The book, “Play Harder: The Triumph of Black Baseball in America,” is full of the historic photos and anecdotes you would expect to find in a coffee table book, but it also delves into some of the ...

Now the second most popular team sport in the country, you might never guess that baseball reached Mexico with invading U.S.

Bob Kendrick on the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum's importance as a civil rights institution and how it preserves a ...

In his latest work, Play Harder: The Triumph of Black Baseball in America, award-winning author and cultural critic Gerald Early takes readers on a sweeping, deeply researched journey through the ...

The legends of pastoral fields. The detailed history and meticulous attention to continuity. The sight of kids playing ball.

“Maybe I called it wrong, but it’s official.” — Tom Connolly. Today in baseball history: Cubs birthdays: Walt Woods, Luis Quiñones, John Gaub. Also notable: Barry Larkin HOF. Today in ...

Their 1944 American League pennant remains one of ... But it’s what happened next that truly sets the Browns apart in baseball history. Rather than rest on their unlikely success, they doubled ...