SAN JUAN, P.R. — This used to be the climax of baseball’s peak season in Puerto Rico. The storied winter league lured many of Major League Baseball’s biggest Puerto Rican stars back to the island — from Roberto Clemente and Orlando Cepeda to Roberto...

And he did it all while playing in perhaps the worst period for hitters since baseball's dead ball era back before World War I. That Allen has been virtually forgotten by HOF voters—both the regulars and members of the Veteran's Committee—is...

The binder contains glorious statistical factoids: n Only three Hall of Fame first basemen had as many as 200 home runs by the age of 27: Jimmie Foxx, Orlando Cepeda and Killebrew. Fielder has 230. n Fielder is the seventh player to hit 32 home runs or...

ROCK Although I grew up in the Chicago area, the St. Louis Cardinals of Bob Gibson, Lou Brock and Orlando Cepeda were my team. I also ended up marrying into a family full of Cards fans, most of whom are now distraught over the defection of Albert...

Hall of Fame and Museum is sending a little bit of Cooperstown to another part of the world where baseball is so cherished. Members of the museum staff -- including senior curator of exhibitions and collections, Erik Strohl -- are taking the famous...

Curt Flood, from Cincinnati to San Francisco was Ed Bailey, from St. Louis to San Francisco were Sam Jones and Ray Sadecki, from St. Louis to Cincinnati were Eddie Kasko, Jim Brosnan, and Alex Johnson, and from San Francisco to St. Louis were Ernie...