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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 4 | History Defined

10 Best Baseball Players: The Pinnacle of the Diamond

Explore the elite ranks of baseball history with our list of the 15 greatest players ever, and discover their unparalleled achievements.

International Business Times

Exploring The Top 10 Iconic Sports Quotes

Explore 10 iconic sports quotes from legends like Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, and Serena Williams.

Top News

Most Expensive Things On Amazon In 2024: The Pinnacle Of Luxury

Here are some items that cater to collectors and enthusiasts, who seek unique and exclusive treasures.

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What's behind people's enduring interest in Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth would have been 129 this week. Baseball has changed over the years, but one thing that has endured is fans' fascination with one of the greatest sluggers ever to set foot on the diamond.

WEKU

Sports history’s biggest flubs and blunders

The Boston Red Sox sale of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees may have been the biggest one-time blunder. But perhaps no sports misadventure was worse than baseball’s continuing malevolent scheme to keep the big leagues segregated.

Chicago Sun-Times

Messi's World Cup Jerseys Fetch $7.8M: Do They Crack the Top 5 Most Prized Shirts?

Messi's 2022 World Cup jersey netted $7.8 million in auction, making it the third most expensive jersey of all time. Here are the top five most expensive sports jerseys.

Latin Times

Why Shohei Ohtani and His New $700 Million Dodgers Deal Aren’t Too Rich For Still Thriving RSN SportsNet LA

In this week’s Next Text, we also discuss why Adam Silver and the NBA should pop the ol’ bubbly on their wildly successful In-Season Tournament

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Brandon Nimmo hopeful ‘exceptional’ Shohei Ohtani could play for Mets in London

Free agent Ohtani, described by Nimmo as a “once-in-a-generation player”, is reportedly on the verge of deciding his next destination.

The Independent UK

Shohei Ohtani, baseball's 2-way star, becomes first 2-time unanimous MVP

Shohei Ohtani, who has captivated baseball with his unprecedented combination of high-level hitting and premium pitching, became the first two-time unanimous Most Valuable Player when he won the American League honor

The Independent UK

A Babe Ruth rookie card — 'the most significant baseball card ever produced' — could fetch $10 million at auction

The Sultan of Swat was playing for the Orioles at the time.

Fortune

Football Eye Black Isn't Blackface

A student’s overzealous school spirit shouldn't ruin his life.

Reason

“I listened to a lot of T-Bone Walker when I was a kid, and to suddenly have one of those guitars in your arms was really special”: In his final interview, Bernie Marsden opens up on selling his guitar collection – with one notable exception

Just days before his unexpected death, we spoke with Bernie Marsden for what was sadly to be the final time. He shared the story behind the guitars he was selling, and the one he finally chose to keep

Guitar World

Babe Ruth, patron saint of the home run, turned the ball field into a church – and lived his own Catholic faith in the spotlight

“I’ve tried ‘em all, I really have,” Susan Sarandon’s character Annie Savoy says in the movie “Bull Durham.” But “the only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the Church of Baseball.”

The Conversation

Among baseball’s greatest home runs, include one by the Cubs’ Dave Kingman

There was no electronic tracker device for either the Kingman or Glenallen Hill home runs, so neither can definitively claim official honors as the longest at Wrigley. But both were awesome.

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Remembering the Philadelphia ‘Pathetics’, the worst baseball team in history

The Oakland A’s are closing in on 110 losses this season. But when the franchise was on the east coast they made defeat an art form

Sports Illustrated

Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton Reaches Colossal Home Run Milestone

The New York slugger became the 58th player in MLB history with 400+ home runs.

Sports Illustrated

Mookie Betts Just Had One of the Best Months of Any Hitter Ever

Not many players can find themselves on a list that includes Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire, and the home run chase of 1998

Steroids or not, the home run chase of 25 years ago was an exciting season. ‘Gould’s Law’ shows it was also a statistical aberration.

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Sports Illustrated

Shohei Ohtani Remains Superhuman, Even Amid Injury

The Angels pitcher’s torn UCL has created a lot of unknowns, but his greatness is never in question.

Sports Illustrated

Red Sox Analyst Incredibly Predicts Home Run Moments Before It Happened

“Are you kidding me?!”

USA Today Sports Media Group

5 iconic sports moments that are probably lies

They have to be made up.

Sports Illustrated

Mike Francesa Explains Thinking Behind His Wild Shohei Ohtani, Yankees Take

The New York sports radio legend gave a reason behind his terrible Shohei Ohtani take.

The Guardian - US

How the Angels wasted the primes of Trout and Ohtani, two all-time greats

The Angels have had two brilliant players at their disposal over the last few years. And they haven’t reached the postseason in almost a decade

Tribune News Service

Yankees Aaron Judge’s quest to break Roger Maris’ home run record was pursuit of history

“62: Aaron Judge, the New York Yankees, and the Pursuit of Greatness." by Bryan Hoch; Atria Books (368 pages, $29.99)

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The Negro League revolutionized baseball – MLB's new rules are part of its legacy

In his film The League, Sam Pollard tells the story of the Negro National League: "They brought a different kind of style ... a kind of baseball which Major League Baseball is trying to bring back."

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