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The Red Sox squeaked by the Tigers last night in Detroit, putting them one game closer to the World Series. Although Boston and Detroit are two of the…
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The Red Sox faithful are holding their breath for a resurrection after a 26 game deficit behind the Yankees and a dismal .426 winning percentage last…
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In Essex, Vermont there’s a scale replica of a famous baseball park. In fact, there are two. In 2000, Pat O’ Connor had the crazy idea to build a version…
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Late season snow won't stop the New Hampshire Fisher Cats from 'working on the show'. Two weeks before opening day, and the stadium that the New Hampshire…
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The nation's oldest ballpark is turning 100. Boston's Fenway Park has been home to the Red Sox through some of baseball's greatest highs and most heartbreaking lows. It may be an act of the baseball gods that the park narrowly escaped the fate of similar old stadiums that were torn down.
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Baseball star Roger Clemens goes on trial for a second time Monday on charges that he lied to a congressional committee about using steroids and human growth hormone. His trial last July was aborted when federal prosecutors placed inadmissible evidence before jurors.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers opened their home season Tuesday. The baseball team has new ownership and faces a number of challenges — including luring fans back to a stadium where a visiting Giants fan was beaten nearly to death last year.
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Baseball’s spring training is well under way in Florida and Arizona. While players work to make a spot for themselves and prepare for the start of the…
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In baseball, there were always a fair complement of coaching characters: old cracker-barrel philosophers, feisty wise guys and even a few sardonic intellectuals. But the oddballs are diminishing — with the exception of Bobby Valentine of the Boston Red Sox.
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High school hitters have to use a different kind of metal bat this baseball season. The change is intended to reduce injuries on the field. But it might have another consequence — fewer home runs.