MLB

Aaron Judge denies looking for signal before hitting home run against Blue Jays

Aaron Judge said he was distracted by yelling teammates when he glanced at his dugout before hitting a home run against the Blue Jays on Monday night

Staff and agencies

16, May, 2023 @12:07 PM

Australia’s baseball prodigy has a fastball that could take her to the major league | Erin Delahunty

As the world’s fastest female pitcher, 18-year-old Genevieve Beacom is smashing norms and fielding interest from US colleges

Erin Delahunty

06, May, 2023 @8:00 PM

Baseball’s last dive bar: Farewell to the crumbling Oakland Coliseum

The stadium that’s prompted the Athletics’ move to Las Vegas was just as outdated and unfashionable as advertised. Naturally, I loved it

Bryan Armen Graham

04, May, 2023 @11:05 AM

100 years on, how Yankee Stadium helped give birth to a baseball juggernaut

Along with the arrival of Babe Ruth, the Yankees’ move from Manhattan to the Bronx started a journey that would turn them into world-famous winners

Frederic J Frommer

18, Apr, 2023 @8:00 AM

The Tampa Bay Rays are off to a historic start. What’s behind it?

Tabbed for no higher than third in the AL East by most experts, the Rays have won 12 straight and are off to baseball’s hottest start in decades. How?

Gabriel Baumgaertner

13, Apr, 2023 @7:00 AM

Chiefs’ Travis Kelce roasted for comically wild first pitch at baseball game

NFL star Travis Kelce threw a comically wild ceremonial first pitch Friday before the Cleveland Guardians’ season opener against the Seattle Mariners

Guardian sport and agencies

08, Apr, 2023 @1:23 AM

Local broadcasters are crucial for MLB. Now many are in trouble

One of baseball’s largest broadcasters has filed for bankruptcy. But even with some revenue streams threatened, teams are rising in value

Tom Dart

03, Apr, 2023 @8:00 AM

New season, same Judge: Yankees star hits home run on first at bat of year

The Aaron Judge of 2023 appears to be the same as the 2022 edition: the New York Yankees slugger hit a home run in his first at-bat of the new MLB season

30, Mar, 2023 @7:20 PM

MLB 2023 predictions: boom or bust, the Padres will be entertaining

San Diego and the New York Mets have splashed the cash. But the Houston Astros and Atlanta Braves are superbly run clubs

Hunter Felt, Melissa Jacobs, David Lengel and Joseph Palmer

30, Mar, 2023 @7:30 AM

Whatever happened to the baseball movie?

Despite an uptick in sports movies, the days of Bull Durham, The Natural and Moneyball are long behind us

Noah Gittell

29, Mar, 2023 @2:19 PM

The Yankees are worth $6bn: why won’t they pay $9 for their players’ wifi?

The Bronx Bombers’ cheapness will be seen by many as another sign that the franchise remains trapped in the glory days of its past

Hunter Felt

21, Mar, 2023 @8:00 AM

Trump/Steinbrenner: how the Yankees owner fired a president’s ego

Donald Trump is exiled in Florida but he was made in New York – in part by a friendship with a controversial baseball owner