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Just about every knuckleballer turned to the pitch out of desperation. To hold on. To save our careers. I mean, you’re not getting drafted as a knuckleballer.

As a college student, I would be the grillmaster for all of my teammates and roommates. So I kind of started mixing different things.

With Father’s Day coming up, Boston Red Sox first baseman Hanley Ramirez sat down with one of the biggest dads around — his friend David Ortiz.

Cal was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2007, and though his days on the field are over, he still spends plenty of time at the ballpark.

The Streak always represented to me a sense of responsibility. I thought it was important to come out there and be there for your teammates — to try to play and

It’s kind of indescribable to see a lifelong goal floating towards you in the air. As soon as the ball popped into my glove, I was a world champion.

Since Johnny Bench retired in 1983 the 10-time Gold Glove winner has found another place (besides behind the plate) where he excels: behind the grill.

Come for the MLB discussion. Stay for the newly created "Eckstein Award."

In this episode, I catch up with playoff-bound Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown, who, since you began reading this, already has four more catches

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For 22 years in the majors, Ken Griffey Jr. spent his summers the same way: traveling from city to city, baseball stadium to baseball stadium. But one experienc

Baseball is a statistics-obsessed sport, so it makes sense that hitting is easier to understand than fielding. There’s no real stat in baseball for robbing peop

I do miss running into an outfield wall. I don't miss what comes after running into an outfield wall.

What do you do if you are one of the best players in baseball and you're about to marry the woman of your dreams? If you’re Evan Longoria, you invite me to your

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I’d heard stories of what it was like in the big leagues, but I had never touched it. I’d never felt it. But now, I got me a little taste. Now I knew what I was

This is The Tribune Mailbag, a series in which athletes answer questions directly sent from our readers.

Some people might be reading this thinking, Peña, are you crazy? How could you crawl out a window and leave everybody you love with not even a dollar in your po