While some users remembered Ruth and praised the legend in the comments, others highlighted that he died of cancer and smoked a lot. Ruth made the calls even before hitting some of his own home runs.

In 1947, Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier, becoming the first African American player in the ...

Jackie Robinson was the first non-white baseball player to make a team. In 1946, the entire league was White, but in 1947 that all changed. Branch Rickey, the then-Brooklyn Dodgers executive, decided ...

Race and the color line have played a central role in baseball history. One of the most well-known stories of the game’s past is Jackie Robinson’s breaking of the color line in 1947. Every year, Major ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jackie Robinson was the ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Three years in the making, you can now see more than 200 hand-painted portraits of Negro Leagues players and key figures at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. The exhibit called ...

“Baseball needed Jackie Robinson to succeed — and so did the United States as a whole,” says actor Chadwick Boseman, who plays Robinson in “42,” opening Friday. “It definitely would have set baseball ...

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred and the owners he represents obviously don’t give a damn about the sport, its players or its fans. There’s no other explanation for imposing a lockout on ...

Jackie Robinson was the first to break baseball’s color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers 78 years ago Tuesday. His legacy continues to inspire people inside the major leagues — and outside, too.