Baseball has a long history, dating back to 1846. On June 19, 1846, baseball was born. Since its original creation, it is considered America's favorite pastime, from youth athletes to ...

Baseball, more than any other sport, is grounded in history, built on legend, an enduring portal into the past. So it made a certain sense in 1999 when Major League Baseball’s ninth commissioner ...

Baseball is rich in history, but there's one thing that's rare to see: a perfect game. Here are the last 10 times it has ...

Today in baseball history: ... Luis Tiant, Sr., whose son Luis Jr. will win 229 major league games, is the ... 1966 - United Steelworkers union official Marvin Miller* is named the executive ...

Today let's cover the latter: signed baseballs. For a ball that costs around $7 to manufacture, adding the right signature ...

The Houston Astros won the World Series for the first time in their club’s history that year and became the darlings of baseball. After the scheme was exposed, MLB fined the team $5 million, the ...

Baseball took on its familiar format of nine players per game and nine innings per game on this day in history, March 7, 1857. The game has evolved in many ways over the years.

1985 — Nolan Ryan of the Houston Astros became the first pitcher in major league history to reach the 4,000-strikeout mark ...

A process to integrate Negro League statistics into MLB's official ... J.P. Hoornstra writes and edits Major League Baseball ... • Satchel Paige's 1.01 ERA in 1944 ranks as third-best in history ...

1978 — Willie McCovey became the 12th player in major league history to hit 500 home runs. His shot off Atlanta’s Jamie ...