The record number of fans attending the MLB Speedway Classic won't just see a historic, first-of-its kind baseball game at ...

The author and his “poppa,” Benjamin Sheft, in 1957. (Handout) My poppa took me to my first baseball game, at Yankee Stadium, in 1960. My own father had long since lost interest in baseball.

An 8-year-old boy is hailed a hero by both his dad and his Uptown baseball team. It has been a big week for Ethan Castle, saving both his dad and his Carrollton baseball team's playoff chances.