It was the All-Star game few baseball fans witnessed, and few today know it was ever played at all. Nearly 60 years ago, on a warm and sunny autumn afternoon in New York, two teams comprised of Latino players from the Major Leagues squared off at the Polo Grounds for an exhibition game billed as
The Yankees waited a long time to reap the fruits of their controversial 2012 trade for pitcher Michael Pineda, and when the strapping, 6’7” righty finally made his Yankee debut two years later after a raft of injuries, it looked like New York had itself a future ace in the making. That is, until Pineda
The 2001 Seattle Mariners won a record 116 regular season games that season — and then ran right into the buzzsaw that was the Yankees dynasty of the late 1990s and early 2000s. On this day in béisbol, Oct. 21, 2001, New York took a commanding 3-1 lead in the ALCS against Seattle thanks to
This Day In Baseball, Latino Baseball Illustration While winning 200 games won’t necessarily guarantee you're getting into the Hall of Fame, reaching that milestone does signify you’ve had a heckuva good career. Only 118 pitchers have won 200 or more games, and on this day in béisbol, Aug. 16, 1978, Boston Red Sox stalwart Luis
For Seattle Mariners ace Felix Hernandez, August 15 turned out to be both an anniversary to celebrate — and a date to forget. On this day in béisbol in 2012, King Felix hurled the first perfect game in Mariners history, a 1-0 gem against the Tampa Bay Rays at home. The 26-year-old righty threw 113
Fansided, Latino Baseball Illustration No team in history has bullied another in the course of a season like the Yankees did to the Orioles in 2019. The Bombers basically held the Birds up by their ankles and stole their lunch money all year, winning the 19-game season series 17-2 — which included 16 straight wins
