Jake Mintz & Jordan Shusterman discuss the Padres-Marlins trade that sent Luis Arraez to San Diego, as well as recap all the action from this weekend in baseball and send birthday wishes to hall-of-famer Willie Mays.
As Willie Mays turns 93 years old Monday, the position he redefined with his combination of speed, power and elan has lost its glamor. Center field is the worst position on the field this season and populated with one of the worst collections of hitters the position has ever seen.
Al Gionfriddo made the greatest catch in World Series history in 1947. It was better than Willie Mays’s catch in 1954. The 1947 Series pitted the Brooklyn Dodgers against the New York Yankees.
Here are some of the notable athletes who have also received harsh punishment for gambling.
The San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals are coming to the oldest professional baseball park in the country. Rickwood Field, in Birmingham, Alabama, is the former home of the Birmingham Black Barons of the Nergo Leagues.
The players and umpire are correct, but... the caption is wrong. Here’s a play you see quite often in baseball, even in modern times — a player stealing second base, with the ball not quite there yet.
Kansas City Royals star Bobby Witt Jr. had a historic, walk-off grand slam on Friday night against the Minnesota Twins and he continued his torture of Minnesota on Saturday, going 4-for-5 with a homer and three RBI.
After recent speculation, it's now official. The San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals will play a game in 2024 at a historic field in Birmingham, Alabama.
Major League Baseball will honor Hall of Famer Willie Mays when it plays a Negro Leagues tribute game at historic Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama next June.
Giants legend and Hall of Famer Willie Mays first became a star at Rickwood field, the oldest professional ballpark in the country.
MLB will honor Hall of Fame center fielder Willie Mays with a special game at Rickwood Field in Birmingham in 2024, the league office announced in a Tuesday morning release.
A very happy birthday from those of us at Fastball to a baseball legend: Willie Mays turns 92 years old today. The New York Mets took time to wish him
From 1960 through 1969, no one played the game at a higher level than Willie Mays, a five-tool star who piled up numbers so impressive that The Sporting News named him TSN's Player of the Decade for the 1960s.
Childhood heroes seem to linger. It's been more than 60 years since I first saw Willie Mays and the San Francisco Giants visit Chicago's Wrigley Field and run circles around the hapless Cubs.
Most people know and still talk about the year, 1957. That’s the year the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants fled New York for California. For whatever reason, the older Giants fans have never reminisced about it like the Dodger fans.
The legendary outfielder became the seventh player in Mets history to receive the honor. View the original article to see embedded media. The Mets held their first Old Timers’ Day since 1994 on Saturday, but the organization made the day more special than just reuniting its iconic players.
In a surprise salute at Citi Field, the Mets have retired Willie Mays' No. 24 as part of festivities for the organization's first Old-Timers' Day since 1994.
Dave Stewart and Fernando Valenzuela combined on June 29, 1990 to make a bit of MLB history, with each throwing a hitter the same day.
The only two things rarer in modern-day baseball than the four-homer game is the Triple Crown and the unassisted triple play. The former is, of course, done over an entire season, while there's a large level of lucky in the unassisted triple play. As far as heralded accomplishments that can be achieved in one contest, it doesn't get much better than the four-homer game.
There is no shortage of defensive masterminds scattered across the MLB landscape. Some, such as Yadier Molina, Andrelton Simmons, Jason Heyward and Nolan Arenado, are adding to their already impressive reputations with the leather.
The story of the various baseball organizations that collectively formed the Negro Leagues over the first half of the 20th century is vital to telling the story of the game to this day.
Black History Month is upon us, and with spring training primed to get started later in the month, it is the perfect time to take a look back at the rich history of the intersection of the sport and the culture. The story of blacks in baseball is a triumphant one that remains relevant and unforgettable to this day.
There will be a special moment for a certain pair of performers who will be honored when the National Baseball Hall of Fame prepares to welcome another class to Cooperstown this summer.
In MLB history, a player has won the MVP award during the same season in which their team won the World Series a total of 42 times. How many of these 38 players can you name in six minutes?
Since 1904, the World Series has loomed as not only the pinnacle event in Major League Baseball, but a premiere event in American culture. It is home many of the most memorable moments sports history, (The Catch, Babe Ruth calling his shot....) as well as the confirmation point for many of the great icons in the game (the birth of Mr.
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