The evolution into an excellent closer took longer than a few months. In 2022, he reduced his repertoire to two pitches. In ...

1978 — Pete Rose became the youngest and 14th player with 3,000 hits when he singled against Montreal’s Steve Rogers at Cincinnati’s Riverfront Stadium. 1980 — National League president Chub Feeney ...

The Celtics and Knicks will meet in the postseason for the 16th time, pitting Boston and New York against each other on a ...

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It was the first matchup of pitching brothers in major league history ... 2012 — The great Mariano Rivera, baseball’s all-time save leader, suffers a torn ligament in his right knee while ...

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The window for putting "but it's still early" asterisks on Major League Baseball's slow starters in 2025 is just about closed ...