As of 2017, there are only 16 third basemen enshrined in Cooperstown. You'd recognize the names: George Brett, Wade Boggs, Mike Schmidt, Brooks Robinson. Those men are four of the seven who have been voted in by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Seven others were voted in by the Veterans Committee, while the remaining two were voted in by the Negro Leagues Committee or another special committee.

You’ve gotta have the hat. The hat’s the key. My son, Gunnar, is only 2½ years old, but he already loves baseball. And when we play ball around the house, well, it just being the two of us, you might imagine that rules-wise it’s pretty lax. And that’s true, to an extent. For starters, we barely even have enough players to field two teams — just me on the mound (it’s a thin rotation), and then Gunnar at bat. But no matter how ragtag our games are, there’s always one thing that he insists on...

One drunken mistake can change your life forever. Just ask Toronto Blue Jays fan Ken Pagan

I don’t think there are many sports parents out there more enthusiastic than Devon Fowler. You might remember Fowler for surprising his son, Braheim, with a new baseball bat for his birthday around this time last year. He acted like he had forgotten to get Braheim anything, then brought him to tears by surprising him with the bat.

The nation mostly agrees that the Cubs are pretty cool.

Meet The Players On This All-Girls Travel Squad Who Have Bigger Dreams Than Youth Baseball—They Want To Become MLB Stars.

With strict rules, stiff competition and cash on the line, this is nothing like the breezy backyard ballgame you remember.

Major league baseball has a long but little-known history of rebels, reformers, and radicals.

The "Pigtown" field where Jackie Robinson made his major league debut was replaced with a huge apartment complex.

In an era of analysts and HD broadcasts, audiences don’t see the players as larger-than-life characters anymore.

Baseball, that most American of pastimes, has always had its share of louts.

More than one person wears the costume during the season, but the person in the suit on Wednesday night, who flashed his "middle" finger to the crowd during the team's 7-1 loss to the Brewers in a video that went viral online, won't dress as the mascot again.

The world became a little less joyful today. Major League Baseball officials announced this morning that beloved baseball monster Mr. Met, best known as the mascot for the New York Mets baseball team, has died. The sleepless, baseball-headed beast was 10,000 years old.

From 2001 to 2011, Albert Pujols was one of the greatest hitters baseball has ever seen. Pujols burst onto the MLB scene with 37 homers and a 1.013 OPS as a rookie in 2001. Even with that insane production, people were skeptical he could keep it up. He had never landed on any top-40 prospect lists, and here he was quickly becoming as good of a hitter as anyone in the league (well, behind Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, and Luis Gonzalez in that absurd 2001).

Add master of baseball to Homer's resume of donut expert and nuclear power plant safety inspector.

On July 25th, 1956, Roberto Clemente did a terrible, wonderful thing. In his sophomore year with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Clemente came to bat with the bases loaded, nobody out, and his team trailing the Chicago Cubs 8-5 in the bottom of the ninth at Forbes Field. He faced pitcher Jim Brosnan.

The Mets suspended Matt Harvey for three days and have bought themselves a soap opera. The Mets aren’t saying anything about the reason for the suspension, but sources contend Harvey wasn’t told of Saturday’s ban until Sunday, after arriving at the ballpark. While one source said “this will end up in a grievance” other sources suggest Havery isn’t yet set on that.

The Nationals have placed righty Shawn Kelley on the 10-day DL with a lower back strain. Kelley has been out with illness, but his “back flared up” while he was warming up to see if he felt well enough to pitch tonight, Mark Zuckerman of MASNsports.com explains. He’ll be replaced on the active roster by southpaw Matt Grace.

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred is trying to shorten the length of baseball games. He ushered in an (asinine) new intentional walk rule this season, and the minor leagues are testing an absurd rule that places a runner on second base to start every extra inning. Now, ESPN lead baseball announcer Jon Sciambi and New York Post baseball columnist Joel Sherman have another proposal for the commish: That games tied after the 12th inning should end that way. Many people think there will be backlash against the idea, but ties happened all the time during baseball’s glorious early days.