Across more than a century of MLB play, certain stretches of defeat went beyond bad luck, becoming defining moments that ...

A winning streak can redefine a season, fuel belief and blur the line between dominance and destiny. In MLB history, a few ...

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, Bud ...

On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to follow as ...

Baseball is as American as hot dogs, peanuts and beer, and summer sunburn. But baseball is also spectacularly northern and Alaskan. How about a night game, with no lights? Happens in the land of the ...

A look at the elite African-American players in Major League Baseball history reads like a who’s who of the upper rungs of Cooperstown. These are pioneering stars not only on the diamond but also in ...

Picking the top 25 outfielders in Major League Baseball history is a very difficult task because there are so many great players to choose from. In terms of career Wins Above Replacement (WAR), six of ...

October 1 is always a significant day for Major League Baseball. At the top of the list is that it signifies that playoff baseball is either already being played or is very near. For die-hard baseball ...

Today's first basemen are known for known for hitting towering home runs that threaten to leave a crater on the moon. Between Albert Pujols (42), Ryan Howard (31), Prince Fielder (32), Adrian Gonzalez ...

At the turn of the 20th century, the majority of baseball players sported mustaches. But by the 1930s, the trimmers came out, and a fuzzy upper lip was prohibited, not explicitly, but rather via an ...