Lance Niekro was surprised when he found out he was fired as manager of the Florida Southern Moccasins. After all, the former ...

MLB has now partnered with gambling sites and ... The options here were Phil Niekro, Gaylord Perry, and Sutton; all good, but not great, pitchers whose numbers were enhanced by their longevity.

Before Chris Sale pitched in a game for the first time as a Cy Young Award winner, Braves manager Brian Snitker took a second to reflect on the southpaw’s incredible 2024 season. “I saw every pitch an ...

Along with Maddux, Sale and Hampton; Phil Niekro won the award five times, and Max Fried won three in a row. It’s a rich history of strong defensive pitchers in Atlanta, and Schwellenbach is ...

SEATTLE — There are very few people who have truly spent a lifetime in baseball, devoting years upon years to the game. Angie Mentink is one of them.

This would be unprecedented. In fact, only once since 1900 have even three 35-and-older pitchers been in the top five: 1979, when Phil Niekro (40), Tommy John (36) and Jerry Koosman (36 ...

The likes of Phil Niekro, the only knuckleball pitcher in Baseball’s 300-win / 3,000-strikeout club; Tim Wakefield, whose signature knuckleball allowed him to pitch for 19 seasons; or R.A ...