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Professional football players once made $100 a game. When "Red" Grange's agent was done, Grange walked off with $100,000.

Mr. Met was once threatened by the Secret Service.

How a 28-pound pooch made canine Frisbee a worldwide phenomenon (and got his owner arrested).

The fat lady has nothing on Yogi's "It ain't over" saying.

When you're already making millions, you need to start making other demands. Like cooking classes.

While the official song of the organization proclaimed that the motto of the players was “Do or Die,” the rules of of conduct weren’t quite so tough.

He threw wild, beaned batters, and lost all sense of time—but Dock Ellis still managed to pitch a no-hitter while high on LSD.

On this day in 1880, Lee Richmond of the Worcester Ruby Legs twirled baseball's first-ever perfect game.

Pulled from 'A History of Baseball in 100 Objects' by Josh Leventhal, these items help tell the story of how baseball grew to resemble the game we know today.

Amy Madigan and Kevin Costner star as Annie and Ray Kinsella in Field of Dreams (1989).

Phil Alden Robinson's Oscar-nominated baseball movie is still being talked about, more than 30 years after its initial release.

A brief history of how we arrived at that number, and who should get credit for it.

For the third time in five years, the San Francisco Giants are World Series champions.

This week, Major League Baseball released the schedule for the 2015 season. You may have noticed that it starts later and ends later than previous seasons, but each team still plays 162 games, just as they have for decades. But how did MLB arrive at such

Reading about the theories behind the Seventh-Inning Stretch's origin story might take longer than the stretch itself.

All-Stars on contending teams may have cause to try their hardest once they get to the Midsummer Classic, but what motivates them to get there? And I mean that in the most cynical sense.

When a 17-year-old stepped up to the mound, baseball’s best players mistook her for a novelty act.

If you're even a casual baseball fan, that second question—why don't more pitchers throw submarine style?—might seem preposterous. Submarine pitchers, whose release point is so low their knuckles practically scrape the ground, are a rare breed in Major Le

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When They Played Baseball on Ice Skates

Read the 1943 Rules of Conduct for Women's Baseball

50 Years Ago: MLB Pitcher Dock Ellis Threw a No-Hitter While Tripping on Acid

7 Lights-Out Facts About Baseball's First Perfect Game

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The Major League Baseball Pitcher Who Got Struck By Lightning

Why Doesn't the National League Have Designated Hitters?

43 Fast Facts About Field of Dreams

Why Are Baseball Games Nine Innings Long?

Where Does The Phrase "Nice Guys Finish Last" Come From?

Baseball's First Rules

25 Facts About the San Francisco Giants

Why Are Baseball Seasons 162 Games Long?

Why Do We Stretch During the Seventh Inning?

11 Little Quirks in Baseball's Early Rules

What Do Players Get for Making the All-Star Game?

The Early Life and Career of Babe Ruth in His Own Words

The Woman Who Struck Out the Babe

Why Do Some Pitchers Throw Submarine Style? Why Don't More?