It’s 2021, a new baseball season starts in three weeks, and The Athletic has just offered me a job as their St. Louis Cardinals beat writer. That time in my life was such a whirlwind, I hardly ...

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.

It was a special day since the game was played on Father’s Day, and several fathers and sons were on hand. Buddy Baseball features volunteers, known as buddies, who pair up with special needs ...