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Thanks for the memories, Bartolo ColonBartolo Colon hasn’t pitched in the majors since 2018 but is finally retiring — at age 50. His former club, the New York Mets, will hold an official retirement ceremony for “Big Sexy” on Aug. 26 before a game against another one of Colon’s ex-teams, the Los Angeles Angels. ...

Craig Kimbrel joins 7 other relievers with 400 savesPhillies reliever Craig Kimbrel is the second MLB closer this season — and eighth all-time — to reach the 400-save mark. He closed out Philadelphia’s 6-4 win over the Atlanta Braves....

Remember Buster Posey? Kung Fu Panda doesn’tIt’s May 25, 2011 and the defending World Series champion San Francisco Giants are playing against the Florida Marlins. The game is tied 6-6 in the 12th, but the Marlins have runners on first and third with only one out. Emilio Bonifacio lifts a fly ball to right center. The Giants’ Nate Schierholtz...

So what will MLS do about its TV ratings?

When setting up for the current MLS season, which started the last weekend of February, one of the major themes was the league locking in its new TV deal sometime in March. MLS’s TV deal has been paltry when compared to the other sports leagues ($90m a year), and there was a feeling that while the n...

When Jackie opened the door, these men walked through

It took 2,559 days after Jackie Robinson’s debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers for Major League Baseball to have its 42nd Black player appear in a game. Those seven years and two days saw 11 of the league’s 16 franchises integrate. The Boston Red Sox were the last to do so with Pumpsie Green in July 1959...

In case you missed it: 48-year-old Bartolo Colón tosses complete game in Mexican League

I guess he’s still got it....

Meet Martin Dihigo, The Best Baseball Player You've Never Heard of

“Dihigo was the best all-around baseball player I’ve ever seen.”— Buck Leonard...

Two Umpires Suspended After Teaming Up To Make Worst Call In History

A Mexican League game between the Diablos Rojos del México and the Algodoneros de Union Laguna on July 18 produced one of the most shocking umpiring errors in the history of the game. In the top of the first inning, umpires Ulises Domínguez Solís and Rodolfo Pastrana Tejeda somehow both determined t...