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I’m gonna tell you something that should be no surprise. The legend of David Ortiz starts with food. I know David has told this story before, but he’s an old ma

Pedro Martínez

David Ortiz and Anthony Rizzo talk life in the minors and how Big Papi was the head chef of his minor league team.

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The one bad thing about this letter is that I can’t use it to reach back and slap you upside the head to knock some sense into you.

Chipper Jones

The Yankee Way will remind you of your dad, and the importance of doing things the right way. You’ll grow to love it. Then you’ll become a world champion.

Jorge Posada

Look, you want a better game? Well, here’s what you do: Make me the damn commissioner! Things would get better in a hurry.

Gary Sheffield

We got together two players who know a thing or two about Game 7s, David Ortiz and Anthony Rizzo.

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This is not just about Fenway. This is not just about one drunk guy. This is not just about Major League Baseball.

Adam Jones

Derek Jeter has held a lot of different titles in his career — Rookie of the Year, All-Star, world champion, team captain, and more. But to one person, he’s sti

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To honor and celebrate the retirement of Derek Jeter's jersey number, five current major leaguers share their favorite stories about The Captain.

CC Sabathia, Manny Machado, Dellin Betances, Mookie Betts and Dexter Fowler

As a kid, getting my number retired by the Yankees wasn't something I thought about even in my wildest dreams.

Derek Jeter

A legacy is built by more than what is seen. It is not given, it is earned.

Michael Jordan

Everyone comes to this city with dreams of being No. 1. You showed me that being No. 2 was more than enough.

Derek Jeter

Gift Ngoepe, from Randburg, South Africa, is a major league baseball player, and he got a hit in his very first at bat in the big leagues.

Gift Ngoepe

Without any further ado, here are five guys who I’m constantly having to battle. They’re the five toughest pitchers in our division.

Christian Yelich

Before the 2017 Major League Baseball season kicked off, we got together two history-makers and curse-breakers, David Ortiz and Anthony Rizzo.

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Mom and Dad’s plan is not for you to spend the rest of your life scrubbing toilets or cleaning warehouses, Yonder. I promise you, it’s not.

Yonder Alonso

When the baseball smacked into the side of my head, it was traveling 105 miles per hour. Yet somehow I didn’t hear a sound.

Matt Shoemaker

Thinking about the past isn’t going to help us bring a world title to Cleveland this season.

Jason Kipnis

I still don’t think the magnitude of the whole thing has really set in. I don’t know that it ever will.

Anthony Rizzo

No, we were not the U.S. JV team … because if there really had been an American JV team competing in the WBC, none of us would have made it.

Nate Freiman

Esa era una de las cosas que más me gustaba del béisbol… me dejaba soñar.

Carlos Carrasco

I was becoming part of a community in Cleveland. But there was still something else that I needed to do. I wanted to become a U.S. citizen.

Carlos Carrasco