You can throw out the statistics when Ozzie Albies and Jose Altuve meet at second base. They say Braves second baseman Albies is 5-foot-7 and Altuve, his Astros counterpart, is 5-foot-6.

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Who says you have to throw hard? Not Austin Slater, that’s for sure. The Yankees outfielder took the mound in relief of Luke Weaver in the top of the ninth inning on Wednesday night with New York trailing the Tigers by 10 in their eventual 11-1 defeat. Slater was effective,

Watch out, Shohei Ohtani. Ryan Fitzgerald might be coming for you. On Tuesday, the Twins righty joined Ohtani in the very small group of pitchers who've hit homers this season. Well, that's technically true. But there's more to it.

Want to be a part of a world record alongside All-Stars and Yankee legends? Then the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center in Little Falls, N.J., is the place to be on Sept. 21. That Sunday, as part of the year-long celebration to mark Berra’s 100th birthday, the museum is

Rasheed Wallace was a four-time NBA All-Star and 2004 champion with the Detroit Pistons who played 16 NBA seasons. In the latest episode of the "6-1-1 Podcast" co-hosted by Ryan Howard and Jimmy Rollins, Wallace talked with the Phillies greats about a variety of topics, including comparing NBA stars to

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It's only fitting that the goodest girl joined the booth Thursday. Mokoro, the Lake County bat dog, suited up for her broadcast debut at Classic Auto Group Park during the Captains' final Dawg Night of the season. In the bottom of the sixth inning of the Captains' 4-3 walk-off victory

It would have been a storybook finish, one that perhaps even Disney scriptwriters would have said was a little too on-the-nose. After breaking the all-time American Association home run record earlier in the season, Jabari Henry of the Sioux Falls Canaries -- who had been previously drafted by the Seattle

There’s never a bad time to get a little workout in. Even if you’re in the middle of an at-bat. Padres first baseman Luis Arraez demonstrated his commitment to fitness in a moment of levity Tuesday night during his team's 6-2 loss to the Orioles at Petco Park. Batting with

PHILADELPHIA -- Is there anything Kyle Schwarber can't do? One day after becoming just the 21st player in MLB history to hit four home runs in a game, Schwarber swapped his baseball bat for a golf club -- and swapped pure power for some finesse.

PHILADELPHIA -- It wouldn't be unheard of for a professional athlete to do a few extra TV hits in the wake of a record-setting performance -- and that was certainly the case for Phillies star Kyle Schwarber following his four-homer, nine-RBI game on Thursday night. But this was a bit

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NEW YORK -- Upon dispatching Zachary Svajda in four sets at the U.S. Open on Wednesday night, Novak Djokovic found himself with a free afternoon in Queens. He spent it talking pitching mechanics with Sean Manaea. Djokovic, the most decorated men’s tennis player of all time, used his off-day to

Everybody loves a home run. Whether it's a second-deck moonshot, a will-it-or-won't-it wall-scraper or a frenetic inside-the-park job, we tend to get excited when a player connects and touches 'em all. But sometimes, a home run is merely the outcome of an odd moment or an unusual series of events,

Danny Duffy first heard “Good Song About Danny Duffy, The Good Pitcher!” by the Kansas City Sports Band while appearing on Bob Fescoe’s KCSP radio show. The left-hander, who pitched for the Royals from 2011-21, loved it. “It was such a trip just to have a song on iTunes about

Forget Team Conrad or Team Jeremiah, the biggest rivalry is and always has been Red Sox vs. Yankees. Just ask “The Summer I Turned Pretty” stars Chris Briney and Sean Kaufman, who left Cousins Beach behind on Saturday and stopped by Yankee Stadium to take in New York’s game against

SAN DIEGO -- Teoscar Hernández had the sunflower seeds ready. Manager Dave Roberts was just off to the side, smiling broadly. The entire Dodgers dugout was waiting to receive Shohei Ohtani, who was circling the bases after hitting his 45th home run of the season on Sunday afternoon at Petco

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NEW YORK -- For a few surreal seconds on Friday evening, the big ballpark in the Bronx belonged not to the Yankees and Red Sox, but to a bushy-tailed intruder. A squirrel scurried into the batter’s box during the top of the fourth inning at Yankee Stadium, bumping into Jhostynxon

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DENVER -- Clayton Kershaw will go down as one of the greatest starting pitchers in baseball history. Earlier this season, he recorded his 3,000th career strikeout to go along with numerous other accolades over an illustrious 18-year career that will land him in Cooperstown someday. The name “Kershaw” and the

Move over, Nostradamus -- you’ve got company. And mozzarella sticks, too. In the fifth inning of Wednesday's Cubs-Brewers game, Milwaukee catcher William Contreras stepped to the plate with two men on and one out. The situation sparked a conversation between Cubs broadcasters Jim Deshaies and Jon “Boog” Sciambi. “I mentioned