circa 1931.
Todd Helton’s batting accomplishments, in Denver AND away from Colorado, are more than enough to make him a Hall of Famer
Albert Belle finds his name on the Today’s Game ballot for the Hall of Fame. Will the former slugger get support from the voters?
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.
One man’s choice for greatest moments in baseball history.
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A game-by-game history of the heated and often dramatic rivalry between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.
Henry Aaron gave most of the memorabilia from his playing career to the Baseball Hall of Fame, but he held on to a few items. The things he saved are telling.
Wally Pipp has been reduced to an answer to a trivia question. He’s a footnote on the career of a great player. But Pipp deserves better: he
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If there’s a baseball bat around it’s hard to resist picking it up and taking a stance. We’ve all done it. Some of us who played baseball
Harold Baines was on the Hall of Fame ballot for five years, never receiving as many as 50 votes. When he dipped below five percent in 2011,
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Every year when a team wins the first few games of the baseball season there’s a tendency for fans to get excited. How many games can my
I don’t know nearly enough about the “guts” of WAR to know whether it’s great, good, bad, pitiful, or somewhere in between. This IS NOT an article
Yeah, it probably has a lot to do with Kevin Costner.