Days after Jackie Mitchell (center) struck out Yankee superstars (from left) Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth, the duo watched the female phenom demonstrate her fastball during spring training in ...

There were no page-topping headlines in newspapers around the world announcing that on May 2, 1939, Lou Gehrig of the New ...

The first three guys to do it: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Shohei Ohtani. And now Chourio. There was just a tiny bit of concern in the season's first week when Chourio got off to a slow start.

A chunk of wood could outprice a Ferrari—wild, right? When it’s the very bat Babe Ruth used to blast balls into the Bronx sky ...

1917 — Fred Toney of the Cincinnati Reds and Hippo Vaughn of the Chicago Cubs pitched a double no-hitter for nine innings, but the Reds won 1-0 on two hits in the 10th. Jim Thorpe drove in the ...

Advertisement Article continues below this ad 1927 — Babe Ruth becomes the highest-paid ... per season for the next three years. 1939 — Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees did not play against ...

1927 — Babe Ruth becomes the highest-paid player in major league history when the Yankees announce he will earn $70,000 per season for the next three years. 1939 — Lou Gehrig of the New York ...