The era of free agency in Major League Baseball began in full in 1976, which came after a December 1975 decision from ...

Gossage was the third of George Steinbrenner’s major signings that spurred the team’s revival in the late 1970s.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Chicago White Sox won Major League Baseball's amateur draft lottery Tuesday and will have the top ...

Historically, when someone thinks of the best hitter on a given team, a lot of the time it's a first baseman. It's no different with the Houston Astros.

With Philip Rivers coming out of retirement and signing with the Colts at 44 years old, we look at others who have done ...

Meet the Detroit Tigers' All-125 team, from Ty Cobb to Tarik Skubal, as picked for the Freep's new book, "Roar of 125." ...

Every Cardinals fan who has followed the team for most of their lives has their own list of favorite moments while watching ...

The Detroit Tigers have had some famous relievers in recent memory. From the flamethrower Joel Zumaya to a star closer in Jose Valverde and even, more recently, ...

Although Brandon Inge is listed as higher than Tettleton in terms of bWAR, Inge only played catcher full-time for his first ...

Each year, CBS News Chicago remembers some of the many people who made the city tick through a variety of talents and achievements. Here are 62 people whose memories Chicago is honoring in 2025.

Today in History for Dec. 20: In 1699, Russian Czar Peter the Great ordered his people to celebrate the New Year on January 1, instead of Sept. 1. In 1790, the first successful cotton mill in the ...