Ozzie Smith, crouching behind the plate, scooped up a low toss from Whitey Herzog to start the Cardinals' home season Monday. It was the best play the Hall of Fame shortstop had made here in 14 years, ...

Doc Gooden is one of the 15 members of the exclusive baseball fraternity known as the Black Aces In 1983, Dwight Gooden started to mentally prepare himself for a demotion from the Class A Lynchburg ...

The Home Run Derby—in any era—remains one of the most exciting events on the MLB calendar. While the format has shifted over the years, the thrill of watching professional hitters crank out the ...

When the Mets retire Dwight Gooden’s uniform number 16 on Sunday, it will be for his entire body of work during his 11 seasons with the club. It’ll be for 157 wins from 1984-94. It’ll be for 23 ...

Arkansas' first golden age of Razorback baseball occurred from 1979 to '89. Seems like a long time ago, but current Hogs coach Dave Van Horn is a link to those superb seasons. Hogs coach Norm DeBriyn ...

Don Denkinger, a major league umpire for three decades whose blown call in the 1985 World Series overshadowed a career of excellence, died Friday. He was 86.Denkinger died at Cedar Valley Hospice in ...

A former Major League Baseball umpire who made a key call during the 1985 World Series between the Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals has died. Don Denkinger died Friday at the age of 86.

Although the 1985 Fleer Baseball set possesses one the of lesser known rookie classes of the 1980’s there are still a number of essential names for collectors to chase. These players include but are ...

In 2006, Jim "Mudcat" Grant wrote a book titled "The Black Aces: Baseball's Only African-American Twenty-Game Winners." Celebrated in its pages were the members of an exclusive club: The African ...