For all practical purposes, this was a smooth transition, and one demanded by Major League Baseball. When Patrick Zalupski, ...

For San Diego Padres fans, better known as the Friar Faithful, 2025 has been another season worth celebrating. This is an organization that has developed a winning culture, surrounded by star players ...

Overall: The D-backs came in with a plan and executed. Two prospects, Lawler and Castillo, fell into their laps and instead of trying to get cute with it they went ahead and selected them. Fortunately ...

The American League team, winners of the first MLB All-Star Game in 1933. The ensuing game promises to be an even greater attraction than the World Series, as it provides, for the first time, a test ...

TTFB presents a new NAIA Baseball Rankings, one centered on a strength index of how a team has competed thus far to a point in a season. In a nutshell, a higher ranking team has fared well against ...

1st Oldest MLB Stadium: Fenway Park, Home to the Boston Red Sox (Boston, Massachusetts) The oldest Major League Stadiums (MLB) stadiums are scattered throughout the United States, but the oldest one ...

I wish I remembered the exact quote or could find it but I remember reading it. Something to the effect of, next time we’re involved in a fight with that team, go after this guy! We will not allow him ...

How time flies. This July 31 marks the five-year anniversary of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 2018 trade of outfielder Austin Meadows, pitcher Tyler Glasnow and a player to be named later (pitcher Shane Baz ...

Analysis: I’m still in shock after they selected Holliday with the number one pick over Druw Jones. I could be wrong, but Holliday didn’t pass the vibe check for me. I keep getting Mickey Moniak ...

Gary Matthews and Chris Wheeler get the ax in Philly. Gary Matthews and Chris Wheeler get the ax in Philly. The Philadelphia Phillies have made what is perhaps their biggest move of the offseason by ...

The New York Yankees short lived mascot in the 1980’s was quickly given up on, due to the mascot getting beaten up and the fans not wanting him. Since then, the Yankees have tried having baseball’s ...

When it comes to discussing the best baseball analytics books, it is ironic that the modern adoption of analytics in baseball came from a baseball analytics book: Moneyball: The Art of Winning an ...