Baseball
San Pedro de Macorís: Where Shortstops Are Born
San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic, has produced more Major League shortstops than any other city on Earth. From the...
Cuban Baseball: History and the National Series
Cuba has been playing baseball for more than 150 years, since the sport arrived on the island in the mid-1800s....
The Mexican Pacific League: Mexico’s Premier Winter Baseball Circuit
The Mexican Pacific League (LMP), sponsored by ARCO, stands as Mexico's most prestigious winter baseball competition and one of Latin...
Caribbean Series History: 75 Years of Tropical Baseball
The Caribbean Series was founded in 1949 as a friendly tournament among national champions from four countries: Puerto Rico, Cuba,...
Mexican League Baseball: A Century of History
The Mexican League of Baseball (Liga Mexicana de Béisbol) stands as Latin America's oldest professional baseball competition, founded on December...
Venezuelan Baseball League: Winter Passion
The Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVBP) is Latin America's oldest winter baseball competition, founded in 1946. Every year from October...
The Astros’ 2017 Sign-Stealing Scandal: How They Won the World Series by Cheating
The Houston Astros won their first World Series championship in 2017 with a 101-61 record, but the glory was short-lived....
Mike Piazza’s Home Run After 9/11
On September 21, 2001, just ten days after the terrorist attacks on New York, Mets catcher Mike Piazza hit a...
The 1994 Strike That Canceled the World Series
On August 16, 1994, Major League Baseball players walked off the job in a labor dispute that would erase the...
The Black Sox Scandal of 1919
In October 1919, the Chicago White Sox won the World Series against the Cincinnati Reds, but months later it emerged...