Don Larsen, the journeyman pitcher who reached the heights of baseball glory when he threw a perfect game in 1956 with the New York Yankees for the only no-hitter in World Series history, died Wednesday night. He was 90.
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The bat the Sultan of Swat used to hit his 500th home run was auctioned on Saturday for more than $1 million.
Read moreMajor League Baseball touted a study Wednesday that clears it of having intentionally juiced baseballs to cause more home runs in the 2019 regular season.
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The Houston Astros’ run of two World Series appearances in three years has been tarnished by comments from a team member that the team steals catchers’ signs from their opponents, which is prohibited by Major League Baseball.
Read moreThe Seattle Mariners’ stadium, T-Mobile field, is not fully compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act, a federal court in Washington ruled. Seating dimensions, an elevator and bullpen and dugout access are not compliant, and further proceedings are required to determine whether there are enough accessible seats in the stadium.
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Doug DeCinces, the former Major League Baseball star convicted two years ago of making a $1 million profit from insider stock trading, must spend eight months on home confinement but will serve no time in prison, a federal judge declared Monday.
Read moreAn alleged gunman and five accomplices have been arrested in the shooting of former Red Sox superstar David Ortiz, Dominican officials said Wednesday, while providing no information about why a group of young men would try to kill their country’s most beloved sports hero.
Read moreDavid Ortiz was back in Boston on Monday night for medical care, a day after authorities said the former Red Sox slugger affectionately known as Big Papi was ambushed by a gunman at a bar in his native Dominican Republic.
Read moreFormer Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was hospitalized Monday following surgery for a gunshot wound after being ambushed by a man in a bar in his native Dominican Republic, authorities said.
Read moreBill Buckner was an All-Star and batting champion, a gritty gamer who was welcome on any team. A reliable fielder, too. But a little grounder forever changed his legacy.
Read moreRetired outfielder Lenny Dykstra sued his former New York Mets teammate Ron Darling for defamation Tuesday, claiming Darling’s new book falsely accuses Dykstra of hurling racial slurs at a black Boston Red Sox pitcher during a World Series game.
Read moreUnable to mediate a dispute over television fees with their cross-town rivals, the Washington Nationals asked a judge Monday to stop the Baltimore Orioles from forum shopping.
Read moreJulia Ruth Stevens, the last surviving daughter of Hall of Fame baseball slugger Babe Ruth and a decades-long champion of his legacy, has died at 102, her family said
Read moreTwo Milwaukee Brewers fans claim in a federal complaint that the club offers only “small, comparably inferior” seating to wheelchair-using patrons, in a “wheelchair ghetto.”
Read moreJohn Wetteland, a former World Series MVP, has been charged in Texas with continuous sex abuse of a child under age 14.
Read moreRawlings sells baseball bats that don’t weigh what the label says and hitters’ performances are negatively affected, according to a putative federal class action filed Thursday.
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Saying he got “caught in the cross-fire” of the war on ticket resellers, a stock broker sued the New York Yankees on Thursday for voiding the nine season tickets he purchased for a whopping $134,000.
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