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. 13. 1) Kevin Mitchell (1962) Everyone remembers Mookie Wilson’s ground ball that won Game 6 of the 1986

Call it a Schwar-photobomb. Phillies designated hitter Kyle Schwarber, a proud alumnus of Indiana University, took some time before Friday night’s Peach Bowl to take a selfie with some Hoosier fans. The slugger served as Indiana’s honorary captain before IU faced the Oregon Ducks in Atlanta. Wearing his 2016 World

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 New Year’s Eve: 1. King Kelly (1857) The only Hall of Famer born on this day, Michael Joseph Kelly

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. 27. 1. Cole Hamels (1983) Hamels spent his first 9½ seasons with the Phillies, going 114-90 with a

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. 23. 1. Jerry Koosman (1942) Koosman went 222-209 in a 19-year career with the Mets, Twins, White Sox

Until expansion came along in 1961, Major League Baseball was usually played in 16 ballparks each season, at most. And with no Interleague Play, a team would only have games in eight of those venues in a year. So when Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs in 1927, he went

LITTLE FALLS, N.J. – On a sunny, 72-degree day, the last weekend afternoon of summer, 2,358 people paired off on the field at Yogi Berra Stadium to play catch. Parents and children of all ages, siblings, friends, colleagues, former Major Leaguers – they all came out on Sunday for an

Want to be a part of a world record alongside All-Stars and Yankee legends? Then the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center in Little Falls, N.J., is the place to be on Sept. 21. That Sunday, as part of the year-long celebration to mark Berra’s 100th birthday, the museum is

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 Sept. 2. 1) Albert Spalding (1850) A pitcher in the National Association from 1871-75 and then in the National

PATERSON, N.J. – Like a decorated ballplayer, Hinchliffe Stadium continues to pile up accolades. Already on the National Register of Historic Places and part of the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park, the historic stadium is now formally on the New Jersey Black Heritage Trail after the unveiling on Friday

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Dick Allen's family members, former teammates and coaches have long considered him a Hall of Famer, despite the honor somehow eluding him for decades. The wait came to an end on Sunday, when Allen was posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.,

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Dave Parker’s likeness was all over the place for induction weekend, from shop windows and lampposts on Main Street to the Clark Sports Center, site of the ceremony just outside the village. But nowhere is it more prominent than in his son David Parker II, the spitting

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Billy Wagner pitched 853 Major League games in his career without starting a single one. On Sunday, he opened the National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony in which he, CC Sabathia, Ichiro Suzuki, Dick Allen and Dave Parker were enshrined for eternity – and it was

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Many writers have held the title of national baseball reporter for their publication over the years, but Thomas Boswell may be the most appropriate, covering the sport from the nation’s capital -- even when it didn’t have a team. Boswell, who spent his entire 52-year career with

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Major League Baseball returned to Rickwood Field 364 days ago, when the Giants and Cardinals took the field at America’s oldest ballpark. Recent stars of the big leagues were back on Thursday to play in the second East-West Classic of the 21st century. And if CC Sabathia

FAIRFIELD, Ala. -- The bunting was hung, the scoreboard was turned on, and the last touches of red and blue paint on the steps and railings was so fresh you could still smell it. Everything was in place on Thursday morning to celebrate the great Willie Mays, one year and

Ron Taylor, a two-time World Series champion pitcher who went to medical school following his playing career, earning the nickname “Dr. Baseball,” passed away on Monday in Toronto after a lengthy illness. He was 87. A 6-foot-1 right-hander, Taylor won World Series titles with the 1964 Cardinals and 1969 Miracle

As a rainstorm soaked the city of Passaic, N.J., on May 3, 1933, six boys living at an orphanage had one concern: What is all this water doing to our baseball field? Sometime after 7 p.m., they convinced the matron at the Passaic Home and Orphan Asylum, a Mrs. Emma

LITTLE FALLS, N.J. – Anyone wanna have a catch? If so, you may want to make your way here to the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center on Sept. 21 for “Yogi’s Big Catch Challenge,” an official attempt to break the Guinness world record for the largest game of catch.

PATERSON, N.J. – A No. 14 is emblazoned in center field, and white lettering stretches along the foul lines beyond the coaches’ boxes: “LARRY DOBY FIELD.” These are just a few of the flourishes unveiled on Wednesday morning when this city rededicated a ballfield named for the barrier breaker and

The East-West Classic is returning in 2025. Major League Baseball announced on Tuesday – what would’ve been Willie Mays’ 94th birthday – that the tribute to the Negro Leagues’ All-Star Games will be played on Juneteenth at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Ala. General admission tickets are on sale now at

Editor's note: A version of this story was first published on April 15, 2024.

Art Schallock, the oldest living former AL/NL player and a World War II veteran whose debut with the Yankees sent Mickey Mantle to the Minors, died on Thursday. He was 100 years old. His death was announced by Cogir of Sonoma Plaza, the senior-living community in Sonoma, Calif., where he

Frank Saucier had one hit in 14 at-bats in a brief Major League career, but it’s a plate appearance he didn’t get that ties him to one of the zanier moments in baseball history. On Aug. 19, 1951, Saucier was listed as the right fielder and leadoff hitter in the

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 4, the most commanding day of the year. 1) Dazzy Vance (1891) Charles Arthur Vance got his nickname