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“Laws of Baseball” Documents Go for Over $3 Million at Auction

Apr 25, 2016

Historical documents that have been referred to as baseball’s “Magna Carta” have gone for more than $3 million at an auction. Both the buyer of the documents as well as the seller are anonymous as the seller...

World Series Preview: Mets vs. Royals

Patrick Brewer

Oct 27, 2015

American League, American League Central, Features, Headlines, Kansas City Royals, Major League Baseball, National League, National League East, New York Mets

On Tuesday night, at 8pm Eastern, the New York Mets are set to face off against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium in Game One of the 2015 World Series. While the Royals are returning to the World Serie...

NLCS Preview: Chicago Cubs vs. New York Mets

Patrick Brewer

Oct 17, 2015

Chicago Cubs, Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, National League, National League Central, National League East, New York Mets, Postseason

Less than twenty-four hours from the start of the National League Championship Series, one can only think how surprising this match up is. Prior to the season almost no one was picking either the Chicago Cubs o...

NLDS Game 5 Preview: Keys to Victory

Patrick Brewer

Oct 15, 2015

Features, Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, National League, National League East, National League West, New York Mets, Postseason

Following a wild first four games of the series, punctuated by the Chase Utley 'slide', the Mets and Dodgers are set to meet in a winner-take-all Game 5 Thursday night at Dodger Stadium with the winner going on...

‘Baseball as It Was’ Episode #37: Bob Wolff

Brian Wright

Sep 24, 2015

American League, American League Central, American League East, Baseball History, Features, Interviews, Major League Baseball, Media, Milestone, Minnesota Twins, National League, New York Yankees, Podcasts, Postseason, Radio

The 56-game hitting streak for Joe DiMaggio. Cal Ripken’s 2,632 consecutive games played. Cy Young’s 511 victories. All are baseball records which will never be surpassed. Bob Wolff also holds an unbreakable...

Toronto Takes Two in New York

Dustin Saracini

Apr 10, 2015

American League, American League East, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Toronto Blue Jays

Three wins, seventeen losses. That's the record the Blue Jays held playing in New York for the past two seasons. Of those six series in Yankees Stadium, the Blue Jays had won one of them. Toronto can n...

What if Babe Ruth actually hit .600?

Michael Terilli

Feb 17, 2015

Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball

Disclaimer: I don't really know what I'm doing. "If I'd just tried for them dinky singles I could've batted around .600." Babe Ruth said that, apparently. Clearly, The Sultan of Swat didn't see too much d...

Next Northeast Baseball Standout: Garrett Whitley

James Meslener

Jan 29, 2015

Draft, Interviews, Offseason

Skip to .18 to start audio When you think top prep draft prospects, one may think of Texas, Florida or California. It’s not the athletes or even the training style. It comes down to the fact that warm weath...

Reports: Stephen Drew Re-Signs With Yankees

Ryan Witry

Jan 6, 2015

American League, American League East, Headlines, Major League Baseball, New York Yankees, Offseason

According to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports, infielder, Stephen Drew has inked a deal worth at least $5 million, with incentives that could push it northwards of $6-7 million. Drew, 31, played part of last season wit...

MiLB News: Yankees’ prospect slugger Greg Bird named Arizona Fall League MVP

Baseball Essential

Nov 15, 2014

American League, American League East, Headlines, Milestone, New York Yankees

New York Yankees minor-league first baseman Greg Bird received the Joe Black MVP Award for his outstanding play in the Arizona Fall League. Bird is the Yankees' fourth-best prospect according to Baseball Americ...

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