EXPLAINED: 6 | Vintage Vibes

Shohei Ohtani Eclipsed an Incredible Babe Ruth Record Tuesday Night

The Angels star continues to amaze.

Sports Illustrated · May 10, 2023

How will you manage this baseball trivia quiz?

Try not to get thrown out of the game while taking this quiz about big-league skippers past and present.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 6, 2023

Shohei Ohtani joins exclusive club after more record-breaking LA Angels heroics

Babe Ruth has been joined by Shohei Ohtani after the LA Angels and Japan baseball star reached 500 strikeouts as a pitcher while also hitting 100 homers in what has already been a record-breaking week

Daily Mirror · May 4, 2023

100 years on, how Yankee Stadium helped give birth to a baseball juggernaut

Along with the arrival of Babe Ruth, the Yankees’ move from Manhattan to the Bronx started a journey that would turn them into world-famous winners

The Guardian - US · Apr 18, 2023

Japan park where Babe Ruth played subject of climate battle

A historic baseball stadium in Tokyo where Babe Ruth played could be demolished

The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023

Looking back on the night Hank Aaron made baseball history

Let’s celebrate Aaron 49 years after he broke Babe Ruth’s home-run record by hitting No. 715.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 8, 2023

Babe Ruth’s Louisville Slugger Sold at Record Price for a Baseball Bat

A bat used over a century ago by the Sultan of Swat fetched a mammoth number.

Sports Illustrated · Apr 5, 2023

Mike Francesa Trashes Shohei Ohtani-Babe Ruth Comparisons

As Ohtani continues to make history, one of sports talk radio’s most recognizable voices isn’t too impressed.

Sports Illustrated · Mar 26, 2023

Joe Starkey: Tell me again why Shohei Ohtani isn't the greatest baseball player of all time

I'm not old enough to have witnessed what Babe Ruth did on the baseball field (we just missed each other), but I'm pretty sure I know of a couple of things he didn't do.

Tribune News Service · Mar 23, 2023

Baseball quiz: Stuck in the middle with you

They don’t get much attention, but middle names often have special meanings, as this quiz shows.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 18, 2023