Detroit’s Ty Cobb hit his first grand slam. After six innings, the Tigers led the Red Sox, 10-1. Boston came back to win the game 13-11 in 10 innings. 1911 — The New York Giants scored a major league ...

Brian Costa was formerly a senior editor on The Wall Street Journal's digital platforms team in New York. He joined the paper in 2010 and was previously a sports reporter.

Until expansion came along in 1961, Major League Baseball was usually played in 16 ballparks each season, at most. And with ...

CHICAGO -- One of the surprises of the first ... Jason Heyward and Anthony Rizzo) and the ‘94 Cubs (Leo Gomez, Ryne Sandberg, ...

Pete Crow-Armstrong as leadoff man for the Chicago Cubs is not on Craig Counsell’s to-do list … yet. Crow-Armstrong is a prototypical leadoff man and has been on a tear, ranking third in the majors ...

The Chicago Cubs didn't play on Thursday but that didn't stop people from pointing out how good the offense has been so far this season. Entering play on Friday ...

The Phillies are packing a few things for Chicago: gloves, bats, Bryce Harper... and a four-game losing streak.

and players there seem to love Sammy Sosa. Hernandez was also one of those kids growing up idolizing Sosa, who played 18 seasons in MLB, primarily with the Chicago Cubs. Sosa, hailing from San ...

Ruth's record of four 50-homer seasons was matched by Mark McGwire, the power-hitting first baseman of the then Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals, and Chicago Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa.

The Chicago Cubs are a few years removed from their last major transformation and only have a couple of players to show for it. At the 2021 MLB trade deadline, the Cubs traded away Anthony Rizzo ...

The Chicago Cubs’ offense stays hot against the Arizona Diamondbacks as they take down the Diamondbacks for the second consecutive day. Corbin Carroll got the scoring started as the first batter ...