Baseball has grown far from its home in Cooperstown, New York, becoming a beloved international game. The United States and Japan are hosts to the two most popular professional baseball leagues today, ...

My brother Rick and I grew up in a time and place ideally suited to the formation of lifelong baseball fans. The time was the 1950s and early 1960s; the place was Pomona, California, just a bit east ...

In the opening moments of a new film called “Diamond Diplomacy,” Shohei Ohtani holds the ball and Mike Trout holds a bat. These are the dramatic final moments of the 2023 World Baseball Classic. The ...

A monument honoring Solomon Northup, a free Black man from New York who was kidnapped and enslaved in Louisiana, was unveiled in Marksville, La., this weekend. Troy stabbing leaves one woman injured, ...

Major League Baseball faced a shutdown during World War II. Rosters were filled with old veterans and teenagers just to keep games alive. Naturally, the level of play declined. In those tight times, ...

On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to follow as ...

The game of baseball has been there through wars and desperate times. It's been labeled America's pastime, but today's world offers many more options for our children to choose from. With MLB at its ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A large group of men — 33 ballplayers, six executives and two trainers — stood shoulder to shoulder for an iconic photograph. The moment occurred minutes before one of the most ...

You’ve been hearing all about torpedo bats of late, and with good reason. New equipment isn’t introduced to Major League Baseball often, but the torpedo bat represents a change in the design of a ...

Just when you thought you’d seen it all in baseball, the Milwaukee Brewers pulled off the craziest “once in a lifetime” double play you’ll ever see. And it came at the perfect time: Game 1 of the NLCS ...