Baseball is a bat-to-ball sport, with the objective of scoring more runs than the other team. A run is scored when a runner crosses home plate, the fourth and final base. Batters most commonly reach ...

Bottom line: “Baseball” is tied at the hip to “place,” and vice versa. Which brings us to Baseball 101, Newsday’s annual seminar. Every year at this time, we offer a look at the game through the prism ...

Believe it or not, Major League Baseball (MLB) is kicking off its season in less than 10 days. With Opening Day approaching quickly, this is the perfect time to cram the basic knowledge of baseball ...

On Opening Day 100 years ago, baseball fans followed the action through a 1925 version of the internet: the evening newspaper. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle published a headline across page one that read, ...