Boston Red Sox fans remember the 1918 baseball season for triumphant reasons -- taking home a title before a long period of curses and unfortunate evens. But the sport's year as a whole was ...

The flu epidemic of 1918 killed 675,000 Americans. That was 25% of the U.S. population at that time. It attacked all ages, including young adults, lowering the life expectancy in the U.S. by 12 years ...

Major League Baseball still hopes to open its 2020 season at some point, but that’s problematic right now. Such was not the case in 1918, when the world had to deal with a pandemic similar to the ...

After weeks of wrangling over various permutations mostly due to games and money, there is a plan in place for baseball to get its season underway at the end of July roughly four months after it was ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Major League Baseball has been here before, caught between a deadly pandemic and the sport’s cherished role as our national pastime. Harsh lessons were ...

September 1918. World War I rages in Europe. At home, able-bodied American men are drafted to shore up the Allied front. Meanwhile, up-and-coming baseball star Babe Ruth, having just led the Boston ...

TRAVERSE CITY Few people get an opportunity to make baseball history. Fewer have a chance to change it. Dan Holmes did, however, without ever stepping onto the diamond. Holmes, a former Traverse City ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Former pitcher and author Geoff Gehman provided an overview of his discussion about the 1918 the Bethlehem Steel Baseball League. The Historic ...

Major League Baseball has been here before, caught between a deadly pandemic and the sport’s cherished role as our national pastime. Harsh lessons were learned more than 100 years ago, although few ...