Great Britain, historically, has not been known as a baseball powerhouse. But they enter the 2026 World Baseball Classic having automatically qualified for the tournament for the first time in their history, which vaults their status from “first-time entrants” to “expected to compete against the heavy hitters.” At the helm

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 Jan. 10.

NEW YORK – Baseball is the national pastime, and as such, it is intertwined with the country’s history and the idea of America itself. That connection will be on full display this year, when Major League Baseball will celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary with a wide-ranging series of initiatives. On

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 Jan. 5.

Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Perhaps in the spirit of giving, the baseball gods have gifted us several notable MLB players on Christmas Eve. Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five born

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 Dec. 6.

NEW YORK -- On May 2, 1939, Lou Gehrig's famous streak ended after 2,130 games when he took himself out of the Yankees’ lineup. Exactly fifty-four years later, Sarah Langs was born. Their stories have been intertwined since before Langs could hold a pencil. And now, that connection has been

Cy Young is synonymous with pitching excellence. Since 1956, his name has been attached to the most prestigious award for a pitcher in Major League Baseball. Dozens of workhorses, flamethrowers and firemen have won this honor, all contributing to the pitching legacy that he carved out during his illustrious 22-year

Don Mattingly will not be returning to his position as the Blue Jays’ bench coach in 2026, but he doesn’t intend to retire just yet. Mattingly, 64, joined the Blue Jays in November 2022 as the bench coach for first-time manager John Schneider, who had been named Toronto’s permanent skipper

Normally during a regulation softball game, there are nine players on the field at a time. This summer for the AUSL Bandits, there were 10. On July 31, just three days after helping lead the Bandits to the inaugural AUSL Championship Series against the Talons with her efforts on the

Watch out, World Baseball Classic. Great Britain is showing up next year with “a bunch of freaking tough dogs” and an energetic new manager. After its impressive performance in the 2023 WBC, in which it beat Colombia for its first-ever victory in the Classic and qualified for 2026, Great Britain’s

NEW YORK -- Jen Pawol was in the middle of umpiring a Triple-A game Wednesday night when Nashville Sounds third baseman Oliver Dunn identified some exciting common ground between them. “When I make it to the big leagues and we get on the field together, we will have both worked

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 Aug. 6.

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 June 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 June 2.

NEW YORK -- On the racks of the MLB flagship store Thursday morning were the usual suspects, like Aaron Judge and Fernando Tatis Jr. jerseys, but next to them hung jerseys of the Bandits, Blaze, Talons and Volts. Those four teams are the founding franchises of the inaugural Athletes Unlimited

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 April 9.

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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 24.

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 Feb. 5.

NEW YORK – Catalyst. Go-to. Trailblazer. Those are all qualities that Katy Feeney embodied during her four-decade tenure at MLB, and they were a common refrain at the Katy Feeney Leadership Awards on Thursday. Thirty-two women, representing all 30 MLB clubs, MLB Network and the MLB league office, were nominated

It’s not glamorous being a trailblazer. In fact, it can be quite lonely. When Melissa Ludtke was reporting on baseball in the 1970s for Sports Illustrated, she was the only woman on the beat, in the press box and in the cafeteria. When she was assigned to cover the 1977

For most kids in the U.S., baseball is accessible practically from the day they are born. But elsewhere in the world, “America’s Pastime” is not quite so ubiquitous. It can be challenging to build up the sport in regions without inherent knowledge of the game. Sometimes though, all it takes

There are moments in baseball that transcend the sport. Babe Ruth’s called shot in the 1932 World Series was one of those. So was Hank Aaron’s 715th home run on April 8, 1974, in which he passed Ruth to become the new all-time home run king. However, perhaps no home

When you walk into The 108, you’re immediately steeped in baseball. MLB team banners line the center hallway. Turf from the 2019 Yankees-Red Sox London Series carpets the batting cages. You might see dads setting up batting practice or tossing grounders on the infield. Groups of teenagers, perhaps just looking