Playing in front of a home crowd in Barcelona -- at the training grounds from the 1992 Olympic Games, the first where baseball was a medal sport -- Spain took care of business at the 2027 Premier12 Qualifiers. They now advance to the tournament for the first time in national

ST. PETERSBURG – As he waited in the on-deck circle before an at-bat last Saturday in Game 1 of the American League Division Series, with more than 40,000 vociferous Rays and Yankees fans in attendance at Tropicana Field, Tampa Bay third baseman Junior Caminero remarked to manager Kevin Cash that

It was called “The shot heard ‘round the world” – though the newspaper editors who coined it likely had no idea how right they were. While American baseball has never been shy about applying a global moniker to its domestic contests (it is called the World Series after all), Bobby

When MLBx -- the modified co-ed 3-on-3 home run-and-defense derby -- takes the field in Mumbai, it will answer a very important question: Who's better at smashing home runs -- MLB's former slugging superstars, softball's best hitters, or India's greatest cricket stars? While the event will be played on Oct.

The two ballplayers had never met before arriving in Dunedin, Fla., swapping out Italy’s azzurri blue for the Blue Jays’ shade. But now Giaconino Lasaracina and Giacomo Taschin are together. Not just as teammates and road trip roomies for the Single-A ballclub, though: They just might be the first all-Italian

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Tigers rookie Hao-Yu Lee had himself a night on Monday: The rookie second baseman went 3-for-3 with two walks -- reaching base all five times -- and driving in two runs in the Tigers' 8-5 win against the Pirates. Along the way, Lee put himself in the record books: The

“My mentality is always to attack the hitters,” Braves flamethrower Didier Fuentes told MLB.com, via translator Javier Román. “I don't focus on anything else or try to do more than what is required, because that can be counterproductive.” It’s a strategy big league hitters have come to know all too

If Curtis Mead had listened to his father, he wouldn't have made his Red Sox debut on Monday night. He'd be a star in the Australian Football League. That's not because his father is some anti-baseball zealot, though. He was a ballplayer himself, suiting up for the Adelaide Giants in

The USA made it look easy. Playing in Rockford, Ill. -- the former home of the Rockford Peaches of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (and just a few hours' drive from Springfield, Ill., where the Women's Professional Baseball League will begin this coming weekend) -- the United States blitzed

Former big league manager John McLaren had his career planned from a young age, telling his schoolteachers, "I'm going to make a living in baseball.” But even the 74-year-old baseball lifer couldn't have predicted where the game would end up taking him. Name a job, and he's likely done it:

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He struck out Shohei Ohtani -- along with Lars Nootbaar and Munetaka Murakami, though those two K's didn’t receive nearly the same level of attention.

Usually, when we talk about international players, we're talking about the international signees who can join MLB organizations as young as 18 years old. But that's not the only path to pro baseball. As college baseball has become an ever more important development path for players -- and federations --

The SKY is the limit for Major League Baseball. On Wednesday, MLB announced a new partnership with Indian cricket star Suryakumar Yadav -- known as SKY -- in order to expand the presence of baseball in India. Yadav will serve as an MLB Ambassador, working with MLB on fan engagement,

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The creature lies in wait. He stands with short arms close to his body, running in fits and starts and letting out sporadic roars while trying to grab hold of his target. No, he’s not a dinosaur. He’s an English child learning how to play baseball. For the Greenwich Giants,

Red Sox Nation has Dave Roberts, his daring theft of second base jumpstarting Boston’s remarkable comeback in the 2004 ALCS. For Venezuelans, they have Javier Sanoja, his ninth-inning steal setting up the game-winning run in this spring’s World Baseball Classic final against the USA. But Venezuela manager Omar López wasn't

NEW YORK -- When Marlins catcher/first baseman Liam Hicks found out that he would be representing Team Canada at this spring’s World Baseball Classic, no one told him. There wasn’t a phone call or text, nor did he learn about it on TV the way some players discover they’ve been

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An already stacked 2026 international signing class for the Phillies got even more robust Saturday with the addition of Korean right-hander Chan-Min Park. Park, a 6-foot-3, 195-pound 17-year-old, will land a signing bonus just north of $1.2 million, sources tell MLB.com, the highest for any pitcher among 2026 international signees.

At India’s first MLB Cup in 2021 -- an under-11 competition -- only 12 teams took part. In a country obsessed with cricket and soccer, it was difficult to find the necessary coaches and ballplayers ready to come out and hit the field. Just a few years later and the

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MEXICO CITY -- Two teams with deep ties to Mexico -- and serious postseason ambitions -- are meeting in the Mexican capital this weekend. The Diamondbacks and Padres are playing in the MLB World Tour: Mexico City Series 2026, presented by T-Mobile, a two-game series at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú,