“And there used to be a ballpark where the field was warm and green. And the people played their crazy game with a joy I’d never seen. And the air was such a wonder from the hot dogs and the beer. Yes ...

The Polo Grounds, a name that once echoed with the roar of New York fans and the legends of baseball’s past, also carried some of the darkest chapters the sport has ever known. From a ...

We can add little to the tributes to Willie Mays, the greatest man ever to play on the diamond. Our colleagues on the sports pages, led by baseball scribe Bill Madden, know much more about Mays the ...

CHICAGO — The man deemed by many to be the greatest baseball player to have ever lived, a player more deeply ingrained in San Francisco Giants history than any other, died Tuesday at the age 93, days ...

1922 - The Boston Braves fall 12-3 as the New York Giants hit four inside-the-park home runs at Braves Field. 1953 - Joe Adcock becomes the first player in major league history to hit a home run into ...