60 years ago, Eddie Gaedel became the focus of one of Bill Veeck's most notorious baseball stunts. more ›

Baseball came to the flowering Bronx of my boyhood via stickball played with broom handles. Yankee Stadium was only a one hour's walk away from our three sewer long stickball street and we often sneaked in to worship the Babe, Lou Gehrig and the rest of the gods, and get their autographs on our brown sandwich wrappings. more ›

Mark Cuban was in town on Monday when his Dallas Mavericks faced off against the Bulls at the United Center. Of course the local media's questions directed at him regarded another pro sport team. When asked about his pursuit of the Cubs, he reiterated his interest in buying the team and that he wasn't interested in owning any other baseball team. He has not filed his official paperwork, however — Cuban said he was "waiting... more ›

The Baseball Hall of Fame added 17 new members following votes by a 12-member committee of baseball historians and Negro Leagues experts. Among the list of 39 finalists who did not get enough votes for entry into the Hall was former White Sox star Minnie Minoso. Born in Cuba, Minoso came the the U.S. in 1946 and played first for the New York Cubans in the Negro Leagues. He made his major league debut with... more ›

Everybody knows that the Cubs are a much bigger draw at Wrigley than the White Sox are at U.S. Cellular. And even though we cheer for the White Sox, Chicagoist agrees that Wrigley is a great place to watch a game -- we certainly don't want to blow it up! But we also think that The Cell gets an undeserved bad rap -- especially following the three years of enhancements. Formerly known as Comiskey Park,... more ›