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), […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Wayback Wednesday: 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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
What would happen if Justin Verlander could throw at 90 percent the speed of light?
Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander has been on quite a tear since being secured from the Detroit Tigers a couple season’s ago, but imagine […]
Will Ferrell produces ten rookie baseball cards in one record-setting day
In 2015, Will Ferrell took spring training by storm, honoring the legendary Bert Campaneris by playing all nine positions in a single day. Whereas, […]
Christmas birthdays: Eric Gordon, Alistair Cook and top sports stars born on December 25th
Having your birthday fall on Christmas is something of a double whammy. Not only is your special day overshadowed by the birthday of Jeshua […]