Category: MLB

As it so often does, this baseball story begins at a Little League park.
It was at Arbuckle Acres…

The New York Yankees today announced that Paul O’Neill will be honored on Sunday, Aug. 21, as his No. 21 will be permanently retired prior to the Yankees’ game vs. the Toronto Blue Jays. All guests in attendance will receive a commemorative “Paul O’Nei…

After his playing career ended in 2013, Josh Barfield tried to figure out his future. At first, he didn’t see himself in a baseball front office; he thought he might scout players for the rest of his life.
But scouting players is not all he does these …

We get into if the Mets should pursue Freddie Freeman, who could make sense as trade candidates and more.

Oliver Pérez knew his days in the Majors were numbered last year, as he roamed the grounds at Progressive Field on Opening Day with an enormous grin on his face. At the time, he was 39 years old, but his excitement to play the game he loved mimicked th…

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. 22:

There’s a certain romanticism in how we view the switch-hitter in baseball. The skill necessary to hit Major League pitching from both sides of the plate is rarely found, and when it is, it’s a treasure, particularly in our era of platooning and pitchi…

George Altman hasn’t quite seen it all. But he’s probably come closer than anybody in baseball history to seeing it all.
Altman played in the Negro Leagues. He played in the Major Leagues. He played in the Japanese Pacific League. Heck, in his later ye…

Kirk McCaskill got the sign and stared in. Ken Griffey Jr. had worked the count to 3-0 — a frightening spot with such a dangerous hitter at the plate. The right-hander wound up, fired … and Junior deposited the ball into the seats in deep left-ce…