As his team was on the way to a 3-0 opening night win over the New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby couldn't help but look up from the bench as he heard the Madison Square Garden crowd cheering during a replay of Aaron Judge's game-tying home run vs.

Every big league manager would love the luxury of being able to pencil a 40-homer slugger and a 40-steal speedster into their lineup. But what if the slugger and the speedster were the same guy? Shohei Ohtani was that player for the Dodgers in 2024. After stealing no more than

As a parent, is there anything better than putting a huge smile on your child's face? How about catching a home run on the fly at a big league game and giving your son the ball as he excitedly jumps up and down with delight?

Here is a complete list of the players who homered in their first Major League at-bat (^ = homered on the first pitch they saw). • Zach Cole^, Astros, Sept. 12, 2025 Watch > • Matt Gorski, Pirates, April 24, 2025 Watch > • Jhonkensy Noel, Guardians, June 26, 2024

The number of four-strikeout frames -- made possible when a hitter takes first base after a third strike is dropped by the catcher plus either first is vacant or there are two outs -- has grown exponentially in the 21st century. While there were no such achievements by a pitcher

Three up, three down, with all three batters struck out on three pitches each. While the "immaculate inning" isn't nearly as rare as it once was -- there were none from 1929-52 and seven alone in 2022 -- any pitcher who can plow through a big league lineup on nine

Getting four knocks in one day is memorable for even the best hitters. But getting a hit of each kind -- a single, double, triple and homer -- in the same game? That's something special. How special? It's only happened once in postseason history, when the Red Sox's Brock Holt

The only way to adequately describe Major League Baseball's tribute to Hank Aaron's iconic 715th home run during the 2025 All-Star Game presented by Mastercard on Tuesday night was mind blowing -- and befitting for one of the greatest players and ambassador's we've seen in the game's storied history.

When a player approaches 30 homers at the All-Star break -- the unofficial, if not actual, midpoint of the season -- the excitement of a potential 60-plus-homer season really swings into gear. "I think it's something definitely to be proud of," said Chris Davis, who tied the American League record

Connecting for a homer is a difficult enough feat in baseball. Getting the chance at a second at-bat in an inning, and then going yard again is a truly remarkable -- and historic -- achievement. Tigers outfielder Riley Greene is the most recent of the 62 different players who have

Getting a hit in a Major League game is unquestionably one of the most difficult things to do in professional sports. Now imagine trying to do that six times in a nine-inning game -- a task made all the more difficult because you're also dependent upon your teammates having big

Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for March 7.

Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for March 1. 1) Paul Hines (1855) Hines is the lone player born on March 1 with a WAR of

Unlike the batter's Triple Crown, where the rare combination of hitting for power and a high average led to a nearly five-decade gap between the most recent two winners, the pitcher's Triple Crown is slightly more common. However, leading one's league in wins, ERA and strikeouts isn't exactly a walk

More than two decades ago, on Sept. 7, 1993, "Hard Hittin'" Mark Whiten had one of the greatest offensive performances in Major League history. Not only did Whiten connect for four of the 105 homers he'd hit over his 11-year career, he also tied a 69-year-old record with 12 RBIs

When a pitcher completes a no-hitter, it's one of the most exciting singular events that can happen in baseball. It's also one of the rare occasions that can cement a pitcher or team's placement in baseball history. With the Cubs’ recent no-hitter, there have been 326 no-hitters in MLB history.

Here's a breakdown of MLB's longest home run streaks.

No one knew it at the time, but the great Roberto Clemente’s quest to become just the 11th player in history to reach 3,000 career hits was also a race against the clock. Tragically, Clemente had just a few short months left to live when he entered the 1972 season

Back-to-back-to-back-to-back homers. It's an occurrence so rare that it didn't happen for the first time in the Major Leagues until June 8, 1961. On that day, Milwaukee Braves Hall of Famers Eddie Mathews and Hank Aaron knocked Reds starter Jim Maloney out of the game with back-to-back long balls in

Poll players, fans and media experts on what records they think will never be broken, and invariably Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak will garner plenty of mentions, right up there with Cy Young's 511 wins and Cal Ripken's ironman streak of 2,632 consecutive games played. In 1941, DiMaggio breezed past