To a baseball scout, the ideal pitcher is a rangy, muscular six-footer who can rear back and burn the ball across the plate ...

The 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle is the most iconic baseball card in the world without question. While an SGC 9.5 copy of the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle no longer holds the record for the most expensive ...

Pottstown held its annual Bobby Shantz Day ceremonies Monday afternoon on the field named after the 1943 Pottstown High graduate and Major League Baseball legend. Shantz, now 92 years old, signed ...

Sixty years ago, the 19th annual Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played in Philadelphia on July 8, with the Phillies hosting the event at Shibe Park. The National League won, 3-2, in a game ...

Editor’s note: this story was updated May 10, 2022, to clarify where Shantz started his career. POTTSTOWN >> Bobby Shantz got a call from the Philadelphia Phillies before the start of the Major League ...

The South Jersey Baseball Oldtimers will be sponsoring Opening Night at this year’s Bridgeton Invitational Tournament - Spring Classic scheduled for May 25. The tournament will be played on Alden ...

POTTSTOWN >> If there’s any quality that was highlighted by the man of the hour on Bobby Shantz Day, it was his reliability. While he can still drive at 97 years old, Shantz wasn’t behind the wheel ...

Hall of Fame standard: 40.6 Career WAR / 28.2 Peak WAR / 34.4 JAWS Shantz: 34.8 Career WAR / 25.1 Peak WAR / 29.9 JAWS Until Mariano Rivera(57.1 career WAR / 28.9 Peak WAR /43.0 JAWS, second among ...