CC Sabathia was inducted into the Hall of Fame on his first try. He became eligible and was an overwhelming pick to make it ...

Before being voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2025, CC Sabathia was already part of an exclusive club called the "Black Aces" -- 15 African American pitchers who had the ...

In the first inning, Bob Gibson took the mound, and he was one of those demigods, a magician with the baseball and an ornery, all-business personality that radiated into the crowd and through the ...

His last big-league at-bat was against Bob Gibson. • He batted 1.000 against ... Excellence Award for which he was honored at the Baseball Hall of Fame. Jayson has covered baseball for more ...

Black team owners established the Negro National League. Under Rube Foster’s leadership, the league started with eight teams.

as Hall of Fame baseball writer Rick Hummel once wrote. Gibson was joking, of course. No one will forget Bob Uecker.

LOUIS — One of baseball's greatest ambassadors died Thursday ... as they joked during the discussion. While Bob Gibson was talking about his disagreements with McCarver when it came to pitch ...

Other Negro Leagues renovations include Hamtramck Stadium near Detroit, at $2.6 million in 2022, and J.P. Small Memorial Park Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, ongoing but thus far costing $9.7 ...

Bob Gibson, Lew Burdette ... when Henry was playing in the Negro leagues before he came to professional baseball in the Braves organization, Henry Aaron hit cross-handed. He hit this way ...