Jennie Finch and Casey Daigle team up with Major League Baseball to hold a Play Ball Event in their hometown of Vinton, Louisiana
VINTON, La. – Under a steamy Louisiana sun, two-time Olympian Jennie Finch and her husband, former Major League pitcher Casey Daigle, ran kids through the fundamentals of the sport they love with hopes of inspiring a new generation of ball players. Daigle’s own hometown of Vinton, La., hosted MLB’s Play ...
Red Sox CF Jackie Bradley Jr. discusses his favorite player growing up and the World Series on MLB Network's "Play Ball," debuting Sept. 14
Carlos Peña tells the story of Roberto Clemente on Play Ball
The Queens and the Bronx play in the New York Stickball Championship outside of Yankee Stadium
Take a look back at this year's Little League World Series recap, narrated by Robert Flores
Reds RHP Sonny Gray discusses his curveball mechanics and staying balanced on MLB Network's "Play Ball," debuting August 31 at 10 AM
MIAMI -- The Miami Marlins Foundation kicked off its new initiative -- Impact Week \-\- on Friday with a Play Ball event at Poinciana Park Elementary School. Marlins players Jeff Brigham, Isan Diaz and Jordan Yamamoto were joined by former Marlins standout Gaby Sanchez, Marlins Mermaids and Billy The Marlin, ...
Bay County, Michigan secures their spot in the PONY World Series final with a 2-1 victory over Simi Valley, California
Chris Archer spends some time sitting with Little League ballplayers and asks them several questions about their team
OAKLAND -- Good thing Aaron Judge wears size 17 cleats. Otherwise, the Yankee outfielder might not have succeeded in creating his Players’ Weekend tribute to youngsters in general and Little Leaguers in particular. The signatures of all 217 Little League World Series participants will be emblazoned onto the shoes that ...
Kurt Suzuki joins MLB Central to discuss Hawaii advancing in the Little League World Series, the Nationals' season and more
Maybe it's because I moved away to Texas a few years ago, and I don't get home as often as I should. Maybe it's because I managed to drag two well-meaning but profoundly unprepared friends to see "Blinded by the Light" recently and it made me want to write an ...
The Little League World Series is in many ways the purest and most relateable form of baseball. Far more baseball fans have played in Little League than the Major Leagues. Moreover, kids wear their hearts on their sleeves way more than adults ever can, which just draws us in all ...
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- When Javier Báez was a kid, he looked upon Derek Jeter as one of his favorite players. Now, Baez has become a fan favorite -- quite literally -- at the Little League World Series. "El Mago" was voted by the Little Leaguers as their favorite MLB player, ...
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- This was not a new thing for a handful of Pirates. A number of them attended the first Little League Classic two years ago, so they had an idea of what to expect the moment they touched down at Williamsport Regional Airport a little after 10:30 a.m. ...
MLB Central previews the VR Home Run Derby at the Little League World Series
Houston clinches the RBI World Series Softball Championship with a 10-3 victory over Harrisburg
Turiya Coleman hits a three-run inside-the-park home run for Houston in the 5th inning
VERO BEACH, Fla. -- The Houston Astros RBI softball team used both forms of the home run in Thursday morning’s championship game. Tauryn Cummings swatted a solo long ball and Turiya Coleman stroked a three-run inside-the-park homer to send Houston to a 10-3 win over RBI of Greater Harrisburg in ...
Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Homer Bush and Dexter Fowler discuss the Play Ball event at the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Community Center in St. Louis
Rhys Hoskins discusses his hand movement and leg load when batting on MLB Network's "Play Ball," debuting August 17
OAKLAND -- Jurickson Profar prefers to get a little extra sleep when the A’s play a night game, but he had a special reason to set the alarm clock for Thursday morning. The A’s second baseman immediately turned on his television upon waking up and flipped to ESPN in time ...
There were no ticker-tape parades. Champagne celebrations were replaced by juice-box jubilation. And everyone present played for the love of the game, nothing more. Over the past couple weeks, more than two hours from the closest big league ballpark, some of the most talented youth baseball and softball players from ...
Play Ball participants talk about their great experience at the Perfect Game event at Jackie Robinson YMCA in San Diego
