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Rare Babe Ruth card sells for over $800K
A 1916 Babe Ruth rookie card found in Danvers fetched hundreds of thousands of dollars at auction.
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Rare Babe Ruth rookie card sold after discovery in Danvers
The card was made in 1916 as part of a promotion for a bakery company.
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Rare Babe Ruth rookie card found in Danvers
A baseball card so rare that some doubted it even existed has been found in Danvers, Massachusetts. The story of how a Babe Ruth Boston Red Sox rookie card was found is a home run in itself. “Oh, this story is crazy,” said Jeff Gross, who collects vintage cards. Gross loves baseball cards and has the Newburyport home office to…
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Rare Babe Ruth rookie card found in Danvers
A home run of a find was made in Massachusetts.
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Who are the Savannah Bananas and where are they going on their world tour?
The Savannah Bananas, who are known for their dancing and antics on the baseball diamond, have ballooned in popularity in recent years. So much so, they have sold out MLB stadiums such as Fenway Park and plan to go to 18 MLB stadiums in 2025.
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Key moments from the Dodgers World Series parade
Thousands of Los Angeles Dodgers fans packed the streets of downtown Los Angeles to see the 2024 World Series champions.
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Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani to play in Game 3 vs. Yankees, Dave Roberts says
Superstar slugger Shohei Ohtani is expected to play Monday in Game 3 of the World Series following an injury to his shoulder, according to manager Dave Roberts.
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Freddie Freeman's World Series grand slam sparks a joyous family moment in a difficult year
Freddie Freeman scooped up his youngest son and held him tight, planting kisses on the blond head of 3-year-old Maximus. The slugger’s wife, Chelsea, corralled their other two sons for a family photo on the Dodger Stadium field where Dad had just created an indelible moment in baseball lore.
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Who will win the World Series? Fans and experts are divided on Yankees-Dodgers showdown
Polls and surveys have been conducted across the country, asking the million-dollar question: Who will win the 2024 World Series between the Dodgers and Yankees?
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Dodgers to play Yankees in World Series after eliminating Mets in NLCS
The last time this happened, not a single player on the Dodgers roster was alive. Manager Dave Roberts was just nine years old. But when you put on the uniform of the Los Angeles Dodgers, history follows you, it’s inescapable. Now, history is upon them. For the 12th time it will be the Dodgers versus the New York Yankees in...
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Dodgers stay hot, rout Mets 10-2 in NLCS Game 4
Winning a baseball game in the playoffs is extremely difficult. Just ask the other 26 teams in Major League Baseball that are home watching the last four left standing. But winning a baseball game in the playoffs without your all-star first baseman, starting second baseman, and shortstop, against the hottest pitcher in the postseason is even more difficult. Mission Impossible?...
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Kiké Hernández and Shohei Ohtani power the Dodgers past Mets 8-0 in Game 3 of NLCS, LA lead series 2-1
History remembers the October heroes over the regular season Joes. Six months of mediocrity is expunged with one swing in the postseason. Just ask Mr. October himself, Reggie Jackson.
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Savannah Bananas are shipping back up to Boston next summer
The Savannah Bananas are headed back to Boston next year for a repeat of this year’s sold-out game at Fenway Park.
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This man went from being a nightclub promoter to representing Luis Gil and Teoscar Hernández
The MTV Video Music Awards were the catalyst for Rafa Nieves to pursue a career as a baseball agent.
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Meet the MLB agent representing Teoscar Hernández and José Ramirez
Rafa Nieves had to abandon his dreams of being a pro baseball player after suffering an injury.
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Fire damages historic California baseball stadium featured in ‘A League of Their Own'
A ballpark used for some scenes in the 1992 film “A League of Their Own” and other Hollywood movies was damaged in a fire overnight in Ontario, California.
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Kansas man sentenced to prison for stealing bronze Jackie Robinson statue
The man who stole a bronze Jackie Robinson statue that was cut off at the ankles and found days later smoldering in a trash can in a city park in Kansas will spend about 15 years in prison, although most of that sentence is related to a burglary that happened a few days later. Ricky Alderete was sentenced Friday on...
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Massachusetts' Little League champs get sweet send-off for regionals
The Bridgewater American Little League team, newly crowned as Massachusetts’ champions (and for the first time), headed off to Bristol, Connecticut, to try and qualify for the Little League World Series.
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Mom saves umpire's life during Mass. Little League playoff game
Dr. Jennifer LaFemina, a surgeon with UMass, rushed to save an ump who collapsed during her son’s baseball game.
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All-star mom saves ump's life during Mass. Little League playoff game
A Little League mother is being credited with saving the life of the umpire of her son’s playoff game in Massachusetts last week, her “quick thinking and professional care” preventing the game from turning into a tragedy. In fact, while Dr. Jennifer LaFemina was giving the umpire CPR off the field, she missed her son helping the team mount...