NEW YORK – Every Yankees season opens with the intent of being the last ones standing. If Mike Pinsky carries that same mindset into reality television, he ought to feel right at home.

Dylan Cease, the Major League pitcher, is having a potential Cy Young-caliber season in his first year with the Blue Jays. Dylan Cease, the painter, also accomplished a milestone this week. Cease saw his work put on display at the Art Gallery of Ontario in a partnership that included a

Kyle Schwarber’s performance in the “Abbott Elementary” episode “Ballgame” was a no-doubt home run. The Television Academy certainly agrees, as Randall Einhorn earned an Emmy Award nomination for directing the episode. The show also earned six other nominations. The comedy on ABC pulled off the extraordinary by filming an episode

Country music icon Dolly Parton passed away on Tuesday at the age of 80, and the tributes have poured in, remembering her trailblazing work and infectious personality. That was on full display almost 40 years ago when Parton paid a visit to Yankee Stadium for an episode of her TV

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With velocity like we’ve never seen before, Brewers right-hander Jacob Misiorowski is the current favorite for the 2026 National League Cy Young Award. Just don’t ask him to play ping-pong.

LOS ANGELES -- Like many kids growing up in the late ‘90s and early 2000s, Jake Mangum collected Pokémon trading cards and played the popular Nintendo Game Boy video games.

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

A version of this article was originally published in June of 2022, when MLB.com reporter Michael Clair took a trip to Savannah.

Suffice to say, no-hitters don’t happen every day, so when Michael Lorenzen threw one in 2023 in just his second start for the Phillies, it was obviously a significant feat. But even more rare than the no-no itself were the cleats he was wearing: a crisp pair of Vans, which

An episode of "Jeopardy!" that aired this past February featured the following clue: In late Spring, Congaree National Park in South Carolina is famous for its nightly display of synchronized these? The correct response is fireflies, as any fan of Kansas City's Single-A affiliate would know. The Columbia Fireflies, established

Hope they'll play "Hot To Go" at a Minor League Baseball game? You're probably about to get your wish. The Springfield Cardinals are paying tribute to a hometown kid made good with Chappell Roan Night on Thursday, Aug. 27. Roan was born in nearby Willard, Mo., and her roots are

CINCINNATI — How does a Russian professional tennis star become a Reds fan, let alone a baseball fan? Through a combination of old school and new school ways. Daniil Medvedev, currently the No. 7-ranked ATP player in the world, is in town to play the Cincinnati Open. He told the

A version of this story originally ran in June of 2023

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

In a pregame ceremony ahead of the MLB at Field of Dreams Game presented by John Deere on Thursday night, Bryce Harper emerged from the cornfields along with a few of his Phillies teammates. As it turns out, he took plenty of corn with him onto the diamond, too, during

It’s the age-old question about our national pastime: Is it “have a catch” or “play catch”? In the classic 1989 film “Field of Dreams,” the inspiration for Thursday night’s third edition of the MLB at Field of Dreams Game presented by John Deere, it’s the former when the main character,

It's safe to say the people back home hold Cooper Flagg in high esteem. Bobbleheads featuring the reigning NBA Rookie of the Year -- given away for free to attendees of Wednesday evening's Portland Sea Dogs game -- were listed on eBay on Thursday with opening bids of $250 on

There’s plenty of green at Thursday’s MLB at Field of Dreams Game between the Phillies and Twins, but no, it’s not just the corn stalks lining the outfield. There’s also a fuzzy green being roaming the iconic ballpark and its surroundings. That, of course, is the Phillies’ famous mascot, the

This story was originally published before MLB staged its first Field of Dreams game on Aug. 12, 2021. We are republishing it in the leadup to the third edition of the game, set for Aug. 13 in Dyersville, Iowa. The game will be broadcast on Netflix, which on Saturday returned

This story was originally published before MLB staged its first Field of Dreams game on Aug. 12, 2021. We are republishing it for our look at baseball in all 50 states and in the leadup to the third edition of the game, set for tonight in Dyersville, Iowa. The game

This story was originally published before MLB staged its first Field of Dreams game on Aug. 12, 2021. We are republishing it in the leadup to the third edition of the game, set for Aug. 13 in Dyersville, Iowa. The game will be broadcast on Netflix, which on Saturday returned

Gulp, reel-reel-reel, flop-flop-flop. It felt as though you could almost hear those exact sounds as the Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani and Cubs' Seiya Suzuki once again showed off their close friendship before a game earlier this year. On Aug. 5 at Wrigley Field, Ohtani made a motion as if reeling in

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