The man who is credited with teaching the Orioles how to win is being mourned today throughout the baseball industry. The words hit especially close to home in Baltimore. The pain digs especially deep ...

Beaumont's Frank Robinson, a baseball Hall of Famer who broke barriers in the sport, was born on this day in 1935. Born in Beaumont on Aug. 31, 1935, Robinson played sandlot and American Legion Junior ...

As Kuiper would approach the mound, he’d tell Perry, “This isn’t my idea.’ ”Gaylord would answer, “I know whose idea this is. Now get the hell out of here.‘” Kuiper admired Robinson for gambling on ...

What if a baseball player was 95% as good as Mickey Mantle, but his baseball cards cost 85% less? On the surface, that sounds nuts, and there's a reason for that. It IS nuts! Nonetheless, it's exactly ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – This week marks the 50th anniversary of one of Cleveland’s biggest sports moments. It was 1975 when Frank Robinson became the first Black manager in Major League Baseball. But he was ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Jeff Torborg, the man who replaced the first Black manager in big league history, has died at age 83. Torborg replaced Indians manager Frank Robinson on June 19, 1977. The Indians ...

John W. Miller is author of the forthcoming book “The Last Manager: How Earl Weaver Tricked, Tormented and Reinvented Baseball,” from which this piece is adapted. The 1968 Major League Baseball season ...