The Little Rock Nine sounds like it could be the name of a baseball team playing in Arkansas' capital city, and for three nights during the 2025 season, it will be. The story behind the name transcends baseball, however. From Aug. 21-23, the Arkansas Travelers -- Seattle's Double-A affiliate --

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LAKELAND, Fla. -- Alex Bregman finally made his way to Tigers camp on Sunday morning, sort of. His introductory press conference with the Red Sox was simulcast on MLB Network, which is a fixture on television screens in the Tigers clubhouse at Joker Marchant Stadium, making for quite the contrast

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- It’s a whole different scene the second time around for Carter Jensen. As the 2025 No. 86 overall prospect and the Royals’ No. 5-ranked 2024 prospect per MLB Pipeline, the 21-year-old catcher is again a non-roster invitee to Surprise for Spring Training. This time last year, he

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball celebrates Black History Month with stories of Black baseball pioneers.

Benjamin Hill travels the nation collecting stories about what makes Minor League Baseball unique. This excerpt from his newsletter is a mere taste of the smorgasbord of delights he offers every week. Read the full newsletter here, and subscribe to his newsletter here.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- On March 20, 2023, Rockies 2022 first-round Draft pick Gabriel Hughes held the Dodgers scoreless for three innings in his Cactus League debut, and thus made himself a player to watch. Hughes became a player largely unseen after he underwent Tommy John surgery on his right elbow

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Salted caramel ice cream was the hardest part. That, Kevin Parada said, “and anything lemon -- lemon bars, lemon cakes, stuff like that.” Admittedly, Parada has a sweet tooth. He loves desserts. But over the course of last season at Double-A Binghamton, the Mets catching

On Sunday, one of the world’s most-watched sporting events will take place at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. Believe it or not, decades before Super Bowl LIX came to town, the same building was home to a Minor League Baseball team for one season. The 1977 Triple-A New Orleans Pelicans

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2008. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball celebrates Black History Month with stories of Black baseball pioneers.