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The Boston Red Sox knotted the 1975 World Series at three games apiece when their catcher, Pudge Fisk, hit one off the foul pole to win the game in extra innings.

It might not have been apparent at the time, but Minnesota's Joe Mauer set the tone for his 2009 season when he smacked a home run in his first at bat of the season.

There has been a dramatic decline in the offensive production of backstops after the age of thirty six.

The crowning event of the baseball season has not always been exciting. But 104 years of high-level competition have left fans with many memorable thrills.

In 2008, Chicago Cub Geovany Soto became the first catcher in 15 years to win Rookie of the Year. All the catchers who have won the coveted honor excelled further.

This quiz tests your knowledge of the nicknames of some of major league baseball's greatest and most colorful players.

The best venue in America for watching a Major League baseball game has survived two World Wars, and 86 year World Series drought and economic pressure to make it bigge

Koufax's best years came at the END of his career. Mattingly's came at the beginning. What if that had been reversed?

Neither Mike nor Jorge makes fans forget Sundberg, Ausmus, Johnny Estrada, or Brian Schneider, but Piazza was not as terrible a defensive catcher as some claim.

In a decade full of great teams, the Cincinnati Reds led by Johnny Bench, Pete Rose and Joe Morgan were the very best.

Boston has the best ballpark, the best hitter ever, and the greatest player who ever lived. But there are many more reasons to love the Red Sox.

Major League Baseball (MLB) World Series championship games seize the attention of American sports lovers.

Yankee Stadium Will Close at the end of the 2008 baseball season. Here are just a few of the memories that it leaves behind.

These five championship series were the best since the dawn of baseball's television age.