Some of these records are recent, set during the timed era from 2015 to 2025 when rapid-fire swings inflated the totals. Others, like Ken Griffey Jr.’s three titles, date back to the Derby’s earlier decades and may never be broken. With the 2026 Derby switching to a new swing-based format, this is a snapshot of … Read more
Since 2016, MLB has used Statcast to track home run distance precisely, and by that official measure, Juan Soto’s 520-foot bomb at Coors Field in 2021 is the longest ever. But the Derby has been crushing baseballs since 1985, and the pre-Statcast era produced legendary estimated blasts, most famously Sammy Sosa’s reported 524-footer, that may … Read more
The all-time single-Derby record belongs to Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who hit an absurd 91 home runs in 2019, and then lost. That heartbreak is part of what makes the record so memorable. But “most home runs in a Derby” actually has a few different answers depending on whether you mean a single night, a single … Read more
Understanding how it works matters, because the All-Star vote regularly produces drama: ballot-box stuffing by passionate fan bases, surprise snubs of deserving players, and down-to-the-wire finishes for the final starting spots. The 2026 race is already heating up, with Shohei Ohtani and Ernie Clement leading their leagues heading into the decisive phase. The chart below … Read more
Every July, the best players in baseball gather for one night to settle an old argument: which league is better, the American or the National? The All-Star Game has been asking that question since 1933, and across more than nine decades the answer has swung back and forth in long, dramatic streaks. The series is … Read more
The general manager is one of the most important people in any Major League Baseball organization. The GM builds the roster, makes the trades, hires the manager, oversees scouting and player development, and ultimately answers to ownership for whether the team wins or loses. It is one of just 30 such jobs in the sport, … Read more
It is the rarest individual feat in baseball: a pitcher takes the mound, faces 27 batters, and sends every single one of them back to the dugout. No hits, no walks, no errors, nobody on base, ever. Across nearly 150 years and hundreds of thousands of games, it has happened exactly 24 times. More astronauts … Read more
The College World Series has crowned 79 NCAA Division I baseball champions since 1947 (the 2020 tournament was canceled due to COVID-19). The University of Southern California holds the all-time record with 12 titles, including five consecutive championships from 1970 to 1974. Louisiana State remains the modern dynasty with 8 total championships, but the 2026 … Read more
Two of the rarest feats in baseball sound almost identical, and fans mix them up constantly. A pitcher throws a no-hitter, the broadcast erupts, and somewhere a viewer asks the obvious question: wait, is that the same thing as a perfect game? The answer is no, and the difference comes down to a single, unforgiving … Read more
No name in the sports card hobby has been hotter over the past few years than Shohei Ohtani. The two-way superstar’s cards have gone from afterthoughts in 2018 to seven-figure trophies, and in December 2025 a single Ohtani card sold for a staggering $3 million. His historic 50-50 season, his record $700 million Dodgers contract, … Read more