On Wednesday morning White Sox pitchers and catchers held their first workout of the spring, James McCann stood in the hallway outside the team’s Camelback Ranch locker room. It took all of two questions before the All-Star catcher made a bold statement about what he and his teammates believe they can accomplish. “If I said we weren’t trying to...

Police in Chicago’s South Suburbs have launched an investigation following a video of a YouTube sting. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

Baseball is Connor Riley’s love and passion, and since he’s a minor league pitcher in the Los Angeles Angels organization, it’s also his job. So when the Aurora-native’s right shoulder was slow to recover after surgery in May of 2018, he felt demoralized. “I felt like I was a bug caught in a spiders web,” Riley said. “That’s how...

A state of the art local facility is helping athletes get back in the game by using incredible technology. NBC 5’s Mike Berman has the details.

It’s been more than a decade since the White Sox last played in the postseason (2008), but as a sold out SoxFest kicked off at McCormick Place, there’s realistic hope the 2020 team can end that drought. A day after manager Rick Renteria made headlines for saying he’d be disappointed if his team didn’t make the playoffs, some of...

The Captain has gotten the call to Cooperstown — but it was not unanimous. Derek Jeter was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame Tuesday. Tim Mead, President of the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, announced the 2020 induction class — a distinguished class of two comprised of Jeter and outfielder Larry Walker. “I was speechless when I got…

Journeyman pitcher Don Larsen has died at the age of 90. Larsen threw a perfect game in the 1956 World Series.

Computer plate umpires could be called up to the major leagues at some point during the next five seasons. Umpires agreed to cooperate with Major League Baseball in the development and testing of an automated ball-strike system as part of a five-year labor contract announced Saturday, two people familiar with the deal told The Associated Press. The Major League Baseball…

Babe Ruth has hit another one out of the ballpark. The bat used by the legendary baseball player to hit his 500th home run was auctioned on Saturday for more than $1 million. SCP Auctions didn’t identify the buyer. The auction was held in Laguna Niguel, California.

Babe Ruth has hit another one out of the ballpark. The bat used by the legendary baseball player to hit his 500th home run was auctioned on Saturday for more than $1 million. SCP Auctions didn’t identify the buyer. The auction was held in Laguna Niguel, California. Ruth hit his 500th homer on Aug. 11, 1929, in a game against…

Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate, is aggressively opposing a Major League Baseball plan to cut 42 minor league teams across the country after 2020. Among the targeted are the Vermont Lake Monsters, the Single-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics in his hometown, Burlington. Defending low-profile ball clubs in far-flung places more fervently than anyone in the…

Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association agreed to begin testing for opioids, cocaine, fentanyl and synthetic THC. They will also remove marijuana from the list of drugs of abuse.

The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois has started an investigation to determine whether the 5-year renovation of Wrigley Field is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act, according to court records. An attorney for the Cubs sent a letter Thursday to U.S. District Court Judge Jorge Alonso, who is hearing a Dec. 2017 lawsuit filed by...

The Washington Nationals kept the World Series victory party going at the Washington Capitals’ hockey game Sunday night.

The Washington Nationals kept the World Series victory party going at the Washington Capitals’ hockey game Sunday night.

Stephen Strasburg was voted MVP of the World Series following the Nationals’ 6-2 win over the Houston Astros in Game 7 on Wednesday night, the first title in the 51 seasons of the Washington/Montreal Expos franchise.

Nationals fans swarmed the streets of Navy Yard after the team took the World Series trophy. News4’s Shomari Stone was all in on the celebration, chanting “baby shark” and singing “we are the champions” with fans at Mission.

Former Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton was arrested Wednesday, accused hitting one of his daughters with an open hand and closed fist while yelling and swearing at her, police say.

The Washington Nationals fan who held on to two beers as a World Series ball flew toward him in Game 5 now has his own Bud Light ad.

With every pitch at the World Series hurtling toward that strike zone box superimposed on TV screens, the call gets louder and louder: Bring on the robot umps!