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He signed with the New York Yankees in 1951, spending his first professional season, at age 19, with the club’s Class D affiliate in … Olean, N.Y. And...

When Joe Beimel retired from professional baseball in 2017, he had already enjoyed a career that most players would be satisfied with — himself includ...

SAN ANTONIO, T.X. — When Joe Beimel announced his return to professional baseball, he made sure to include the role that he would be filling upon join...

Throughout my time at West Virginia University, I was told on numerous occasions that the Mountain State connection runs deep wherever you go. That’s ...

It’s been their objective since each was taken in the 13th round of consecutive Major League Baseball drafts. “That’s the goal,” Shawn Dubin said of a...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays are returning to their home away from home, Buffalo, New York, starting in June. And this time, they'll hav...

(Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on Bradford native and former Pittsburgh Pirates assistant general manager Kyle Stark. Today: A...

For a wide-eyed 17-year-old who’d never left home before, this was a bit too much. In July of 1953, Bobby Richardson rode a bus from his hometown of S...

Jim Pransky had thought he’d seen just about everything in his nearly 40 years around professional baseball. After all, Pransky’s stops around the dia...

Cole Peterson was about to take a nap. The former St. Bonaventure and Olean Oilers star had just returned to his hotel room from an afternoon practice...

Ralph Branca's career was defined by that one high-and-inside fastball. The Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher who gave up Bobby Thomson's famed "Shot Heard 'Ro...