The recent deaths of baseball greats Lou Brock, Tom Seaver and Al Kaline got Johnny Bench thinking about the future and the prospect of unloading memorabilia from his Hall of Fame career. He had seen ...

Cal Raleigh has set all sorts of catching records in the 2025 MLB season for the Seattle Mariners. This was done simply by Raleigh getting to the plate a lot, thanks to his usage as a DH on the days ...

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida – When ex-con ballplayer Harry Decker invented the first catcher’s mitt around the time pitchers started throwing overhand in the 1880s, it didn’t look like much more than ...

Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench says his career total for squats is in the neighborhood of 500,000. "Not counting when I'm reading my putts," the 62-year-old told Page 2. Bench, who's had two ...

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Businessman Alan Horwitz, a front-row regular at Philadelphia 76ers games, successfully bid for Bench's 1975 and '76 World Series rings last month. He also bought the catcher's 1970 and '72 NL MVP ...

Cal Raleigh has set all sorts of catching records in the 2025 MLB season for the Seattle Mariners. This weekend, he joined Johnny Bench in one more piece of history. This was done simply by Raleigh ...