Karen knew Jeremiah as a nice little boy, if very shy, who spent recesses watching the other boys and girls play in the schoolyard. He carried the challenges of Down syndrome and autism as gently as ...

There are a lot of truths in Brian Costa’s latest at the Wall Street Journal. Truths about the expense of high-level youth baseball, over-specialization in youth sports and the disappearance of the ...

Your little slugger can usually get away with regular athletic shoes for the first couple of years in Little League. As they rise through the ranks, though, they’ll need serious footwear when they ...

Kids helping kids is a wonderful thing especially when it involves something as fun as baseball. That’s the plan. On Oct. 2 from 2 to 5 p.m., kids in a youth baseball training program will buddy up ...

Lale Esquivel, the controversial owner and coach of the Texas Bombers, is as hard-charging in his pursuit of youth baseball players as he is unapologetic about his method for building powerhouse teams ...

Do you have a baseball fan in your house? If your kids play baseball or just love the game, you’ll be thrilled to know about these great baseball books — picture books, chapter books, middle grade ...

Until now I've been naïve about the cost of youth sports. But my eyes were opened recently, first by a mom in Georgia whose 9-year-old son plays travel baseball. Then by a dad here in Pennsylvania, ...

HAVANA, CUBA - DECEMBER 16: Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers participates in a clinic with youth baseball players at Estadio Latinoamericano during an MLB goodwill tour on Tuesday, December ...

Sunsets are getting later and spring isn't all that far away. So it's registration time for many youth-sport leagues! The ...

When Derek Jeter retired last year, the pundits puzzled over who would be the next “Face of Baseball.” Jeter was the guy on the Wheaties box, after all. And more broadly, Jeter’s retirement seemed to ...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — In our last episode, I had taken a baseball to the brain, a line drive that left me slack-jawed and unsure. “How can you tell?” was the general consensus after I complained about ...

The former baseball star joked on social media that his fiancée, Jennifer Lopez, "hits even better than I do!" It’s time to play ball! Former New York Yankees player Alex Rodriguez rounded up his ...