Hunter Pence has been low maintenance and high performance for the Giants.
The quirky, wild-eyed Pence had a home run and double in Game 1 of the World Series, and has been integral to the Giants’ success since he arrived in 2012.
Bumgarner was almost flawless over seven innings, allowing one run and three hits and striking out five as San Francisco became the first team to beat Kansas City this postseason.
Almost 70 years after Jackie Robinson integrated baseball, the upstart Royals are using the same formula that made Robinson and his Negro leagues team, the Kansas City Monarchs, so compelling.
Salvador Perez, indifferent to defense as a boy, is now a Gold Glove-winning catcher for the Royals who has earned the gratitude of umpires by wearing women’s perfume for every game.
In Arizona this month, in games involving some of the sport’s top young prospects, baseball is experimenting with new rules aimed at quickening the time that it takes to play nine innings.
Bumgarner has an earned run average of 1.42 in four postseason starts, and he averages two innings more per start than other pitchers.
The roster of national anthem singers announced Monday for Games 1 through 4 of the World Series did not include DiDonato, one of the world’s most celebrated mezzo-sopranos.
When Bonds tossed out the first pitch for a Giants game last week, it was an overdue return for a man treated more harshly than many others part of an era of hypocrisy.
The World Series will feature two wild-card teams, San Francisco and Kansas City, for the first time since 2002, when the Giants were also involved. But the similarities end there.
The Kansas City Royals entered September clinging to first place in the A.L. Central and aiming for their first playoff spot since they won it all in 1985. Will their patience finally be rewarded?
Success, and the health required to sustain it, can be fleeting, especially for pitchers in the major leagues who undergo Tommy John surgery.
At the midpoint of the major league season, teams are putting up anemic offensive numbers not seen in at least a generation.
Tony Gwynn, who died of cancer, said proudly that he learned something new at the ballpark every day, a simple, powerful lesson in a sport with a punishing schedule.
Boutique bat companies specializing in custom products have attracted major league players by responding quickly to their requests.
After a carefully crafted trip from prospect to professional, the 22-year-old right fielder Gregory Polanco has become the Pirates’ latest star rookie.
Major league teams are embracing the shift on defense as never before, and it is radically reshaping how the infield looks and plays.
The longtime Yankees shortstop is in his 20th and final season. His many milestones and career highlights are compiled here with related video, and articles and photos from the Times archive.
Data released by Facebook offers a look at the geography of baseball fandom, ZIP code by ZIP code.
With the Cubs heading to the Bronx to play the Yankees — a rare event — it’s a good time to bone up on some Cubs lore with this quiz.
Attendance at ballparks can be spotty this time of year because of the weather, but the first week and a half of the 2014 season has produced some bleak scenes.
