Mickey Mantle’s family issued a statement on Monday to defend the former New York Yankees slugger against an allegation that the Hall of Famer used a corked bat when he played. Two weeks ago, Grey ...

Now that he's back from his suspension, how could anybody believe the cork in Sammy Sosa's bat was anything more than an innocent mistake? Look at Sosa's verve for the game, his hop, skip and jump ...

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My 1930 model "Bill Doak" baseball glove hangs prominently in our family room as a reminder of other days when I ventured on dusty fields of American Legion baseball. One year the House of David came ...

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During his tenure with the Cleveland Indians (now Cleveland Guardians), Albert Belle was one of the premier players in baseball. In his eight Major League years with Cleveland, the left fielder hit ...

The issue of juiced baseballs surfaces every couple years during the month of April due to a high rate of home runs hit. Ed Wolfstein / Icon SMI 756 / Ed Wolfstein / Icon SMI / Newscom Cheating in ...

One of Pete Rose’s old lackeys -- Tommy Gioiosa-- told the world many years ago that Rose corked his bats. Based on everything we knew about the guy at the time: that he was a risk-taker, a ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Disbelief. Shock. Embarrassment. Baseball fans experienced a wide range of emotions as news spread that Sammy Sosa had used a corked bat. Sosa, who has emerged as Chicago's most ...

The boost a slugger gets from a corked bat is highly overrated. In fact, experts on the physics of baseball say such bats reduce a hitter's power. ``You have a slightly lighter bat and you're going to ...