When David Robertson first came onto the scene as a Yankees rookie in 2008, the baby-faced kid from Alabama didn’t quite have the look of someone who was ready for the pressure cooker of a late-inning relief role. In Robertson's Major League debut -- June 29, 2008, against the Mets

The game itself is largely forgotten. There is no video, and even those who played in the game don’t remember most of the details. What they do remember is the meaning behind the game and the feeling of being asked to play in one of the most significant games Major

Would “Field of Dreams” be as iconic as it is today if it wasn’t called “Field of Dreams?” Believe it or not, the man who made one of the greatest baseball movies ever hated the title when he first heard it. “It sounds like a room deodorizer,” moaned writer/director Phil

Game 1 of the World Series on Friday is a chance for the Blue Jays to show off the refurbished Rogers Centre. Time had taken its toll on the futuristic building that opened as SkyDome, the first baseball stadium with a retractable roof, in 1989.

The long wait is finally over. After 5,231 games over 36 seasons as a player, coach and manager, Donnie Baseball is going to his first World Series. “Obviously it feels great to get there, and I feel like we’re gonna play well too,” Don Mattingly, Toronto’s bench coach, told MLB.com

Sometimes the path you want to take isn’t the best one for you, and a parent's guiding hand can help lead you in the right direction. Trusting his father’s advice would lead New York Mets closer Edwin Díaz to Major League stardom. Díaz, a three-time All-Star, is the featured guest

Sixty years ago today, fans witnessed the most perfect game of all time. Perfect on the mound because of Sandy Koufax and perfect in the booth because of Vin Scully. It’s that second part that people remember just as much as the game itself. “Whatever Vinnie did, every night it

Sixty years ago, on Sept. 9, 1965, at “9:46 p.m. in the City of the Angels, Los Angeles, California,” as Vin Scully noted in his brilliant call, Sandy Koufax pitched a perfect game. About 20 miles down the road at that same moment, 24-year-old Sammee Zeile was in a hospital

Few players have accomplished as much as Andrew McCutchen has as a Major Leaguer: a five-time All-Star, the 2013 NL MVP and the 2015 Roberto Clemente Award winner to name just a few of his highlights in a 17-year career. But a moment from his Little League days taught McCutchen

There is no place quite like the Plaque Gallery at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. It’s easy to lose yourself in the 3,660-square-foot centerpiece to the museum that tells a history of the game, highlighting accomplishments one by one for the almost 350 members enshrined. Nearly

Satchel Paige was 59 years old – or something close to it – when he walked off a Major League mound for the last time. Pitching for the Kansas City A’s on Sept. 25, 1965, the legendary Negro Leagues star who had hurled countless thousands of innings across a career

If you talk the talk, you better walk the walk. Former Pittsburgh Pirates announcer Jim Rooker learned that lesson the hard way. On June 8, 1989, in the final game of an eight-game road trip, the Pirates -- winless in the first seven games -- roared to a 10-0 lead

Was this World Series matchup inevitable? That question hovered over the postseason from the beginning, and now we have our answer. The Yankees and Dodgers -- classic October rivals -- will meet in Game 1 Friday in Los Angeles, their first Fall Classic battle in 43 years. “Here we go,”

In 2018 they were part of a Dream Team. A group of immensely talented teenagers who took home the gold medal for Team USA at the COPABE U-18 Pan-American Championships. Tuesday night in Arlington, Washington’s CJ Abrams, Detroit’s Riley Greene and Kansas City’s Bobby Witt Jr. will be reunited as

It’s been two years since Rob Thomson took over for Joe Girardi as manager of the Philadelphia Phillies. And what a ride it’s been. The 2022 Phillies made it all the way to the World Series, losing to the Astros in six games. The 2023 Phillies came up one win

Don Mattingly’s phone buzzes a few times a year when a player gets hot and seems like he might challenge the record. It’s another text from a media member reminding him that someone is trying to match The Streak. “Judge homers in 4 straight.” “Corey Seager is at 5 in

This was going to be my story, not Arjun Nimmala’s. First generation, born and raised in the U.S. by parents who came from India and kept Indian traditions and customs alive in their home, while still trying to blend into their American surroundings. Finding a love of baseball and making