“Bigfoot Bottle Blaster” headlines Dude Perfect’s Blitzball trick shot sequel
Few have ever caught glimpse of the shaggy-haired biped known as Bigfoot. Fewer still are those that have broken a bottle balanced atop the […]
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. […]
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 […]
Baseball in India: Rounding the bases from Manipur to Lucknow to New Delhi
Cricket is far and away the sport of choice in India, but its distant-cousin baseball has been slowly making inroads in the world’s second-most-populous […]
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 […]
Moon shots from Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle headline longest home runs in MLB history
While two of the longest home run hitters in the game today play for the New York Yankees (see Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton), […]
Dell and Steph Curry and the greatest father-son combos in sports history
Last season, Steph Curry led the Golden State Warriors to their fourth NBA championship in eight years, cementing father Dell’s and his status as […]
Dude Perfect crew throw wicked curveballs that would leave Clayton Kershaw green with envy
The Blitzball allows average Joes to throw fiendishly wicked curveballsthat surpass the best stuff of future Hall of Fame pitchers Justin Verlander and Clayton […]
Bespectacled Aaron Judge asks Yankees fans about rookie-sensation Aaron Judge
For decades Superman fans have had to suspend disbelief to accept that their hero could successfully disguise himself as mild-mannered reporter Clark Kent simply […]
Holy smokes! Woman’s 1871 baseball cards and letter erroneously valued at $1 million
A woman from New England brought her collection of 1871 Boston Red Stockings baseball cards and a players’ letter written to her great-great-grandmother on […]
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 […]
Flashback Friday: Check out Wrigley Field for the 1938 Cardinal-Cubs home opener
For some time now, meetings between the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals have gone a long way toward determining the National League Central […]