A decade after All-Star embarrassment, baseball still gives a World Series advantage to the league that wins the game. Why it should stop.
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Dad Catches Foul Ball While Holding Baby
Did we mention it was a barehanded catch?
After Striking Out on Clemens, What Will the Government Do Next?
Now that the government has failed to convict slugger Roger Clemens of perjury, will it continue to chase alleged drug cheats?
Why One New York Mets Fans Jeered A No-Hitter
New York Mets fans have waited 50 years for the franchise’s first no-hitter. Thanks to a blown call, Johan Santana’s was a letdown.
Meet Dylan Bundy: The Minor Leaguer Baseball Is Buzzing About
The 19-year-old right-hander, a Baltimore Orioles farmhand, isn’t long for the minors
Why Baseball Managers Don’t Make The (Relative) Big Bucks
What’s the easiest game to coach: basketball, football, or baseball? We vote for the national pastime.
Q&A: New York Mets Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey
Just this year Dickey, 37, released a memoir, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, and starred in a documentary. Oh yeah, he’s also 5-1 for the surprising Mets. A candid conversation with a cerebral guy who throws a funky pitch
WATCH: Josh Hamilton Belts a Stunning Four Homers Against Orioles
It was just another scoreless game until Josh Hamilton uncorked a deep shot over the center field wall, a two-run homer off Orioles’ pitcher Jake Arrieta. And then he did it again. And again. And again.
By the end of the …
Er, Go Orioles? For Now, Why Not?
After 14 losing years, even an early-season tease can be awfully nice
Bryce Harper, Baseball’s Teen Phenom, Delivers a Brash Message
I’ve never been a fan of beanball justice in baseball. It can be dangerous, and it’s absurd: pitchers “send a message” to the opposing team by plunking a batter with a rock-hard object that, even when he’s throwing it softly, …
Jered Weaver’s No-Hitter
The Los Angeles Angels’ pitcher threw the 10th no-hitter in the franchise’s history Wednesday night in a 9-0 rout of the Minnesota Twins.
Happy 100th Birthday Fenway Park! 25 Moments from an Historic Stadium
At 3 pm on Friday, April 20, Fenway Park will celebrate its 100th birthday, when the Boston Red Sox host the rival New York Yankees. To commemorate Fenway’s big day, Keeping Score looks back at the iconic stadium’s most …
Are the Boston Red Sox In Crisis? And Can Bobby Valentine and Kevin Youkilis Recover?
One of the many entertaining takeaways from Michael Lewis’s Moneyball was a little nugget of information about the Boston Red Sox’s Kevin Youkilis. He acquired the accurate nickname of the Greek God of Walks due to his propensity …