“1954: The Year Willie Mays and the First Generation of Black Superstars Changed Major League Baseball Forever (Da Capo Press), by Bill Madden As the pennant races head into the fall stretch, it’s ...

“The National Sports Collectors Convention arguably has never had a more exciting moment in its 39 years than what happened Friday in Cleveland,” wrote ESPN’s Darren Rovell on August 4. All twenty ...

It is said that the “Golden Age of Baseball” is when you are 11 years old. For me, that would be 1954 (skip the math, that means I’ll be 82 in a few days). I was born and raised a Yankees fan in ...

According to Trading Card Database, Ted Williams has eight different baseball cards from 1954. Two of the cards are well known among Ted Williams collectors, as well as hobbyists in general, for being ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Willie Mays raced at top speed toward the center-field wall at the spacious Polo Grounds and somehow managed to track down and corral a fast-traveling ball with an over-the-shoulder ...

COLUMBIA – Ed Cook swears there is film of the first Missouri team national championship game. Cook, 79, was so curious, he traveled to Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla., a few years ago. The ...

FARMINGTON, N.Y., Oct. 20 (UPI) -- New York State Police have asked the public's help in finding a stolen 1954 baseball card valued at $5,500, authorities in Ontario County said. The rare card was ...

As the pennant races head into the fall stretch, it's worth remembering that 60 years ago the sport of baseball was changed permanently as African-American players began to establish their presence in ...

It is said that the “Golden Age of Baseball” is when you are 11 years old. For me, that would be 1954 (skip the math, that means I’ll be 82 in a few days). There was Yogi and Campy and Whitey and ...