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Author: BY BENJAMIN HOFFMAN - Publish Date: December 7, 2021 at 12:02AM Elected by the Hall’s Early Days committee, Bud Fowler was a pioneer who played organized professional baseball against white players as early as 1878.

Author: BY RICHARD SANDOMIR - Publish Date: December 6, 2021 at 12:24AM In the busy summer of 1981, he mediated labor disputes involving baseball players, postal workers and air traffic controllers. He later briefly ran the players’ union.

Author: BY TYLER KEPNER - Publish Date: November 28, 2021 at 01:57AM With Starling Marte, Eduardo Escobar and Mark Canha, the run-starved Mets addressed their biggest need while adding some defensive versatility.

Author: BY TYLER KEPNER - Publish Date: November 23, 2021 at 12:02AM A great deal of ink will be spilled on the candidacies of Alex Rodriguez and David Ortiz. For a moment, stop to consider the 11 other new candidates instead.

Author: BY SCOTT MILLER - Publish Date: November 4, 2021 at 12:37AM Home after testing positive for Covid-19, Alex Anthopoulos missed the party that wouldn’t have been possible without his brilliant deadline maneuvers.

Author: BY SCOTT MILLER - Publish Date: November 1, 2021 at 01:14AM Austin Riley was a quarterback and all-state punter in high school, but baseball was his true love. His breakout season helped power Atlanta’s surge to the World Series.

Author: BY RICHARD GOLDSTEIN - Publish Date: October 26, 2021 at 11:57PM “A Day in the Bleachers” recalled what he saw, heard and felt at the Polo Grounds during a 1954 World Series game in which Willie Mays made “the Catch.”

Author: BY TYLER KEPNER - Publish Date: October 25, 2021 at 06:16AM “If Henry is watching down, he will enjoy this World Series because of Dusty, above all,” Bud Selig said of Dusty Baker, who bonded with Aaron in their time together in Atlanta.

Author: BY SCOTT MILLER - Publish Date: October 22, 2021 at 11:30PM A coach’s loving and lively relationship with the Braves’ infielders is a key to their success. He’s holding out hope for a second chance to manage.

Author: BY JAMES WAGNER - Publish Date: October 17, 2021 at 10:56AM Grand slams in consecutive innings set the tone in a game that dragged on past four hours but was never in doubt.

Author: BY GARY PHILLIPS - Publish Date: October 12, 2021 at 02:48AM Kyle Schwarber’s mammoth blasts made him a fan favorite for the curse-breaking Cubs. For the Red Sox, he has picked up right where he left off.

Author: BY JAMES WAGNER - Publish Date: September 26, 2021 at 09:17AM A pair of wins in Boston, both powered by Giancarlo Stanton, has the rival teams tied for the A.L.’s top wild-card spot.

Author: BY RICHARD GOLDSTEIN - Publish Date: September 26, 2021 at 03:48AM His pitching career was cut short, but at one time he and his brothers Ken and Clete were all on the major league stage together. He ended up outliving them.

Author: BY JOE LEMIRE - Publish Date: September 12, 2021 at 11:59PM In a season of highs and lows for the Yankees and the Mets, the teams split the first two games of a series. But they joined each other in a moment of unity on Saturday.

Author: BY ANDREA WILLIAMS - Publish Date: September 7, 2021 at 04:00AM Fifteen years ago, the Baseball Hall of Fame inducted 17 people from the Negro leagues. The election came with some controversy and has been followed by silence.

Author: BY DAVID WALDSTEIN - Publish Date: September 1, 2021 at 01:14AM “It doesn’t look good on our part,” Francisco Lindor said. Javier Baez said that “the frustration got to us,” but that he loved the team’s fans.

Author: BY JAMES WAGNER - Publish Date: August 26, 2021 at 11:43PM Burning sage, a player with an unwanted mustache, a few homers off Shohei Ohtani and an eighth-inning rally were all it took to end Baltimore’s losing streak at 19 games.

Author: BY BENJAMIN HOFFMAN - Publish Date: August 23, 2021 at 02:09AM Miguel Cabrera is the 28th player to join the 500-homer club. Despite a surge of new members in recent years, there may be a long wait for a 29th.

Author: BY DAVID WALDSTEIN - Publish Date: August 10, 2021 at 01:42AM What seemed to be a case of overt racism was actually a misunderstanding, the team said.

Author: BY JAMES WAGNER - Publish Date: August 8, 2021 at 02:56AM The sport, absent from the Olympics since 2008, will not be played in the 2024 Paris Games, but is expected to return in Los Angeles in 2028.