Major League Baseball has a long and colorful history. Check out some its key moments below: 1876 The creation of the National League The National League was formed as a way for club owners of existing franchises to centralize their power, control player movement and
We’ve used the sabermetric statistic WAR (Wins Above Replacement) to determine the twenty best baseball players of all-time. We chose WAR to do the ranking because it attempts to account for all of a players contributions and adjusts for what era they played in. Number
Every once in awhile a baseball game ends with a football score. Learn more about the highest scoring games in baseball history below. Most runs scored in a game, one team. Chicago Colts 36 Louisville Colonels 7 June 29, 1897 On a summer’s day in
Who said camp is just for the kids? Twenty four major league baseball teams offer annual fantasy camps that are not only geared towards adults, but actually require attendees to be a minimum age, usually 25 or 30. The structure of these camps is basically
Baseball parks come in all different styles and shapes. Especially since teams started to ditch the cookie cutter multi-use stadiums built in 60s and 70s for more intimate baseball only ballparks designed in retro-classic and retro-modern styles. Learn more about all 30 current major league
One of the original eight American League teams, the Chicago White Sox joined Major League baseball in 1901. They are in the American League Central Division and play at US Cellular Field in Chicago. Team nicknames include the ChiSox and the Southsiders. The White Sox
The Tampa Bay Rays have been playing baseball in the American League East since 1998. Their home stadium is Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida and their team colors are navy, Columbia blue, white and gold. The idea of Major League baseball in the Tampa
When Ted Williams played baseball he said his goal was to have people point at him and say “There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived.” By the time Williams retired in 1960 the man they called “The Splendid Splinter” had made
There are currently 243 Minor League baseball teams with the majority acting as affiliates for Major League baseball clubs. Below we’ve listed all 30 big league teams, organized by league and alphabetical order, and their corresponding minor league teams. American League Baltimore Orioles Norfolk
The 2013 American League baseball season ended with the Boston Red Sox having the best record and the Houston Astros the worst. Boston, the Detroit Tigers and the Oakland A’s won their respective division, as connotated with an x. The y in front of