Talk about dropping the ball. New York Yankees star Aaron Judge hit his 61st home run on Wednesday night, tying the single season American League home run record — but Read more
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Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hits 61st home run, tying Roger Maris’ AL record
TORONTO — Aaron Judge tied Roger Maris’ American League record of 61 home runs in a season, going deep for the New York Yankees against the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday Read more
Mark Zuckerberg baseball card sells for $105,000 at auction
The sports-card market has long been dominated by legendary names such as Mickey Mantle and LeBron James. Could social-media titan Mark Zuckerberg be joining that list? An autographed card bearing Read more
One of Baseball Cards Rarest Discoveries: The Black Swamp Find
When Karl Kissner’s aunt died in Defiance, Ohio in 2011, she had given her one-hundred-year-old family home to Karl and his cousins as an inheritance. The house’s exterior was in Read more
Aaron Judge’s home-run chase: Will breaking the A.L. record lead to a massive payday?
Aaron Judge is must-see TV, as the New York Yankees star outfielder is looking to break the American League home-run record of 61, set by Roger Maris in 1961. On Read more
Opinion: What New York Yankee Aaron Judge’s success tells us about how baseball should be played
First, a confession: As someone who grew up rooting for the New York Mets, I’ve never paid much attention to the New York Yankees, the storied ball club that wears Read more
Pete Rose downplays sexual misconduct claims: ‘It was 55 years ago, babe’
Baseball legend Pete Rose downplayed allegations that he had sex with an underage woman in the 1970s as, “It was 55 years ago, babe.” That’s what the former pro baseball Read more
MLB Commissioner: stock market is a better investment than owning an MLB team
Earlier this year, Major League Baseball’s owners and the league’s players union were entrenched in a labor dispute surrounding the game’s economic structure, among other things, that halted spring training Read more
MLB’s Rob Manfred ‘rejects’ that minor league players aren’t paid a living wage
““I kind of reject the premise … that minor league players are not paid a living wage.”” — MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred That was Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred Read more
Bobby Bonilla Day: Here are other retired players who get huge annual payments
“Bobby Bonilla Day” was trending on Twitter on Friday as it does every year on July 1. That’s because it marks the annual date when the former New York Mets Read more