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Former New York Yankees star Joe Pepitone has filed a lawsuit against the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum seeking the return of the Louisville Slugger bat that Mickey Mantle used to hit his 500th career home run more than five decades ago

The Baseball Hall of Fame’s induction ceremony is returning to its standard seating format, opening the door for another big crowd.

Baseball’s Hall of Fame is moving this year’s induction ceremony for Derek Jeter, Larry Walker, Ted Simmons and the late Marvin Miller from July 25 to Sept. 8 so a crowd may attend as coronavirus restrictions ease. The ceremony will take place outdoors on the Hall’s lawn as a ticketed event with a limit on crowd size, the Hall...

The class of 2020, including Derek Jeter, Marvin Miller, Ted Simmons and Larry Walker, will be inducted on Sept. 8 in an outdoor ceremony with a limited crowd.

While the current capacity limits may work for places like Yankee Stadium or Citi Field, it’s not enough for minor league baseball stadiums to survive. That’s why lawmakers in a handful of counties are fighting to get more fans allowed in the stands. NBC New York’s Lynda Baquero reports.

The baseball Hall of Fame won’t have any new players in the class of 2021 after voters decided no one had the merits — on the field or off — for enshrinement in Cooperstown. Curt Schilling, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were the closest in voting by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America released Tuesday, and the trio…

Baseball icon Henry “Hank” Aaron is dead at 86. The legendary slugger spent 23 years as a player in Major League Baseball.

Baseball Hall of Famer Phil Niekro has died at the age of 81 after a long fight with cancer

Curt Schilling, Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds are the leading candidates returning to baseball’s Hall of Fame ballot in a year without any favorites among the new names.

The Mets legend passed away Monday in his sleep, according to his family.

Derek Jeter, Larry Walker and the rest of this year’s Baseball Hall of Fame class will have to wait for their big moment at Cooperstown

It was essentially a foregone conclusion that the longtime Yankees captain would be elected, with the only debate being if he would be unanimous or not. Jeter fell just one vote shy of that honor. NBC New York’s Bruce Beck reports.

The identity of the voter who kept Derek Jeter from being a unanimous Hall of Fame pick may never be known — and both Jeter and the Hall are OK with that. Individual members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America decide whether to make their votes public. When the BBWAA decided to release individual ballots for MVP, Cy Young…

Derek Jeter is expected to be picked for the baseball’s Hall of Fame. The question is, will the pick be unanimous? Bruce Beck reports.