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A pitcher on the George Mason University baseball team died Saturday at 20 years old, according to the athletic department.

The league announced Tuesday that players will be routinely checked for foreign substances starting June 21

Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench said headlines on pitchers using pine tar and other sticky substances on baseballs shouldn’t come as a surprise to fans.

Yankees starter Gerrit Cole broke the record for most consecutive strikeouts without a walk after notching his 59th.

San Diego Padres’ star shortstop, Fernando Tatis Jr., is on the injured list after testing positive for COVID-19. Teammates Jurickson Profar and Jorge Mateo are also on the IL due to contract tracing and health and safety protocols.

Former New York Yankees center fielder and All-Star Bernie Williams is teaming up with musician Paul Shaffer to spread awareness of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. They say more needs to be learned about the rare disease, which killed Williams’ father.

Gianna Kasper knows what you think: she’s a girl, so she should play softball, but the 15 year-old is only interested in playing baseball. “I do not like softball,” Gianna says. “I’ve always been with baseball, my whole life, and it hasn’t been softball just because baseball is more of a challenge, and I’d rather be challenged.” “She would...

As the first female baseball player at Downers Grove South High School, Gianna Kasper is blazing a trail for other female student-athletes. NBC 5’s Mike Berman shares her inspiring story.

His fist was raised high in the air in triumph. The ball hadn’t even landed yet, but it was as if Walker Buehler already knew what was about to happen. Over 300 feet away Mookie Betts was hastily backpedaling before leaping up at the last second. His eyes closed as he crashed into the wall. He had just made the…

Game 7 of the National League Championship did not disappoint for Dodgers fans. Enrique Hernandez and Cody Bellinger both homered as Los Angeles came from behind in the series to beat the Atlanta Braves, 4-3, advancing to the World Series for the third time in four years.

El Cajon native and Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove held the Texas Rangers without a hit in Friday night’s game, the first no-hitter in franchise history.

Major League Baseball announced it will move the events after the city passed a controversial voting bill.

Even in the freezing cold, it was hard to dim the joy for fans across Major League Baseball

With the coronavirus pandemic still ongoing, the Cubs have announced several significant changes to the fan experience at Wrigley Field this season.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed on Tuesday that President Joe Biden will not throw the traditional opening pitch but hinted that “baseball fans will be hearing from him in the next couple of days.” With the exception of former President Donald Trump, every sitting president has thrown the first baseball pitch on opening day since 1910.

The baseball Hall of Fame won’t have any new players in the class of 2021 after voters decided no one had the merits — on the field or off — for enshrinement in Cooperstown. Curt Schilling, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were the closest in voting by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America released Tuesday, and the trio…

Aaron made his last public appearance just two weeks ago, when he received the COVID-19 vaccine. He said he wanted to help spread the message to Black Americans that the vaccine was safe.

Legendary baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron has died at the age of 86

Baseball icon Henry “Hank” Aaron is dead at 86. The legendary slugger spent 23 years as a player in Major League Baseball.

Tommy John has been battling COVID-19 for at least three weeks, but the former pitching great disputes reports that he is a coronavirus denier.