Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MLB games have a long history of ceremonial first pitches, from presidents to actors who once played president, like Harrison Ford ...

CHICAGO — Pete Crow-Armstrong is ready to go. Same goes for Bryce Harper and Nick Castellanos. Ceddanne Rafaela, too. They are the kings of swinging at the first pitch — and they have some company.

When the Blue Jays and the Yankees slugged it out in the ALDS, they represented the two best offenses in baseball this year by fWAR. The Yankees were bolstered, obviously, by the presumptive MVP Aaron ...