Slugger Andre Thornton overcame shocking grief to become one of baseball’s most unsung stars.
Many consider the 1950s to be the Golden Era of baseball, but the 1930s shouldn’t be overlooked. The 1930s were a marvelous transitional era where stars of
Before a game during the 1983 season, Dale Murphy visited with a six-year old girl who had lost her hands and a leg when she stepped on
Sitting in his office at The Big A in Anaheim in 1974, Angels’ manager Bobby Winkles was asked to describe his star center fielder Mickey Rivers. Reporters
When he needed a big out, Brooklyn Dodgers manager Walt Alston often turned to gritty Clem Labine.
Though he was 240 miles from Fenway Park in Boston, Jason Varitek was wearing his home jersey and getting a home crowd reception on field before a
A century ago when one of Boston’s most famous citizens killed himself under strange circumstances in a gruesome fashion, muttering final words that rival the gasping “Rosebud” of Charles Foster Kane, it prompted shock, sadness, and conspiracy theories.
It’s surprisingly difficult to select the greatest pitcher in the history of the Cincinnati Reds.
Very few players have won a title with both the Yankees and Red Sox. Do you know who they are?
The greatest pitching performance in the World Series ever? Might have been. Jack Morris, the ace of aces in the 1980s, starter of many big games, the
The 1980 postseason was one of the most thrilling in years, thanks in large part to the new kids on the block: the pesky Houston Astros, making
The 1962 Fall Classic was the first World Series played in Northern California, with the Giants hosting in Candlestick Park. Despite having Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, and
29 years before Bucky Dent would become famous for his home run to beat the Red Sox in Game #163 to eliminate Boston, the Yankees and BoSox
It was the seventh game of the World Series and only days earlier the owner of the team had tried to fire his second baseman. Their pitcher,
Through 2020, there have been 139 Ultimate Games in modern baseball history (since 1903). 40 Ultimate Games have occurred in the Fall Classic (most recently in 2019),
You have to wonder if Freddie Patek would even get drafted by a major league team today.
We rank the greatest and most historic games played in Boston’s Fenway Park.
Of all professional team sports in North America, baseball has been around the longest. Springing out of the 19th (and perhaps even 17th or earlier) centuries, it’s
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
Rare video of Bob Feller’s pitching delivery.
The first game played at Houston’s Astrodome was an exhibition between the New York Yankees and Houston Astros on April 9, 1965.
After an 88-year journey, the Braves finally made it to the .500 mark again in 2011 after 88 years.
With the Hall of Fame ballot cleared of top-heavy candidates, Barry Larkin bolted to the top of the voting ranks and was elected to Cooperstown today. The
Anyone who thinks Ty Cobb was a sonofabitch has Al Stump to thank for that opinion.
In his second season in the Yankee organization, Derek Jeter committed 56 errors at shortstop for the Greensboro Hornets of the Sally League. Given his shoddy work
After serving a “time out” of sorts for his behavior during his playing career, which included an umpire spitting incident, Roberto Alomar was elected to the National
Pat Gillick has always liked to have Roberto Alomar around. This summer, he’ll get another chance to spend time with Alomar, when both are part of the Baseball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2011.
On Wednesday, Bert Blyleven was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, earning his place among the greats of the game. After 14 tries, the Baseball Writers Association of America finally repaired its most glaring mistake, electing a man who most baseball experts concluded was Hall of Fame worthy years ago.
For the first time since 1999, the Baseball Hall of Fame will induct a starting pitcher this summer, but it won’t be Jack Morris. Morris, who won more games (by far) than any other pitcher in the 1980s, and who pitched one of the greatest games in baseball history in Game Seven of the 1991 World Series, is still waiting for his Cooperstown call. With Blyleven now off the ballot, Morris’s candidacy will take center stage over the next three years – his final three chances via the Baseball Writers.
When a much different America suffered its “9/11” moment, Bob Feller – the best pitcher in baseball – didn’t hesitate to take action. On December 8, 1941, one day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Feller voluntarily enlisted in the U.S. Navy. At the age of 23, already a six-year veteran of the major leagues, Feller was at the height of his fame and pitching brilliance. But his decision to enter the military wasn’t difficult.