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The Yankees and Orioles have to their names the largest trade in baseball history.

Plus catcher's-inference confusion at Fenway, Kyle Bradish and Sonny Gray on their draft days, an unremarkable 1989 Red Sox-Brewers game, facts and stats galore…

Former All-Star catcher Don Leppert has passed away at age 91, the Pirates announced this afternoon. "We are deeply saddened to hear …

The Pirates broke out the bats last night in Colorado and Rich Hill stymied the Rockies from the mound. Joe Block recaps the convincing win.   Th...

The Pirates broke out the bats last night in Colorado and Rich Hill stymied the Rockies from the mound. Joe Bl...

The Pirates broke out the bats last night in Colorado and Rich Hill stymied the Rockies from the mound. Joe Block recaps the convincing win.   Th...

January 17, 2021 Chris Perez didn’t get many opportunities to swing the bat during his seven big-league seasons. As a short reliever who played primarily in the American League, that was to be expected. Somewhat less expected was what happened when he did have a chance to dig into the batters box. “I had two [plate appearances], and I’m bitter about one of them,” Perez told me recently. “In 2008, my rookie year with St. Louis, we were in Florida at the old stadium, playing the Marl...