Mike Lowell turned a solid season capped by a World Series MVP award into a $37.5 million three-year contract with the Red Sox on this day in béisbol, November 20, 2007. The Gold Glove third baseman turned down several better offers to remain in Boston, where he hit 21 homers, drove in 120 runs and
Sammy Sosa may have lost the single-season home run record race to Mark McGwire in 1998, but on this day in béisbol, November 19, the Chicago Cubs slugger beat the Cardinals first baseman for National League MVP. Sosa slammed 66 homers to McGwire’s MLB-best 70 in a thrilling competition that captivated the nation and was
One dozen new Hall of Fame candidates joined 15 returning players from last year on the Baseball Writers’ Association of America’s 2026 ballot unveiled Monday. The spotlight once again falls on outfielders Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones, both of whom enter the voting with the strongest odds of hearing their names called in January. Beltrán
Blue Jays slugger George Bell was named the American League MVP on this day in béisbol, November 17, 1987 after what turned out to be his peak season in Toronto. The 27-year-old left fielder swatted 47 home runs with a .308 average, and led the AL in RBI (134) and totals bases (389) though the
After a second injury-shortened season in a row sapped Andres Galarraga of his power, the free agent joined the Colorado Rockies on this day in béisbol, November 16, 1992 — and then wound up winning the 1993 NL batting title. After seven solid years with the Montreal Expos, the popular Venezuelan first baseman was traded
The recent great debate over who deserved the 2025 American League MVP Award more — Aaron Judge or Cal Raleigh — was nothing compared to how the baseball universe wrangled over whether the first Triple Crown winner in nearly five decades had a better year than a flashy five-tool rookie with dominant sabermetric statistics. On
