The key to Alex Smith#39;s dramatic improvement with the 49ers? Longtime baseball man Tom House. Smith spent a week under the tutelage of the former Major League pitcher to rediscover his throwing motion.

James Tonks loved baseball to no end.He lived it, breathed it, watched it and played it at every opportunity for the better part of nine years. There was never such a thing as a bad day to play. And like all 19-year-old ball players it was his goal to one day suit up for a Major League team.That dream ended suddenly and unexpectedly with his death on April 11 after he’d suffered a cardiac arrest ...

America is full of baseball pilgrimages and road trips. Fenway Park in Boston turns 100 this year. Wrigleyville, the neighborhood around Wrigley Field in Chicago is the best baseball neighborhood in the country. California has five major league teams to visit.

The Rockies hurler becomes the game#39;s oldest pitcher to win a major league game, inspiring the selection of an entire lineup of players who stretched the age envelope.

When Yu Darvish, Japan#39;s latest high-priced baseball export, makes his debut in the regular US major league season, it is not just the reputation of his blazing right hand that will be at stake.