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Joe Mauer, Todd Helton and the 1-team baseball Hall of Famers by franchiseThe 2024 Hall of Fame inductions added two names to a very exclusive list. With Joe Mauer and Todd Helton’s nomination to Cooperstown, the two join 53 other players as the only in MLB history to make the Hall of Fame after spending their entire careers on one team. Listed by team, here are the reale...

Patrick Mazeika rewrites MLB history books (no, really) with walk-off fielder’s choicePatrick Mazeika has had an incredible first week in the major leagues. It’s one thing to make history, but quite another to rewrite it entirely....

Ty Cobb And Babe Ruth Show You How To Hit In Cool Old MLB Footage Grantland's Jonah Keri took a tour of MLB's film and video archive, and got the background on a handful of clips—old-timey and otherwise—that have recently been put online. Like the one above: a 1924 instructional video featuring Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Dazzy Vance, and Walter Johnson....

Researcher Uncovers Rare Film Of The First Game Of Lou Gehrig's Streak

Film of Babe Ruth facing Walter Johnson is enough to get any self-respecting baseball nerd drooling. But this restored 1925 newsreel features something that pushes it into the realm of history: footage of Lou Gehrig during the very first game of his consecutive-games streak....

Have You Ever Wanted To Hear Walter Johnson's Voice?

If so, you're a special brand of baseball geek. (And that is a compliment.) You're also in luck....