There is nothing like baseball's Opening Day, even if it happens in July with an empty stadium. That's the reality for Fresno native Marcus Walden and hundreds of other big-leaguers. Walden, a product of Central High and Fresno City College, takes the field Friday night at Fenway Park in anything...
Plays of the Year: 2019 Had a Flair for the Dramatic
Thousands of pro games, hundreds of thousands of college games, millions of high school games and billions of youth-league, rec-league, bar-league and whatever other sort of league games you can think of were contested in 2019. That means there were probably trillions of plays. Of those, we’re picking 10 as...
Dodgers-Red Sox: Rich Histories, but Little Crossover
Sandy Koufax, Jackie Robinson and the Boys of Summer. Ted Williams to Yaz and the Impossible Dream. Manny Ramirez. Pedro Martinez. Bill Buckner. Fenway Franks and Dodger Dogs. Ebbets Field, the Green Monster. "Sweet Caroline" or "I Love L.A." Yet for all their rich history — dating back to Babe...
Red Sox, Yankees Ready to Rumble Again in Playoffs
NEW YORK — Fans have been waiting for another one of these rumbles: baseball's most-bitter rivals set to tangle again, this time as 100-win heavyweights in the playoffs. Munson vs. Fisk, Pedro vs. Popeye , A-Rod vs. Varitek (shown) and earlier this year Brock Holt vs. Tyler Austin. The Boston Red Sox and New...