There were a couple of enjoyable sporting events to be viewed over this Labor Day weekend. There was a visit to New Prague on late Sunday afternoon to take in a large share of the Fairmont Martins’ ...

There's a simple rule that goes along with Major League Baseball's new replay system: Never, ever suggest it's not worth moving heaven and earth to get it right. Those are the only three words you ...

ST. LOUIS, MO - SEPTEMBER 29: Matt Carpenter #13 of the St. Louis Cardinals scores the game-winning run against the Cincinnati Reds in the ninth inning at Busch Stadium on September 29, 2016 in St.

Last summer, when Major League Baseball announced plans for a new replay system to review controversial calls, I wrote that it might make games more exciting to watch, rather than less, as some ...

“It’s like trying to eat a gallon of ice cream instead of just a pint.” Joe Torre said this back in 1999, when the Subway Series expanded from three games to six. Now, as baseball’s chief baseball ...

First it was the designated hitter, which fans in most National League cities will tell you is sacrilege. Los Angeles is an NL city, by the way. The Angels don't count. There has been expansion after ...

The objective is to get the call right, and baseball is taking a major technological step in that direction. No matter what is said about the new advanced-replay process - including the challenge ...

Baseball is the game most rooted in its old traditions, which is why its success rate at making monumental rule changes has been so impressive. No purist wanted each league to add a wild-card team but ...

On June 2, 2010, the Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga was one out away from throwing a perfect game against the Cleveland Indians. At the time, there had been just twenty such games in more ...