Seventy-four years ago, on April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson made his Major League Baseball debut, and integrated Major League Baseball. Now, every April 15, MLB celebrates “Jackie Robinson Day” by having every player in the professional baseball wear his universally-retired No. 42. […]
The stateside impact of World War II on the game of baseball created first economic challenges and ultimately unavoidable issues of conscience that eventually led to integration. […]
The beauty of this World Series was that — regardless of outcome — one team was going to win it. […]
Kyle Schwarber will not play in the field in Wrigley Field. Kyle Hendricks will, however, and that may provide a bigger impediment for Cleveland when the World Series shifts to Chicago for Game 3 Friday after the teams split the first two games at Progressive Field. […]
Corey Kluber walked off the mound to a thunderous ovation from his Progressive Field audience on Tuesday night. […]
It features the two franchises with the longest World Series title droughts, a combined 176 years without a championship. […]
