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San Diego Padres first baseman Eric Hosmer, left, shakes hands with San Francisco Giants first base coach Alyssa Nakken during the third inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)
Giants’ Alyssa Nakken Becomes 1st MLB Female Coach on Field
  • 13 April 2022
Alyssa Nakken was hard at work in the batting cage, just a few steps from...
  • AP News
Giants’ Alyssa Nakken Becomes 1st MLB Female Coach on Field
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred gestures as he answers questions during a news conference after negotiations with the players' association toward a labor deal, Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Fla. Manfred said he is canceling the first two series of the season that was set to begin March 31, dropping the schedule from 162 games to likely 156 games at most. Manfred said the league and union have not made plans for future negotiations. Players won't be paid for missed games. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
MLB Cancels Opening Day After Sides Fail to End Lockout
  • 2 March 2022
Commissioner Rob Manfred canceled the first two series for each of the 30 teams, cutting...
  • AP News
MLB Cancels Opening Day After Sides Fail to End Lockout
Representatives from Major League Baseball walk to labor negotiations with the players' association, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
MLB Pushes Labor-Deal Deadline to Tuesday for March 31 Start
  • 1 March 2022
Major League Baseball extended its deadline for salvaging opening day and a 162-game season.
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MLB Pushes Labor-Deal Deadline to Tuesday for March 31 Start
Tony Lazzeri
That Time Tony Lazzeri Served Up a Mushball
  • 26 June 2021
In 1937 the Yankee second baseman pulled an on-field practical joke using a doctored baseball.
  • Article
That Time Tony Lazzeri Served Up a Mushball
Don Sutton of the Los Angeles Dodgers
Don Sutton Never Missed a Start in His Career?
  • 22 May 2021
Few pitchers in baseball history were as reliable, and as healthy, for as long as...
  • Fact Check
Don Sutton Never Missed a Start in His Career?
Larry Doby and Lou Boudreau
Did Joe Gordon Strike Out to Keep Larry Doby from Looking Bad?
  • 9 April 2021
Revising the past to make it look better to the present is an age-old phenomenon.
  • Fact Check
Did Joe Gordon Strike Out to Keep Larry Doby from Looking Bad?
Cal Abrams baseball card
Was Cal Abrams Tricked Into Insulting His Future Manager?
  • 8 April 2021
Some of the national pastime's best revenge tales are those that never happened.
  • Fact Check
Was Cal Abrams Tricked Into Insulting His Future Manager?
Maury Wills
How Often Did the 1960s Dodgers ‘Steal’ 1-0 Victories?
  • 7 April 2021
The answer is probably surprisingly less often than you might think.
  • Fact Check
How Often Did the 1960s Dodgers ‘Steal’ 1-0 Victories?
Was a Baseball Game Won by a Score of 2½-2?
  • 5 May 2020
Just how much faith do you place in an unbelievable anecdote told by a wag...
  • Fact Check
Was a Baseball Game Won by a Score of 2½-2?
Did Mookie Wilson Say Belief in Dinosaurs Helped Him Out of Batting Slumps?
  • 4 November 2019
One of the factors behind the Mets' 1986 World Series win may have been a...
  • Fact Check
Did Mookie Wilson Say Belief in Dinosaurs Helped Him Out of Batting Slumps?
Does This Photograph Show Nolan Ryan Pitching After an On-Field Fight?
  • 3 September 2019
There's fighting tough, and then there's playing tough ...
  • Fact Check
Does This Photograph Show Nolan Ryan Pitching After an On-Field Fight?
Moe Berg
Was Baseball Player Moe Berg a World War II Spy?
  • 11 April 2017
Washington Senators catcher Morris "Moe" Berg never made it into the Baseball Hall of Fame,...
  • Fact Check
Was Baseball Player Moe Berg a World War II Spy?
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