Baseball

The Savannah Bananas, who are known for their dancing and antics on the baseball diamond, have ballooned in popularity in recent years. So much so, they have sold out MLB stadiums such as Fenway Park and plan to go to 18 MLB stadiums in 2025.

Thousands of Los Angeles Dodgers fans packed the streets of downtown Los Angeles to see the 2024 World Series champions.

Superstar slugger Shohei Ohtani is expected to play Monday in Game 3 of the World Series following an injury to his shoulder, according to manager Dave Roberts.

Freddie Freeman scooped up his youngest son and held him tight, planting kisses on the blond head of 3-year-old Maximus. The slugger’s wife, Chelsea, corralled their other two sons for a family photo on the Dodger Stadium field where Dad had just created an indelible moment in baseball lore.

Polls and surveys have been conducted across the country, asking the million-dollar question: Who will win the 2024 World Series between the Dodgers and Yankees?

The last time this happened, not a single player on the Dodgers roster was alive. Manager Dave Roberts was just nine years old. But when you put on the uniform of the Los Angeles Dodgers, history follows you, it’s inescapable.  Now, history is upon them. For the 12th time it will be the Dodgers versus the New York Yankees in...

Winning a baseball game in the playoffs is extremely difficult. Just ask the other 26 teams in Major League Baseball that are home watching the last four left standing.  But winning a baseball game in the playoffs without your all-star first baseman, starting second baseman, and shortstop, against the hottest pitcher in the postseason is even more difficult.  Mission Impossible?...

History remembers the October heroes over the regular season Joes. Six months of mediocrity is expunged with one swing in the postseason. Just ask Mr. October himself, Reggie Jackson. 

The International Dual Language School in Waterbury has changed its name to the Roberto Clemente International Dual Language School. “Our hope is that with the unveiling of the new sign, our students are going to walk through those doors and be inspired by Roberto Clemente and what he stood for,” said the school’s principal, Diurca Tomasella. The name change...

The MTV Video Music Awards were the catalyst for Rafa Nieves to pursue a career as a baseball agent.

Rafa Nieves had to abandon his dreams of being a pro baseball player after suffering an injury.

For the first time in franchise history, the Hartford Yard Goats are in the playoffs and have the first home game on Thursday. The pressure is on for the players after they lost their first game against the Yankees affiliate Somerset Patriots. The Yard Goats have to win Thursday’s game to stay in the playoffs and play on Friday...

A ballpark used for some scenes in the 1992 film “A League of Their Own” and other Hollywood movies was damaged in a fire overnight in Ontario, California.

The man who stole a bronze Jackie Robinson statue that was cut off at the ankles and found days later smoldering in a trash can in a city park in Kansas will spend about 15 years in prison, although most of that sentence is related to a burglary that happened a few days later. Ricky Alderete was sentenced Friday on...

Long considered America’s pastime, Team USA would be a shoe-in for gold if the sport was in the 2024 Paris Olympics, right?

San Francisco Giants legend and baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays has died, the team announced Tuesday. He was 93.

The fan approached the Cleveland Guardians center fielder Tyler Freeman before getting tased by authorities.

State tournaments are underway for high school sports across the state.

The Tri-City Chili Peppers and Greenbrier Knights competed in the first ever “Cosmic Baseball” game, and it was a glowing success.

U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada said Shohei Ohtani is considered a victim in the case.