For the first time since 1960, no new class of baseball players added to the Hall of Fame. There were 25 players on the 2021 ballot, but none of them got the 75 percent of the votes needed. Last year’s…
New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge didn't waste any time establishing his major league clout. The 25-year-old set a record with a white-hot start in which he hit 13 home runs, the most ever for a rookie through 25 games to open a…
Outfielder Matt Holliday has been a key player for the St. Louis Cardinals since 2009, making four All-Star Games and helping the Redbirds to a World Series title during his 7.5 seasons with the team. But after fracturing his thumb earlier this…
Max Scherzer joined a small group of pitchers to have struck out 20 batters in a single game. The Washington Nationals' star did so against the Detroit Tigers in a 3-2 win on May 11. Before Scherzer, only Roger Clemens and Kerry…
For a hitter as good as Bryce Harper, 100 home runs is far from an unexpected achievement. The 2012 National League Rookie of the Year and reigning NL Most Valuable Player will no doubt hit many more in his career. But Harper's…
The Kansas City Royals beat the New York Mets 7-2 over 12 innings on Sunday to win the 2015 World Series — the team's second championship, and first since 1985. Soon after, Royals catcher Salvador Perez was named World Series MVP. Perez had a .364…
New York Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy is having one of the best MLB postseason's of all time. Murphy's home run against the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday helped the Mets sweet the Cubs and advance to the World Series. It…
The New York Mets traded for outfielder Yoenis Cespedes in July. They've been on fire ever since. That continued Monday night as Cespedes blasted a three-run homer to help the Mets win Game 3 of their National League Divisional Series against the…
Can anyone stop Jake Arrieta? The Pittsburgh Pirates certainly couldn't. Arrieta, the Chicago Cubs' ace pitcher, continued his dominant season-ending stretch by blanking the Pirates 4-0 in the National League wild-card game on Wednesday. Arrieta pitched the entire game for the Cubs, giving up…
National League pitchers have to hit during games. But throughout Major League Baseball, hitters rarely have to pitch. Usually a hitter takes the mound only when his team is in a blowout, his team's bullpen is out of pitchers, or both happen at…