1952 — Hoyt Wilhelm of the Giants hit a home run at the Polo Grounds in his first major league at-bat. He was the winner, too, and pitched 1,070 games in the majors — but never hit another homer.

1945 — Albert B. “Happy” Chandler, junior Senator from Kentucky, is elected baseball commissioner by a unanimous vote of the major league club owners. Chandler is elected to a seven-year term and ...

From Dan Woike: JJ Redick had validated Austin Reaves all season, publicly and privately praising the Lakers guard as a key ...

Quick Thoughts: The Athletics selected Max Muncy (No. 25), Zack Gelof (No. 60) and Mason Miller (No. 97) with their top three ...

Nolan Schanuel leads the Angels with a .281 batting average, and has three doubles, a triple, two home runs, six walks and seven RBI. Logan O’Hoppe is 13-for-33 with three home runs and four RBI over ...