Major League Baseball

Rawmeat Bill, Young Lurch, and the nicknames we remember.

• By Sam Riches

What does fandom look like in the home city of Canada’s only Major League Baseball team?

• By Sam Riches

Over the past 40 years, journalists have been writing the same coming-out stories, because such stories are still rare.

• By Francie Diep

Athletes often claim that their breakthroughs come when a game starts unfolding at a slower pace. Can psychology explain the phenomenon they're describing?

• By Rick Paulas

A mathematical model says the Washington Nationals will win the most games in Major League Baseball this season.

• By Tom Jacobs

Mathematician Bruce Bukiet projects most of last year’s division-winning teams will once again be victorious.

• By Tom Jacobs