O so close. Orioles rookie Brandon Young lost a perfect game bid in brutal fashion Friday night when he threw away a dribbler with two outs in the eighth inning, resulting in the Astros’ only hit in Baltimore’s 7-0 win at Dalkin Park. The official scorer potentially could have ruled the play an error, which…
Balancing tradition and innovation can be tricky. As the eldest of North America’s four major professional sports leagues by far, Major League Baseball must walk the razor-thin tightrope of embracing change while still honoring its storied past. Their new partnership with Aviator Nation does that in several ways. Founded by Paige Mycoskie in 2006, the…
“I don’t think I changed his mind,” Huang told a cluster of journalists, many of whom asked for his autograph or to take selfies with him. A carefully organized press conference at a luxury hotel descended into a crowd scene when Huang arrived in his trademark leather jacket and started taking questions randomly in his…
ATLANTA – Fans flooded The Battery hours ahead of the 2025 All-Star Celebrity Softball Game on Saturday night, hoping to catch a glimpse of a star-studded lineup that featured everything from Braves legends to Grammy-winning artists and reality TV favorites. The game, part of Major League Baseball’s All-Star Weekend festivities, brought out some of the…
Getty Images The 2025 MLB All-Star Game heads to Atlanta on July 15, bringing with it some of the top baseball talent in the world. But before the sport’s giants face off in the annual contest pitting the American League against the National League, a full week of festivities are planned. Few are more interesting…
In a season full of rocky losses, the Rockies’ 4-3, walk-off loss to the Reds on Saturday was one of the rockiest. The end was hind-end ugly, but what ultimately cost Colorado the game was its failure to capitalize on prime scoring opportunities. But then, that’s been the Rockies’ way for much of a season…
One clothing company is working to change the game when it comes to fashion and baseball. The company, Terez, was contracted by the MLB to create fashionable merch for women and children. This season, Terez dropped their third line for the Boston Red Sox. Advertisement “What the MLB brought us in to do was to…
Diamondbacks All-Star second baseman Ketel Marte was seen in tears on the field after a spectator yelled a derogatory comment about his late mother during an at-bat in Arizona’s game against the White Sox on Tuesday night in Chicago. Arizona manager Torey Lovullo and bench coach Jeff Banis asked for the person to be removed…
Pete Rose and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson were reinstated by Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday, making both eligible for the sport’s Hall of Fame after their careers were tarnished by sports gambling scandals. Manfred announced Tuesday that he was changing the league’s policy on permanent ineligibility, saying bans would expire at death. Rose…
By WILL GRAVES, AP National Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andrew McCutchen hasn’t had the conversation with 7-year-old son Steel yet, but the Pittsburgh Pirates star knows it’s probably coming at some point. Steel, already playing in a youth baseball league, will probably come home at one point and ask his five-time All-Star father if he…