Baseball 247: The Dust Flys

The basic layout of the MLB diamond has been little changed since the original Knickerbocker Rules of the 1840s. The distance between bases was already established as 90 feet, which was determined through trial and error is an appropriate balance between hitting and fielding. It provides frequent tests between the speed of a batter-runner and the throwing arm of a fielder.... Read More

A Short history of baseball from the Civil War to the age of steroids.

From history of baseball comes this August 1942 newsreel of Babe Ruth meeting up with Walter Johnson in a benefit baseball game. Ruth made countless appearances to support the war effort and this newsreel shows what happened when the greatest pitcher and the greatest hitter of the golden era squared off in their final showdown in the history of baseball.

This year, the Philadelphia Phillies won the 2008 World Series Championship in baseball. The last time the Phillies won a World Series title was in 1980. Their victory and other historical information on the who’s-who in the world of baseball are chronicled by baseball enthusiast Mark Cressnan’ in his self-published book The A-to-Z History of Baseball.

Chris Duque does the worst slide in the history of baseball. Yes, he is a real baseball player believe it or not. He is not a ringer.

This is a slideshow of the best moments in the history of baseball. Some of you wll learn from it and for others it will bring back fond memories from the history of baseball.