To watch the fifth episode of Ken Burns' "Baseball" is to see exactly what makes the sport great as a metaphor for the country.

Bold decisions to change Major League Baseball’s longstanding rules quickened the pace of games and revived the popularity of ...

The latest from Columbia poet Gabriel Fried explores thin places between expressions of gender, between faith and doubt.

Lund fills in the gaps between innings with quotes from baseball legends including Rickey Henderson, Babe Ruth and Yogi Berra ...

A n eephus pitch is one of baseball’s many pieces of niche ephemera. It’s a weird trick throw that’s barely ever glimpsed in ...

This heartwarming story of a small-town recreation league deserves to be in the hall of Hollywood hardball films.

The Los Angeles Dodgers were the best team in baseball last season as they captured their eighth World Series title in franchise history. Their offense was a driving factor in their success ...

Major League Baseball's stadium landscape looks dramatically different in 2025, with the Tampa Bay Rays (hurricane damage to Tropicana Field) and Athletics (en route to Vegas) temporarily moving ...

The Clemson Tigers continued to rise in Monday's new Top 25 college baseball rankings. After a 5-0 week, Clemson (15-1 overall) moved up one spot to No. 6 in Monday's USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll. In ...

A healthy Jones could hit cleanup in the Rockies’ lineup, and Coors Field remains the best hitter’s park in baseball (for both lefties and righties). Coors Field has increased run scoring an ...

Debating baseball is almost as much fun as playing baseball, but there's one point that's beyond all discussion: Shohei Otani is the best player in the world right now, and it's not even close.