Wade Boggs retired from Major League Baseball in 1999 with 3,010 hits, a career batting average of .328, 12 All-Star appearances and one World Series title during his 18-year Major League Baseball career. Boggs won five batting titles with the Boston Red Sox but didn’t win his first (and only) World Series championship until he […]

Mention the name Ozzie Smith to baseball fans and they’ll immediately think of his dazzling glove work at shortstop as well as his famous backflips on the diamond. Even those who didn’t see him play with the Cardinals in his heyday remember him for his guest appearance in the iconic “Homer At the Bat” episode […]

Fred “Crime Dog” McGriff hit 493 home runs, amassed 2,490 hits and was a five-time All-Star during his 19-year Major League Baseball career for six teams. Despite his standout numbers — seven straight 30-home run seasons from 1988 to 1994 — the lanky first baseman might have been better known among baseball fans for his […]

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Baseball fans normally don’t see a pitcher embrace a hitter who has just taken him deep. Fans also don’t expect a birthday cake to be delivered to a player in the middle of a game. And most games don’t feature introductions where the participants emerge from cornstalks in the outfield. The Pepsi […]

NEW YORK – Though we’re just 20 games into the young season and temperatures in New York have struggled to surpass 50 degrees, Wednesday marked the official start of “All-Star Summer” in New York City. The Mets and Major League Baseball hosted a press conference at New York’s City Hall with Mayor Michael Bloomberg to […]