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Jacob Ruppert brought Babe Ruth to New York, built Yankee Stadium and transformed the pinstripers into baseball's most dominant power. He did so much, many people just figured the owner called the Colonel was already enshrined at the Hall of Fame.

These Yanks could create the kind of history that no team would want to make.

Babe Ruth equals big bucks.

The real, unvarnished, inside story of the house that Babe Ruth (with an assist from Lou Gehrig) built before he built the House That Ruth Built.

Babe Ruth's old house is for sale. From the story. Babe Ruth's old house and they are asking for $1.65M. It is 5,000 square feet. From the story. he estate known as Home Plate Farm in Sudbury, Mass., is on the market for $1.65 million. Ruth, ...

Alex Rodriguez has moved ahead of Ken Griffey Jr. into sole possession of fifth place with his 631st career homer.

AP photo/Ray StubblebineRemember this? There have definitely been some good times at Fenway Park over the past 100 years. Jan. 3, 1920: The Yankees purchase the contract of Babe Ruth from the Boston Red Sox for $125,000 and a $350,000 loan against t...

The century-old home of the Boston Red Sox is being listed on the National Register of Historic Places to help ensure decades of new thrills.

BOSTON -- The ceremonial pitches at Fenway Park on Saturday were thrown out by Dr. Louis Zamperini, a 1936 United States Olympian, and Julia Ruth Stevens, Babe Ruth's daughter, in keeping with the nostalgic theme of the Boston Red Sox-Chicago Cubs we...

A lot has happened in baseball -- and the real world -- since the Chicago Cubs last played the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. The 1918 season was abbreviated because of World War I. That year also marked the last time Babe Ruth played in a World S...

Cubs-Red Sox Preview

Nothing here marks the essence of pure competition like Yankees vs. Red Sox.

A guilty verdict on one of the charges against Barry Bonds means baseball's worst nightmare is one step closer to becoming a reality: The game's greatest players are discrediting it.

Albert Pujols reportedly turned down the Cards' last offer and we're almost at his Wednesday deadline. Which suggests to me that there's a very real possibility that, at this time next year, we're going to be wondering what the Cardinals are going to...

Matt Meyers looks at the current Albert Pujols situation and proposes three ways it could play out: Either he stays with the Cardinals, he gets dealt in July 2011 (in which case the Red Sox may be an option), or he goes elsewhere next winter (Wrigley Field, anyone?).

Story | Conversation | January 19, 2011

Saturday night in Colorado, Troy Tulowitzki continued his September to remember with a home run and five RBI. And, oh yeah, his fifth RBI also just happened to come on a walk-off double in the 10th inning. It's Tulo's fifth career walk-off hit ...