baseball Baseball fan caught a live raccoon at the stadium with his bare hands David Pescovitz

babe ruth On this day May 6, 1915, Babe Ruth hit his first home run Devin Nealy

baseball Listen to what the NY Yankees manager and an umpire—two grown men—actually said to each other in an argument David Pescovitz

baseball Watch this Oscar-worthy pratfall by a pro baseball player who was hit by a pitch David Pescovitz

baseball Watch Jack White's slide guitar "Star-Spangled Banner" at Detroit Tigers opening day game David Pescovitz

cheating Here's how professional baseball players cheat David Pescovitz

death to the Pfizer yankees THE BODY SCOUT is a modern cyberpunk classic about baseball and big Pharma Thom Dunn

robo The MLB is testing out Robot Umpires to optimize baseball. Thom Dunn

baseball Watch baseball player's superhuman leap into the air to catch ball David Pescovitz

erase racists High school renamed to honor Hank Aaron instead of racist Jess Sabine

major league MLB chooses surveillance over vaccinations Jason Weisberger

team names Cleveland baseball team no longer to be called 'Indians' Jason Weisberger

slurs This was the first baseball season in 4 years with no homophobic slurs on the field Thom Dunn

rules Tricky baseball pitch, but is it allowed? Andrea James

supersonic What happens when a supersonic baseball hits something? Andrea James

at the old ball game Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard covers "Centerfield" for the Seattle Mariners' Opening Day David Pescovitz

spitting No more spitting in Major League Baseball David Pescovitz

dock ellis Today is the 50th anniversary of Dock Ellis's legendary baseball no-hitter on LSD Thom Dunn

bad theme nights A minor league Yankees affiliate team tried to throw an "OJ Simpson Trial"-themed baseball game Thom Dunn

seattle mariners Seattle can't afford to fund arts, housing or tourism, but it can find $135 million to repair the Mariners stadium Cory Doctorow