One Orange County father-and-son combination owns what may be the record for a family’s perfect attendance at school over two generations. Rancho Alamitos High starting catcher Josh Rodney, who just graduated, never missed a day of school in his entire life–the same amazing accomplishment as his father, Tom, according to the Orange County Register.
President Obama surprised members of Congress and fans who gathered at Nationals Stadium for the annual Congressional Baseball tournament with a visit Thursday.
The Oakland A’s called up pitcher Pat Venditte from Triple-A ball on Friday morning. On Friday night, he became the first pitcher to throw with both arms in the big leagues since 1995.
Apparently feeling intellectual, The Washington Post sports department decided to mark Memorial Day this year by pondering a deep thought. “Military tributes at baseball games: True honors or hollow gestures?”
A new survey conducted by Public Policy Polling reveals that professional football remains the most popular professional sport, with 56% of respondents calling themselves fans of the NFL. Baseball (46%), basketball (37%), and golf (23%) followed.
Earlier this year comic actor Will Ferrell went on a baseball tour of sorts appearing as a player all across the Cactus League. Now Ferrell is set to get his own baseball cards.
Actor and comedian Chris Rock appeared on Wednesday’s “Real Sports” on HBO to discuss why black people no longer enjoy baseball and why that should terrify baseball. According to Rock, baseball has not changed from its days when only whites
A group of New York Mets fans fed up with the team’s owners funded a pair of billboards near the stadium this week demanding the team be sold off.
Surprising many, the giant, lighted letters that once spelled out “YANKEE STADIUM” atop the old Bronx ballpark failed to sell at auction last week.
Despite rumors that Major League Baseball wants the Chicago Cubs to play Opening Night at White Sox US Cellular Field because of unfinished reconstruction at 100-year old Wrigley Field, the Cubbies will indeed open the regular season at home.
Venezuela, a fertile ground for major-league talent, now repels many of the players it produced.
The nation’s most iconic baseball bat manufacturer has been sold to a Finland-based company for $70 million.
Major League Baseball hopes to add a bit more drama and uncertainty to the playoffs by scheduling all of the final games at the same time.
Will Ferrell is set to travel around the Cactus League by helicopter Thursday to “debut” as a ball player in every position in different games across the league.
Thanks to the dual threat of a rooftop owners’ lawsuits and a harsh winter, the refurbishing of Wrigley Field has been slowed to a crawl. It has been so bad that the Cubs even considered playing home games up in Milwaukee.
Those who deem the pace of baseball glacial will be delighted to hear that Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association have plans to melt the time down and expedite the process.
Initial reports from Cooperstown indicate that the Baseball Hall of Fame may match its biggest crop of inductees in its history this year.
After months of negotiating terms and conditions to build a new stadium, the St. Petersburg City Council said no to a proposed deal hammered out by Mayor Rick Kriseman and Tampa Bay Rays brass. According to the Tampa Bay Times,
