This Date in Baseball, August 1 - Cal Ripken Jr. becomes the second major leaguer to play 2,000 straight games ...

The San Diego Padres added hard-throwing closer Mason Miller, the New York Yankees grabbed two-time All-Star reliever David ...

2015 — Alex Rodriguez became the fourth player in major league history to homer as a teen and in his 40s, marking his ...

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred and players’ union head Tony Clark say plans are moving ahead exploring the possibility of using major leaguers in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, a tournament that ...

2001 — Randy Johnson struck out 16, a major league record for a reliever, and came within four outs of combining with Curt ...

Melanie Boppel, who recently styled Jalen Hurts and his wife Bryonna for the Met Gala, is dressing both Raleigh and Skubal for this year’s red carpet. Skubal, a two-time All-Star who is starting for ...

2009 — Mark Buehrle pitched the 18th perfect game in major league history, a 5-0 win over Tampa Bay. It was the first since Randy Johnson’s on May 18, 2004. Buehrle threw 76 of 116 pitches for strikes ...

1990 — Nolan Ryan, 43, won his 300th game, reaching the milestone in his second try, as the Texas Rangers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 11-3. Related Stories ...

Major League Baseball faces a potential lockout in December 2026. Players and management have long clashed over salary cap ...

Nicaragua has named Dusty Baker as the manager for its team in next year's World Baseball Classic. The World Series champion and three-time manager of the year is the eighth-winningest manager in ...

Signing bonuses for the selections through competitive balance round A in the 2025 Major League Baseball amateur draft: 1, Washington Nationals, Eli Willits, SS, Fort Cobb-Broxton H.S., Fort Cobb, ...

1921 — Babe Ruth achieves 139 home runs and becomes the all-time home run leader in Major League Baseball, taking the title from Roger Connor. 1927 — Ty Cobb of the Philadelphia Athletics doubles off ...