Baseball

Never could have imagined at the beginning of the baseball season that the Houston Astros would be the best team in baseball, but they are. The season is still young but the Astros have the best record in the American League at 18-7.

The Maine State Lottery is selling ‘Big Papi lottery tickets. David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox showed off a giant version of the ticket at Fenway on Friday.

AT&T Park in San Francisco is the home of the Giants. It is also known for seagulls flying on the field during games. Thursday night's game against the Arizona Diamondbacks had to be halted in the 12th inning when a chicken tender fell from the sky and landed on the pitcher's mound. Ho...

When Division ll baseball teams the Minnesota State Mavericks and Bemidji State Beavers played the first game of their doubleheader, the Mavericks won 10-9. There was no indication in that first game what would happen in the second.

The 2015 Major League Baseball season gets underway Monday and every year, every team has a chance to go all the way. At least, most fans see it that way, but the reality is some teams are better than others. So who are the Las Vegas odds makers picking to win their divisions this year?

Baseball season is here! Fans of all 30 teams have hope that this will be the year. It's always fun to try and guess what is going to happen. That's all this is, my best guess.

The 2015 baseball season starts Sunday night with the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals. I love baseball, on television, at the stadium and playing fantasy baseball. It's always fun to try and predict what's going to happen this season. Here's my look at the National League.

A Boston Red Sox fan was watching a spring training baseball game in Fort Meyers, Florida. The Red Sox and Blue Jays were playing in the warm Florida sunshine when this over zealous fan stole the show.

I am a big baseball fan. In fact, most of the time my summer vacation revolves around taking in a baseball game. I've bee lucky enough to see games at Fenway Park, the old Yankee Stadium, Camden Yards and Citizen Bank Park in Philadelphia. Baseball season is just over a week from starting and a trip to the ballpark can be pricey!

Luke Bryan spent Monday afternoon (March 23) in Arizona, taking batting practice with the Chicago White Sox. So how'd he do? Well, umm ... he looked really good in baseball pants.

The pink eye epidemic has spread into the Milwaukee Brewers clubhouse, so the team is invoking a new rule to stop the spread of the infection: no more high-fives. That's right, the most popular way that athletes celebrate is now banned by the team so players, coaches, and other staff members do not contract pink eye...

The Chicago Cubs seem to be going all out this year with their eye on the big prize, the World Series. They signed pitcher Jon Lester for $155 million and have a lot of excellent young players. And 2015 may be their year.

Major League baseball tested out some new rules during this year’s Arizona Fall League. There a six of them that were tested as a means of speeding up the game. Boston Red Sox David Ortiz is not too happy with them.

The Colorado Rockies held a fantasy baseball camp where fans from all over could come and, for a day, pretend they were pros. Dressed in uniforms and using professional equipment they had a chance to live out their baseball fantasy. 88 year old Lew Dunlap was one of them.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame has welcomed its newest members.

The Boston Red Sox have sent outfielder Yoenis Cespedes to the Detroit Tigers for starting pitcher Rick Porcello.