Years before he became a three-time Major League Baseball MVP and an nine-time All Star, Michael Nelson Trout was die-hard Philadelphia Phillies fan playing […]
Todd Helton was born at the Gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains (aka Knoxville, Tennessee), but it was a mountain range 1,000 miles to […]
The highlight of MLB’s annual All-Star game festivities is undoubtedly the Home Run Derby, won in dramatic fashion this past summer by New York […]
Hall-of-fame outfielder Willie Mays spent twenty-one seasons in a Giants uniform — six in New York and fifteen in San Francisco — and leads […]
Prior to the Athletics moving to Oakland in 1968, they were in Kansas City for a dozen seasons, and before that they called Philadelphia […]
Retired MLB pitcher Dan Haren knows a thing or two about the big leagues having pitched for eight different franchises. Drafted out of Pepperdine […]
One hundred forty years before Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo, Adrian “Cap” Anson was wowing Windy City baseball fans. When the Chicago Cubs franchise […]
Back in 2016, the Texas Rangers held a contest for season tickets at Globe Life Park in Arlington and Byron Anderson of Fort Worth […]
The Meiji reform in the late 19th century abolished Japan’s samurai class, and a western-style national army was established. It seemed, for a time, […]
Of all the great players to don a Minnesota Twins jersey, none has contributed more to the team’s success than Rod Carew. Carew accrued […]
Arizona’s baseball season got underway last night with a 6-0 victory, and the Wildcats were already at the top of their game even before […]
How good are you at deciphering visual sports puzzles? Instagram user @lessonsinsport renders stark graphics that hint at legendary sports figures and events (like […]