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When Major League Baseball plays its annual All-Star Game on July 19, the National League's starting roster will feature a rare thing: two brothers. Willson Contreras of the...

Max Scherzer pitches seven strong innings as NL East-leading New York moved 2 1/2 games ahead of second-place Atlanta.

As you may have heard, the Cubs snapped a 10-game losing streak Friday by beating the Braves, 1-0. That streak was the Cubs' third of double digits in the last calendar year, something they never...

A batter who has been hit by a pitch takes extra joy in later slugging a home run -- especially in his very next trip to the plate. How often have Cubs batters enjoyed such immediate revenge? ....

From catcher’s interferences to wild pitches, here are several weird plays that led to a big swing for the Yankees’ title chances.

The Worland High School Boy's Swim Team were in Powell on Friday and Saturday. Friday was the Powell Triangular with Douglas and Powell. The Warriors would finish second with 340 points. Senior Traeton Quigley won the 500 Yard Free and the 50 Yard Free. Senior Gavin McEndree won the 100 Yard Back and Junior Gage…

Longtime residents teammates included Tommy Lasorda, Billy Martin and Minnie Minoso.

Cubs who drove in all of teams 5 or more runs By JohnW53 on May 31, 2021, 6:32am CDT + On Sept. 16, he did it again. No Cub has done it since. Sosa drove in 6 runs as the Cubs won those games, and they were the only runs the Cubs scored. No Cub ever has had 7 or more RBI in a game in which the Cubs scored exactly that number of runs. Besides Sosa, only 6 of the Cubs runs. But they lost that game, 16-6, on April 29, 1960. .......... 5 runs, all driven in by a single player. The fir...

Hitters streaks of homering in consecutive games By JohnW53 on May 8, 2021, 4:48am CDT + Only the Yankees (16,350) and Giants (14,804) have hit more. The Cubs have hit at least 1 homer in as many as 17 consecutive games. They have homered in at least 10 straight games 5 games in a row. Intriguingly, neither have the Braves, who had hit the fourth most total homers, 14,047. Nor have the Dodgers, Phillies or Reds. That makes 5 of the 8 National League teams that existed before 1962...

Cubs oldest position players, pitchers By JohnW53 on Apr 12, 2021, 6:22am CDT + Who was the oldest in the Modern Era? Who was their oldest pitcher? Who was their oldest pitcher in his final season? Each of those questions has a different answer. .......... Nearly 125 years after his final game, Cap Anson remains the oldest player in franchise history to appear anywhere other than on the mound. The last game of his remarkable, 27-season career -- No. 2,524 overall and No. 2,277 for ...