All home runs give the batter a trip around the bases, but why merely hit the ball over the fence when you can send it into orbit? Baseball’s best sluggers have embraced that philosophy and raised the ...

Hit ball hard. Hit ball far. These are the main objectives of baseball. It doesn't matter how fast you are, how good you are at defense, or even if you can throw the ball. If you can't hit the ball ...

Major League Baseball’s Home Run Derby has been a summer staple for decades as a predecessor to the annual All-Star Game. With the league’s top sluggers at the plate, the event has also been home to ...

When Athletics rookie Nick Kurtz stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning on Saturday, he was in an uncharacteristic slump and 0-4 for the game. The bases were loaded and the A’s had ...

Freeman -- who smashed an iconic walk-off grand slam in the Dodgers’ 2024 World Series win over the New York Yankees -- launched a mammoth solo shot to settle a marathon 6hr 39 min battle at Dodger ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit a 493-foot home run Friday night — the longest of his major league career — to become the ninth player to reach 30 homers in a season by July 1. The Los ...

LOS ANGELES – The best player perhaps in the history of the game had his latest Greatest Game Ever in Game 3 of the World Series. A Dodger legend from a different time, who reached the heights of his ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani added another highlight to his amazing June with the longest home run of his major league career, becoming the ninth player to reach 30 homers in a season by July ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Byron Buxton hit the second-longest home run in the majors this season, a 479-foot, three-run shot for the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night in a 6-2 victory over the Texas Rangers ...