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The National Baseball Hall of Fame added only one member in its 2022 class on Tuesday evening as David Ortiz earned induction through the Baseball Writers Association of America’s voting tally. Ortiz was the only member of the class to exceed the 75-percent threshold required for entrance on the BBWAA …

On January 25, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America will announce the results of its 2022 MLB Hall of Fame vote. This will be live from Cooperstown, New York on MLB Network. Electees will be inducted during Hall of Fame weekend on Sunday, July 24 at the Clark Sports Center. …

Getting to Cooperstown and the Baseball Hall of Fame is the pinnacle of success in Major League Baseball. There are a total of 333 players and coaches. Most recently, Derek Jeter, Marvin Miller, Ted Simmons, and Larry Walker were inducted this past year. Every year, there are 30 players on …

With the score tied at three in the bottom of the ninth inning in a potential series-clinching game five of the American League Championship Series, Rays’ reliever Nick Anderson made a costly, and atypical, mistake with Carlos Correa at the plate. Anderson, who carried a 0.55 ERA through 16 1/3 …

Red Sox legend David Ortiz was shot at a bar in the Dominican Republic on Sunday, June 9th. After spending the night at the hospital in Santo Domingo, he flew to Boston the following evening for a second surgery. The flight was chartered by the Boston Red Sox organization and …

Since the All-Star break, the Boston Red Sox have pulled away as the best and hottest team in baseball. Boston became the first team to 80 wins Tuesday night, coming from behind to win 10-7 in 10 innings in Toronto. https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1027028972301963264 “It’s really good,” Boston first baseman Mitch Moreland, who …

Congratulations to Tim Raines, Jeff Bagwell and probably Ivan ‘Pudge’ Rodriguez.  If you’re reading this after Jan.18, there’s a good chance they’ve been inducted into the Hall of Fame. Each represented the elite of their positions and the voters deemed them fit for baseball’s version of Heaven. But of course, …

Over the summer, the Golden State Warriors went from being a powerhouse team with three of the top players in the league, to a team many didn’t think would be beat after adding Kevin Durant. This sounds a little familiar with the MLB and the Boston Red Sox. After making …

It’s the end of an era. David Ortiz laced up his cleats for the last time on Monday night, as his Boston Red Sox hosted the Cleveland Indians in Game 3 of the American League Division Series. Down 2-0 in the series, and facing elimination, Boston fell to Cleveland 4-3, …

It was an unusual scenario at Fenway last night. The Cleveland Indians swept the Red Sox and clinched their spot in the American League Championship Series with a 4-3 win, but Boston fans were cheering after the game ended. After the Indians stormed the mound to celebrate their first ALCS …