Joe Tinker was an early 20th century baseball star who played with the Chicago Cubs. One statistic, wins-over-replacement, ranks the pro shortstop’s defense fifth all time, behind Ozzie Smith, Mark ...

Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, and Frank Chance are, without a doubt, the best double-play group of all time. Tinker at shortstop, Evers at second base, and Chance at first base. They even had a poem ...

The Chicago Cubs have been around a long time – since 1876 to be exact, as a founding member of the National League and first known as the White Stockings. The passion for the organization has been ...

A game called "Scrub," often played at school recess, began with a race to home plate, with each player claiming a position after crossing it according to scorecard enumeration. "First up" through ...

As we were going to press with this issue on Monday afternoon, the Orlando City Council held a debate about the future of Tinker Field, the historic baseball field near downtown Orlando named after ...

Forget bubble gum; the first collectible baseball cards came with cigarettes. The cards transformed the game, making household names of its greatest players. In the first decade of the 20th century, ...