BASEBALL

11 Little Quirks in Baseball's Early Rules

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

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.

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

The Woman Who Struck Out the Babe

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

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

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

Watch Babe Ruth Teach A Kid To Hit

If you're a down-trodden sandy-haired boy in the 1930s looking to impress the bullies back at the orphanage, who better to give you some hitting pointers than the Babe?

10 Baseball Hall-of-Famers Who Had Weird Off-Season Jobs

In the days before it was routine to sign contracts worth the GDP of a small country, baseball players often had to put down their bat and gloves during the off-season and earn some extra scratch away from the diamond. Each of these Hall-of-Famers found u

Why Some Baseball Records Will Never Be Broken (And Which Ones Might)

This Is What a Never-Ending Baseball Game Would Be Like

11 Fantastic French Phrases for Baseball Terms

Montreal Expos broadcasters had to translate the lexicon of America's pastime into French.

Remembering the First Opening Day at Four Iconic Ballparks

Early reviews of Fenway Park, Ebbets Field, Wrigley Field, and Yankee Stadium.

Why Did the Dodgers and Giants Leave New York?

In 1957, the face of New York baseball was forever changed when the Giants and Dodgers—two teams that had been playing in the Big Apple since the late 1800s—abandoned the city for California. To this day, their relocation remains a touchy subject to longt