He progressed through the years to the age where players first begin to pitch to each other but initially found himself behind the plate, armed with a catcher's mitt. "I was a catcher. I only ...

Pitchers Hagen Smith and Noah Schultz, shortstop Colson Montgomery and catchers Edgar Quero and Kyle Teel are among the members of that youth movement scheduled to attend this weekend. Pitchers ...

Jeff Torborg, the former catcher who caught Sandy Koufax’s perfect game and was the 1990 AL manager of the year with the Chicago White Sox, died Sunday. He was 83. The White Sox said on social media ...

905 and .793 OPS respectively. These numbers are impressive for a catcher, but are certainly aided by a hitter friendly environment. Even in a potential small stint in the majors, Roberts could ...

Fans saw firsthand how injuries can quickly derail a season last year. With that in mind Anthopoulos has brought in another option to fill the backup catcher role Travis d'Arnaud so excellently did in ...

Hank Aaron shakes the hand of former Braves catcher and Hall of Fame Announce Bob Uecker ... I’ve tried and failed to think of a comparable personality to Uke. Yogi Berra came to mind, and the way ...

On Wednesday, the Red Sox traded for catcher/outfielder Blake Sabol from the San Francisco Giants in exchange for international signing bonus pool space. Right-handed pitcher Chase Shugart was ...

The Boston Red Sox made their bet on Connor Wong as the starting catcher, but having more insurance is never a bad idea. When the Red Sox acquired Garrett Crochet in this winter's blockbuster ...

On a Wednesday morning in October 2014, in a garage in the woods of Pennsylvania, Tommy Trotta tried on some new jewelry: a set of rings belonging to the baseball great Yogi Berra. Each hunk of ...

1982 - Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson are elected to the Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility. Aaron fell nine votes shy of becoming the first-ever unanimous selection and his 97.8 election ...

Mantilla was one of a small handful of players still alive who were on the Braves 1957 world championship team, famously anchored by a young Hank Aaron. Felix Mantilla, who was among the first ...