JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — The Joplin City Council has chosen a $4 million financing package to lure an independent baseball team from El Paso, Texas, to Joplin.
Dan Le Batard, an ESPN personality and sports writer for the Miami Herald, received a severe penalty from the Baseball Writers Association of America, or BBWAA, after giving his Baseball Hall of Fame voting ballot to Deadspin this year.
On Wednesday Major League Baseball announced that Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and Frank Thomas were all elected to baseball's Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (HOWIE RUMBERG, AP Sports Writer) — Retired managers Joe Torre, Tony La Russa and Bobby Cox have been unanimously elected to the baseball Hall of Fame by the expansion era committee.
For the second straight year, the American League Most Valuable Player award has become grounds for debate between baseball traditionalists who believe Miguel Cabrera deserved to win the award and fans of advanced metrics who feel as though Mike Trout got robbed. Did Cabrera deserve a second straight MVP?
It's World Series time! Our St. Louis Cardinals take on the Boston Red Sox for what should be a great series to see who is the best team in baseball. Even for casual fans, the World Series is a big event. It's important you're in an optimal viewing area.
The Tigers advanced Thursday to join the Red Sox, Dodgers and Cardinals in the field for Major League Baseball's 2013 League Championship Series. Here's a preview of the next round of the baseball playoffs in the National and American leagues:
The National League and American League Championships are now set . The St. Louis Cardinals will play the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League and the Detroit Tigers will play the Boston Red Sox.