If ever there were a sport to completely nerd out about, it’s baseball. Geeks across America have been crunching data for years on what makes certain players or teams so great. We dug into the ...

As the 2023 season opens, Michael Schmidt, a Times reporter, explains the extraordinary plan to save baseball from the tyranny of the home run.

The record-setting 5,694th home run this season, struck Tuesday night, leaves the sport trying to answer an existential question for which it does not yet know the proper response.

Eight sluggers are set to square off in Major League Baseball's Home Run Derby, a part of the All-Star festivities.

The Phillies and Marlins rallied around a young fan after a woman confronted his father to get a home run ball during ...