Why was a baseball field named after an African-American ballplayer in a time of intense racial tension? In 1949 America was a very different place. Racial segregation is widespread, and in ...

It was our intention to pursue the game — and its memories and myths — across the expanse of American history. We quickly developed an abiding conviction that the game of baseball offered a ...

In this year, however, the members of the freshman class established what was known as the "'66 baseball Club." They obtained permission from the Cambridge city government to use a part of the ...

"Faraway the American people introduced baseball -- how interesting it is." So wrote Japanese poet Masaoka Shiki, who was ...

In honor of Black History Month, admission to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum will be free throughout February.

Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown on Tuesday night. Ichiro and Sabathia were elected ...

The Kansas City Royals and the Royals Foundation are sponsoring free admission to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in honor ...