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The Dispatch→ Revisiting MLB’s Rules Changes
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The Dispatch→ Manfredball and the MLB’s Crisis of Confidence
Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels pitches against the Oakland Athletics on October 5, 2022, in Oakland, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)This season’s rule changes merely deflect from the game’s real problem: Hitters ar
The Dispatch→ A Simple Solution to Major League Baseball’s Problems
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Snopes→ Baseball Tiebreaker Games Now a Thing of the Past
If baseball's new tiebreaker rules had been in place years ago, Bucky Dent and Bobby Thomson probably wouldn't be household names.
Snopes→ Giants’ Alyssa Nakken Becomes 1st MLB Female Coach on Field
Alyssa Nakken was hard at work in the batting cage, just a few steps from the dugout, when suddenly the call came: The San Francisco Giants needed her to coach at first base.
Snopes→ MLB Cancels Opening Day After Sides Fail to End Lockout
Commissioner Rob Manfred canceled the first two series for each of the 30 teams, cutting each club's schedule from 162 games to likely 156 at most.
Snopes→ MLB Pushes Labor-Deal Deadline to Tuesday for March 31 Start
Major League Baseball extended its deadline for salvaging opening day and a 162-game season.
Snopes→ That Time Tony Lazzeri Served Up a Mushball
In 1937 the Yankee second baseman pulled an on-field practical joke using a doctored baseball.
Snopes→ Was Fidel Castro Given a Tryout by the Washington Senators?
Fidel Castro never regularly played, much less starred, on any baseball team.
Snopes→ Did Don Sutton Never Miss a Start in His Career?
Few pitchers in baseball history were as reliable, and as healthy, for as long as Don Sutton.
Snopes→ Did Joe Gordon Strike Out to Keep Larry Doby from Looking Bad?
Revising the past to make it look better to the present is an age-old phenomenon.
Snopes→ Was Cal Abrams Tricked Into Insulting His Future Manager?
Some of the national pastime's best revenge tales are those that never happened.
Snopes→ How Often Did the 1960s Dodgers ‘Steal’ 1-0 Victories?
The answer is probably surprisingly less than you would think.
Snopes→ Did a Baseball Player Protest His Fine by Paying in Pennies?
You can attempt to tender your fine payment in pennies, but you run the risk of being held in contempt.
Snopes→ Was a Baseball Game Won by a Score of 2½-2?
Just how much faith do you place in an unbelievable anecdote told by a wag known as "Wild Bill"?
Snopes→ Did Mookie Wilson Say Belief in Dinosaurs Helped Him Out of Batting Slumps?
One of the factors behind the Mets' 1986 World Series win may have been a lack of 'dinosaur politics' in the club.
Snopes→ Does This Photograph Show Nolan Ryan Pitching After an On-Field Fight?
There's fighting tough, and then there's playing tough ...
Snopes→ ‘Robot Umpires’ Debut in Independent Atlantic League
There's no timeline yet on when the technology will be used in the majors.
Snopes→ Angels, MLB Mourn Skaggs after Pitcher Dies in Hotel Room
Police said they were investigating but no foul play was suspected.
Snopes→ Did a Little Leaguer List a Porn Star as His Favorite Actor?
This was one of the more unusual "amusing" factoids associated with the young players of the Little League World Series.
Snopes→ Rusty Staub, Slugger Who Played 23 Seasons, Dies at 73
The New York Mets say former slugger Rusty Staub has died at 73.
Snopes→ Former Blue Jays, Phillies Pitcher Roy Halladay Dies in Plane Crash
The baseball player's private airplane crashed into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida on 7 November 2017.
Snopes→ 1908 Pirates-Cubs Pennant Controversy
A lawsuit brought by an injured fan purportedly revealed that an umpire blew an important call in a 1908 baseball game.
Snopes→ World Series Origins
Was baseball's annual championship contest, the World Series, named for the New York World newspaper?
Snopes→ Mickey Mantle’s Outstanding Event
Hall of Fame outfielder Mickey Mantle sent a crude response when Yankees officials asked him to describe his 'outstanding event' at Yankee Stadium.
Snopes→ Wally Pipp’s Career-Ending ‘Headache’
Contrary to baseball folklore, Lou Gehrig's famous consecutive game streak did not begin when the Yankees' first baseman Wally Pipp sat out a game with a headache.
Snopes→ Was Baseball Player Moe Berg a World War II Spy?
Washington Senators catcher Morris "Moe" Berg never made it into the Baseball Hall of Fame, but he was proud of his service to his country.
Snopes→ Girth of a Nation
The New York Yankees did not invent pinstriped uniforms, nor did they adopt them to hide Babe Ruth's girth.