When we moved from Cambridge to New York, we promised our son we would never switch sports allegiances. But he could make friends across enemy lines.

Longer protective netting has made it hard for players to flip souvenirs to chosen fans. Now they often throw a ball over the net and up for grabs, which removes the stress of picking a recipient.

Andy Appleby, owner of the four-team independent league that plays out of Utica, says he's talking with about 20 cities in seeking a second location.

A marvelous and sensitive celebration of a glorious World Series team was handled wondrously during a Comerica Park 50th-anniversary reunion Saturday.

If you're the on-deck batter, and the bases are loaded with two outs in a tie game in the bottom of the ninth inning, do you go stand in the on-deck circle? There is, of course, no chance you will get to bat. You can't. It's impossible. The hitter will either make an out, and end the inning, or do literally anything else, and end the game. I don't need to explain these facts to you. The question is, do I need to explain these facts to major leaguers?

Willie Horton's throw from left field in Game 5 of the 1968 World Series is widely considered a huge turning point in that year's Fall Classic. The 1968 heroes remembered that Wednesday night.

The New York Mets have been playing the role of spoiler in Los Angeles this week as they took each of the first two games of their three game series against the Dodgers by a score of 4-2. During Monday night’s victory, Mets third baseman Todd Frazier pulled off a pretty incredible catch in the stands…or at least he made it seem like he did.

Even when the answer is “not great,” baseball can still be pretty enchanting.

Sunday outrage gives way to Monday fact-checking. If you were one of the people who (reasonably) got very angry at a short video clip appearing to show an adult Cubs fan intercepting a ball meant for a child, you can stand down. The man, it now appears, is a good guy who does not deserve this at all, and indeed gave away every ball he got—including, earlier, one to that very same child.

Rocker’s Warstic bat from charity sandlot game enshrined in Cooperstown

A Citi Field vendor fatally choked while eating at the Queens stadium following the Mets’ loss to the Phillies Tuesday night, police said. Hussnain Shah, 30, lost consciousness around 10:30 p.m.

Royals utilityman extraordinaire Whit Merrifield has been a bright spot on a struggling roster, playing his way into trade consideration. …

The Phillies’ Vince Velasquez did what with which arm?!

When the great former Phillies and Nats star Jayson Werth walked off the field in Nashville, Tenn. a couple weeks ago, he knew that was it.

The Oregon State pitcher pleaded guilty to child molestation at 15.

If ever there were a sport to completely nerd out about, it’s baseball. Geeks across America have been crunching data for years on what makes certain players or teams so great. We dug into the gritty details to figure out exactly how to hit one. You can even try it out for yourself.

As the Royals continue taking more dramatic steps to reset, another major change will come soon: For the first time in more than 400 games, someone besides Alcides Escobar soon will start at shortstop.

More bad news for Yankees Triple-A shortstop prospect Thairo Estrada, according to a report. He missed of all MLB spring training while recovering from a gunshot wound suffered in his hometown of Bejuma, Venezuela.

It’s a shame Eddie Gaedel isn’t with us anymore. This is his time to shine. You remember, Gaedel? He was the 3-foot-7 slugger hired by St. Louis Browns owner Bill Veeck as a publicity stunt to bat against the Detroit Tigers in the second game of a doubleheader in 1951.