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. […]
Riding on the strength of their city’s resolve as residents battle back from Hurricane Harvey and a very good baseball team who happened to win 101 games this past season, the Houston Astros took a 2-1 series lead into soggy Fenway Park on Monday with hopes of advancing to their first American League Championship Series. […]
His No. 2, the last of the single digit pinstripes, had been retired and a plaque in his honor dedicated that will be placed in Monument Park alongside tributes to Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Mantle, Berra and the rest of the team’s greats. […]
Don’t look now but, according to a poll released on Wednesday, the most popular baseball team with Florida fans isn’t from the Sunshine State. It’s not even from this part of the United States. […]
This wasn’t his decision. Alex Rodriguez said that the Yankees informed him a few days ago that they wanted to release him. The news surprised him. The terms of his departure will stun the baseball world. […]
Alex Rodriguez needed just one swing to join the 3,000-hit club, and the Yankees slugger accomplished the feat in style, circling the bases as the 29th player to reach the milestone plateau in a 7-2 victory over the Tigers on Friday at Yankee Stadium. […]
The Yankees are currently in last place in the American League East. Maybe it’s time for the franchise to quit baseball and try comedic acting. […]
Saunter on by the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center’s booth at the 2013 T-Mobile All-Star FanFest at the Jacob Javitz Center, and you’ll learn about the place built in honor of Lorenzo Pietro Berra. […]
It is not often that a ballplayer must choose between these two moments and decide which is bigger — a grand slam against C. C. Sabathia, or a game-ending hit against Mariano Rivera. […]
Robinson Cano talks about how it does not matter where he bats in the Yankees’ lineup. Of course, he can talk all he wants. It is his smile that belies him. […]
Andy Pettitte thought “it was going to be a lot more awkward.” What he felt instead, in his first official day back with the Yankees, was “like I never left.” […]
