Articles
Stupid Baseball Spending: Breaking Down The Early Season Leaders
Which teams got the most back for their buck this off-season, based on early returns
New Game for Baseball Fans: Go to the Ballpark Without Spending a Dime
Watch any Major League Baseball game on TV. More often than not, when a view of the "crowd" pops onto the screen, you'll see more empty seats than people. And...
A Legend's Lost Legacy
Midway through 42, the affecting new Jackie Robinson biopic (out April 12), a group of white sportswriters are perched in the press box to cover the third game...
The Major League Baseball Team That’s Made Fans—and an Entire Metro Area—Feel Like Suckers
What with soaring ticket prices and $7 beers, many sports fans complain that their local teams take advantage of them. But no one has it worse than baseball fans...
Reading While Eating for Apr. 1: Baseball Is Back!
In today's must-read links for your lunch break: Everything you need to know for the start of the baseball season—just in time for April Fool's Day.
Photo Essays
Babe Ruth: Color Photos of a Yankees Legend
Baseball Renders Tardy Tribute to a Great Man Now Old and Sick — Headline from the May 12, 1947, issue of LIFE magazine In April 1947, the most famous and,...
LIFE Behind the Picture: Little Leaguers Demand Their Pants, 1954
While its primacy as the national pastime has occasionally been challenged over the years — by football, by basketball and, increasingly, by NASCAR — every...
