Carlos Zambrano and Alec Mills: An improbable tale of one city, two no-hitters and three teams
Miller Park first hosted an MLB game on April 5, 2001, replacing the erstwhile Milwaukee County Stadium as the home field of the Milwaukee […]
Retired Cubs pitcher Dan Haren tweets from exercise bike on MLB career, Imodium
Retired MLB pitcher Dan Haren knows a thing or two about the big leagues having pitched for eight different franchises. Drafted out of Pepperdine […]
Starr Cards Infographic: Chasing Rickey Henderson’s MLB record for most runs scored
Most reasonably-seasoned baseball fans can recite the career MLB leaders in home runs (Barry Bonds), RBIs (Hank Aaron) and hits (Pete Rose), but far […]
Luck vs Skill: Comparing the role of chance in hockey, football, baseball, soccer and basketball
There’s an old adage in sports that it’s better to be lucky than good, but how much of a role does chance play in […]
Will Ferrell produces ten rookie baseball cards in one record-setting day
In 2015, Will Ferrell took MLB’s spring training by storm, honoring the legendary Bert Campaneris by playing all nine positions in a single day. […]
Watch amazing sand-art tribute to Jackie Robinson (from Earth or beyond)
Today marks the 72nd anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he penciled into the starting lineup for the Brooklyn […]
Dodgers infield shift, Japanese multi-day game make for cricket-flavored baseball
Late in the 2014 baseball season, a pair of games unfolded that looked more like cricket than America’s (or Japan’s) pastime. First, the Los […]
Sly like a Blake Fox: Rice Owls pitcher attempts sneaky pickoff move
In the spring of 2016, Rice Owls pitcher Blake Fox attempted a sly pickoff play during the top of the fifth inning in a […]
Throwback Thursday: 2016 April Fools’ Day pranks courtesy Mike Trout, Andre Iguodala and Le’Veon Bell
It’s officially April. Spring is in the air and impish impulses abound in the heart of pranksters around the sporting globe. Kick back and […]
Switch-Pitcher History: Pat Venditte occupies unique niche in Major League Baseball
With an ambidextrous training regimen that started at a young age, pitcher Pat Venditte developed some pretty good heat throwing with either arm. So […]
1952 Topps Mickey Mantle and the top ten most valuable baseball cards
In November of 2015, a 1952 Topps baseball card of Yankees slugger Mickey Mantle sold for $486,100, setting a record for the greatest amount […]
What’s My Line? Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams, Willie Mays and Yogi Berra as game show guests
What’s My Line? was an Emmy-winning game show which originally ran in the United States on the CBS television network from 1950 to 1967. […]