Baseball

Indians add Swisher

Jan 3, 3:42 PM

Nick Swisher is headed back home.

1960 All-Star memories evoke an era long gone

May 23, 5:12 PM

On a recent spring afternoon, John Schmiedeler, 82, sat down with his baseball-loving grandson, Matthew, to reveal to him a bit of family history about the All-Star Game.

John Hall: A historian of bush league baseball

May 18, 10:39 AM

On the first night of July 1951, the Carthage Cubs shuffled onto rickety buses that would take them from Jaycee Park to the YMCA in Pittsburg, Kan. Their manager barked at them for losing both games of a doubleheader to the Pittsburg Browns.

Baseball Hall of Famer Stan Musial dies at age 92

Jan 20, 1:30 AM

Stan Musial so tormented the Dodgers that fans started to mutter “Here comes the man,” when Musial came to bat. A St. Louis reporter overheard the fans and the nickname “The Man” was born. And Musial, who died Saturday at age 92, was The Man during his 22-season career, spent entirely with the Cardinals.