1957 — President Eisenhower officially opened the 1956 season by tossing out the first ball at Griffith Stadium in Washington ...

Skenes has invoked a more complicated reaction than Doc, the D-Train or Fernandomania. In this era of arm injuries, how long ...

With a blur around the basepaths, the Miami Marlins on Sunday seized their third walk-off triumph in four games to kick off ...

The Pirates announced this afternoon that outfielder Joshua Palacios and right-hander Peter Strzelecki have both cleared ...

You can tick off managers going back to veteran Jim Leyland, who in 1998 held up a lineup card before an August game and said, “Worst lineup I’ve written out in the major leagues.” ...

25—When the Pittsburgh Pirates take the field in Miami tomorrow ... Meanwhile, the injured Horwitz is perhaps a month away from game action. Retread Adam Frazier hit .202 last year in Seattle ...

That night's game wouldn't start for another 10 hours ... "I didn't leave a ticket for anybody," he said. Manager Jim Leyland, aware the Banister's family lived in Houston, mapped out a plan ...

There are 1,519 players whose big-league career lasted just one game, according to the Baseball Reference website. Here are ...

Jeff Banister, then a bench coach with the Pittsburgh Pirates, walks in the dugout ... t leave a ticket for anybody,” he said. Manager Jim Leyland, aware the Banister’s family lived in Houston ...

Jim Chairusmi is an editor for The Wall Street Journal sports department in New York. He has covered the Olympics, the NFL, college football, college basketball, tennis, horse racing, boxing and ...