Category: MLB

This is the day, 102 years ago, it was announced that Harry Frazee, the owner of the Boston Red Sox, had sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. There are a lot of points of light in baseball history. Never one brighter than this.
The deal had been con…

Mario Lisson’s guiding mission is to help players get to where he never could, then finally get there himself.

If I get three of these right, the first round is on you at the Moon Saloon in Peoria in 2023.

The knuckleball is baseball’s most magical pitch. These pitchers are the best to throw it.
Thrown with no spin, a knuckleball can move in any and all directions once it leaves the pitcher’s hand. It dances on its way to the plate. It’s unpredictable an…

The Cubs coverage crew cracks the crystal ball on the lockout, David Ross, Kyle Schwarber and, of course, Carlos Correa.

Quick, what’s the best part in an action movie? No, it’s not the awkward and stilted love scene and it’s certainly not the bombastic and impersonal climactic explosion scene. It’s when the hero, bruised, battered and beaten, must slowly lift himself up…

NEW YORK — Now that the Mets have a general manager and a manager in place, the team has begun the process of filling out Buck Showalter’s coaching staff. As expected, team officials are spending the first week of 2022 vetting candidates for various j…

The Detroit Tigers announced Tuesday that former utility infielder Tom Matchick, a 1968 World Series champion, has died. He was 78.

The Yankees reportedly are eyeing A’s third baseman, Matt Chapman, as a possible trade candidate.

Last weekend didn’t just begin a new year. It also marked the 111th birthday of Tigers great and Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg, a New Year’s baby born on Jan. 1, 1911. To remember his incredible career, which included two World Series titles and two MVP…