A version of this story originally appeared in March 2021.

MILWAUKEE -- The Tigers got an out for the highlight reel, the Brewers got an insurance run and amateur physicists everywhere got a lesson in what happens when a moving object hits … well, another moving object. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” said Brewers manager Pat Murphy, who isn’t

PHILADELPHIA -- Bryce Harper is always bringing something new to the field, whether it’s cleats, bats, arm sleeves or headbands. He carried a special blue bat into the batter’s box in the first inning of Monday night's 10-4 loss to the Giants at Citizens Bank Park. It was how he

MINNEAPOLIS -- Most any child who’s played backyard Wiffle ball has had the experience of having a ball thrown at them on the basepaths. Mark Vientos just wasn’t expecting it in the middle of a Major League Baseball game.

Editor's note: A version of this story was first published on April 15, 2024.

After a close game against the Cubs became a late-inning laugher on Saturday night at Dodger Stadium, you’ll never guess who took the mound to mop up for the Dodgers in the eighth and ninth innings of a 16-0 loss. There was Roki Sasaki, who had started the game and

ST. LOUIS -- Phillies right fielder Nick Castellanos pursued a fly ball into the right-field corner in the first inning on Saturday afternoon at Busch Stadium, but he thought he had no chance to catch it. Then it tailed back into play.

We're just a few weeks into the new Major League Baseball season, and that means we've also got a new season of MLB's Carded -- MLB.TV's premier show for the cardboard obsessed. Just as the players need Spring Training to get ready, so, too, did players need to rip into

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Who needs a glove when you have fried dough? Yes, you read that sentence correctly. During Thursday’s Red Sox-Blue Jays game at Fenway Park, a fan snagged a foul ball with a funnel cake. No mitt necessary.

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants are hitting a new note with their City Connect jerseys this year, unveiling a “remixed” look inspired by San Francisco’s rich musical history on Tuesday.

BOSTON -- In "The Clubhouse: A Year with the Red Sox," Netflix pulls back the curtain on what a 162-game baseball season is like. The docuseries contains eight parts, and they are all available to stream now. This isn't so much about a team that ultimately finished 81-81. It's more

Baseball fans live for the drama. The Colorado Rockies' organization provided it on Friday. While the big league club dropped an 11-inning heartbreaker to the A's, 6-3, at Coors Field, three of the team's four Minor League affiliates pulled off walk-off wins -- and the fourth fell just short. It

Baseball players are just like everyone else when they're not on the field, including having to deal with the annoyance of car trouble after work. Despite their fame and money, they still have to call for help and, if they're lucky, a coworker will stop to lend a hand.

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Just two days after Luis Castillo threw 92 pitches in a seven-inning gem for the Mariners, they're set to start Luis Castillo again on Friday. Confused? Oh, maybe it's worth mentioning that the Mariners have two pitchers named Luis Castillo. The one you're probably thinking of -- the 32-year-old three-time

Nearly all of us have at one time tripped in public. It can be an embarrassing moment as you take a look around to see if anyone noticed, then try to casually walk it off as if nothing happened. Now, imagine taking a tumble in front of 35,858 people at

On Wednesday afternoon the Hartford Yard Goats unveiled "new REAL concession items for the season." The Double-A Colorado Rockies affiliate emphasized the "real" because, the week prior, they immersed themselves in a prank. Farewell, Float Your Goat, we never knew ye. It was always a joke, but so many wanted

Even "it" couples sometimes have to overcome silly social-media drama. Just ask Paul Skenes and Livvy Dunne. The young Pirates ace and his gymnast/influencer girlfriend have become the sports world's latest power couple, with Skenes pitching his way to the 2024 NL Rookie of the Year Award and Dunne continually

"The Clubhouse: A Year with the Red Sox" is coming soon to Netflix. The eight-part docuseries about the 2024 Boston Red Sox is set to premiere on the streaming service on Tuesday, April 8. And if you want an early taste of what to expect? Check out the series' official

After helping lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a World Series championship and opening the MLB season in Tokyo at the league’s biggest standalone international event ever, Shohei Ohtani’s worldwide popularity continues with the most popular player jersey in the Majors. Since 2023, fans have purchased Ohtani’s Nike jersey more

Joe DePugh apparently had quite the arm when he took the mound as a kid. His fastball would blow by hitters and, boy, make them look like fools. At least, that's how he's remembered by one of his friends and former teammates -- music legend Bruce Springsteen, who took to

ST. LOUIS – A dying clock and the fear of striking out caused a panicked Willson Contreras to do something that he instantly regretted in the bottom of the third inning of the Cardinals’ 5-1 win over the Twins on Saturday.

SEATTLE -- Cal Raleigh's emotions were all over the place on Friday afternoon throughout a press conference announcing his new contract extension, from tears of gratitude toward his family to pointed declaration of his belief in Mariners management fielding a long-term winner. But perhaps the best of all were the

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