Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Baseball is hard, and it can be unforgiving even as excellence beckons. We don’t have to go back any further than Saturday night’s events in Baltimore to be ...

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Chris Krug, the former Chicago Cubs catcher who played a pivotal role in Sandy Koufax’s perfect game in 1965, passed away on ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Blake Snell’s postseason dominance mirrors Sandy Koufax’s 1965 World Series run with nearly identical statistics.

Yom Kippur, one of the most sacred holidays in the Jewish faith, brings back memories of 1965 World Series game one. This game is etched in history because of Sandy Koufax's decision not to pitch. One ...

LOS ANGELES — For baseball aficionados, the name Sandy Koufax is almost mythical. In the 1960s Koufax put together what is generally considered the greatest span of five seasons for a pitcher in Major ...

Sixty years ago, the only pitcher with a statue at Dodger Stadium delivered the most dominant postseason performance in franchise history. Sandy Koufax, meet Blake Snell. With apologies to Orel ...