1957 — President Eisenhower officially opened the 1956 season by tossing out the first ball at Griffith Stadium in Washington D.C. The ball was the 10 millionth Spalding baseball to be used in major ...

As the sun set over Central Arkansas on July 2, 1982, a car made its way down the highway from Perry to Little Rock, with the ...

1985 — Marvin Hagler retains his world middleweight title by stopping Tommas Hearns in the third round at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Both slug it out with reckless abandon for eight minutes, which ...

1974 — In the opener in Atlanta, Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s career record by hitting his 715th home run off Los Angeles ...

1901 — Boston Marathon won for second straight year by Canadian Jim Caffrey ... 1947 — Jackie Robinson bunts for his 1st major league hit. 1951 — NY Yankee Mickey Mantle’s 1st game.

Play ball!  Major League Baseball is back, and the 162-game marathon to World Series glory is on. An exciting 2025 season ...

The starting pitcher had to be airlifted to the ballpark for the Twins home opener on this date in 1965. Jim Kaat, Dick ...

As the Cleveland Guardians play their 2025 home opener, April 8 marks 50 years since Frank Robinson debuted as MLB's first ...

Robinson's home run as MLB's first Black manager not only broke barriers but also inspired a generation and left a lasting ...

Edward Thomas James, 63, was executed by lethal injection on Thursday for the brutal 1993 murders of 58-year-old Elizabeth "Betty" Dick and her 8-year-old granddaughter, Toni Neuner, who was raped.