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. 24: 1) Cal Ripken Jr. (1960) Few players in baseball history have had a more legendary career than

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 May 24. 1) Bartolo Colon (1973) During a 21-year Major League career, the stocky right-hander known as “Big Bart”

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 24. 1) Chipper Jones (1972) Part of a select few No. 1 overall MLB Draft picks to become

NEW YORK – When Rachel Robinson and the foundation she started in honor of her barrier-breaking husband opened the Jackie Robinson Museum in Lower Manhattan in 2022, there was a clear mission in mind. The museum would be a lasting testament to the life and career of a baseball hero

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. 24: 1) Honus Wagner (1874) One of the greatest baseball players of all time, Wagner was voted in

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. 24. 1) José Quintana (1989) The 11th Major Leaguer (and fourth hurler) from Colombia, Quintana has posted a

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – It was, quite simply, poetic. Bill Greason standing on the grass at Rickwood Field, preparing to send a pitch to home plate. A Black Baron in 1948, Greason played alongside a 17-year-old Willie Mays as Birmingham won the Negro American League pennant. On Thursday night, the 99-year-old

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The moment finally arrived on Thursday night, and it lived up to every expectation. Wearing throwback uniforms that evoked their Negro Leagues counterparts (the San Francisco Sea Lions and St. Louis Stars), the Giants and Cardinals made Rickwood Field -- the oldest professional ballpark in the country

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A.G. Gaston was one of the leading entrepreneurs of the American South during the 20th century. The Birmingham, Ala., native was born in 1892 and overcame humble beginnings on his path toward building a multimillion-dollar empire, with his companies operating as some of the most prominent Black

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- While Thursday’s game at Rickwood Field will count in the standings for the Cardinals and Giants, Wednesday night’s contest was about more than what happens between the lines. “Barnstorm Birmingham,” which was launched by special assistant to the Commissioner CC Sabathia, featured a celebrity softball game with

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- As the who’s who of the baseball world descended upon the Magic City on Wednesday night, there was one member of the community who was top of mind. Willie Mays, whose first experience of professional baseball came at Rickwood Field with the Birmingham Black Barons in 1948,

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- When Tony Clark was a teenager in the Tigers’ Minor League farm system in 1991, he had the opportunity to visit the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. He spent more than four hours exploring the museum’s artifacts and learning about the legacies of some

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The center of the baseball universe this week is Birmingham, Ala., where Major League Baseball is paying tribute to the Negro Leagues with a series of games at Rickwood Field, the oldest ballpark in the United States and the site of the final Negro League World Series

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- With the Double-A Birmingham Barons set to play in the MiLB at Rickwood Field game against the Montgomery Biscuits on Tuesday night, their home ballpark -- Regions Field -- could have sat empty. Instead, it was filled with the raucous chorus of children’s voices, as Major League

Over the course of its 100-plus-year history, Rickwood Field has seen a lot. Once the home of the Minor Leagues’ Birmingham Barons and the Negro Leagues’ Birmingham Black Barons, the oldest ballpark in the country has also hosted college football games, high school and college baseball games, and has even

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Roy Wood Jr. grew up in West End, one of the poorer neighborhoods in the city of Birmingham. Jake Peavy grew up in a house on wheels in the city of Mobile a few hours south. Harold Reynolds grew up in a single-parent household as the youngest

February is Black History Month, and throughout the month, MLB.com will be looking back at Negro League legends who have richly contributed to baseball history. The following feature originally ran in 2023.

TEMPE, Ariz. -- When it came to baseball, Kevari Thunderbird’s father, Kevin, made it a priority to always be present. Whether it was practices, games or MLB Develops showcase events, Kevari could count on his father being in attendance. Baseball was the sport that bonded them together. Kevin was a

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Carson Ray grew up in Atlanta, the birthplace and final resting place of one of America’s most influential historical figures, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Ray, a 16-year-old right-hander and one of more than 80 predominantly Black elite high school athletes invited to the 2024 DREAM Series,

TEMPE, Ariz. -- As Ron Washington took the stage alongside MLB Network host Harold Reynolds on Friday night, the impressionable audience before him -- many of whom hadn’t even taken their first steps yet when he began his big league managerial career in 2007 -- rose to their feet to

ARLINGTON -- It was supposed to be much closer than this. Entering the American League Division Series, the No. 1 seed Orioles (101-61) and No. 5 seed Rangers (90-72) were fairly evenly matched. Before the best-of-five set began, FanGraphs projections gave AL West runner-up Texas a 54.6 percent chance of

ARLINGTON -- Ninety-one. That’s how many series have come and gone since the Orioles were last swept. Spring has turned to summer and summer has turned to fall for almost two full seasons, with the one constant being the O’s capacity for not going winless in multiple tries against the

BALTIMORE -- The Rangers haven’t played a game at Globe Life Field since Sept. 24, the penultimate Sunday of the regular season. The next time they do, they’ll have a chance to clinch a spot in the American League Championship Series. The No. 5 seed in the AL after dropping

BALTIMORE -- The Rangers made a lot of noise with their bats on Sunday evening, putting up 11 runs on 11 hits amid an offensive outburst during an 11-8 win over Baltimore in Game 2 of the American League Division Series. They made less noise but were equally impactful on

BALTIMORE -- It may not have been the Rangers’ strong suit during the regular season, but in Game 1 of the American League Division Series, the bullpen became their secret weapon. Texas wasn’t expecting left-handed starter Andrew Heaney to offer the club more than three or four innings on Saturday;