Seated right above the dugout close enough to hear the chatter of players and smell the faint scent of sweat, a little boy reaches to catch a ball he just got autographed by all-star baseball players from the Coastal Plain League.

Georgia native and Red Sox reliever Garrett Whitlock has quietly found a way to honor his younger brother, who drowned nearly two years ago. 

Austin Riley knows one Atlanta win in six games against the Los Angeles Dodgers doesn't give the Braves a claim to challenge the team with baseball's best record. Even so, avoiding a season sweep with a 4-3 win over the Dodgers was important for the Braves' morale.

The Columbus Clingstones debuted to a sellout crowd in Synovus Park Tuesday, defeating the Pensacola Blue Wahoos 3-0 in a game that saw several first-ever occurrences for the new team.

Games will include marquee matchups at MLB ballparks and NFL stadiums.

From AI research to historical preservation, programs funded by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities reach every corner of the U.S. Now the government has terminated those grants.

The Yankees 20-9 win against the Brewers last weekend put the spotlight on torpedo bats. But in baseball, as in life, sometimes a fluke is just what it seems.

This week inspired questions of self-reflection, like "could I talk for 25 hours straight?" and "do I feel liberated?" and "can you tell me again why the Wisconsin Supreme Court is important?"

They look like baseball bats morphing into bowling pins, their ends flaring into an aggressive bulge that suddenly tapers. So how do they work?

Over the weekend, the Savannah Bananas brought their touring baseball show to the home of the Atlanta Braves for the very first time.

Major League Baseball's 2025 season gets fully underway Thursday. The scary news for the league: the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers, favorites to repeat, may be even better this season.

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Chef John Mitzewich, Star Trek, the return of baseball and the videogame Teardown.

The effort to play minor league baseball in Columbus for the first time in 17 years achieves another milestone Jan. 30 at Synovus Park.

Ichiro Suzuki's career was full of hitting streaks, All-Star Games and Gold Glove awards. But all that paled compared to moments with fans like his farewell at the Tokyo Dome in 2019, he said.

On the Wednesday, Jan. 22 edition of Georgia Today: Snow falls across Georgia — in some areas, lots of it; bird flu spreads among the state's commercial poultry producers; and a former Braves outfielder falls short of gaining entry to the Baseball Hall of Fame.