After an 18-year career that propelled him into the same star orbit as Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, it is understandable that Mickey Mantle wasn’t eager to retire.

The Red Sox legend sat down with Hall of Fame in 2000.

Jane Leavy is an acclaimed author who has written biographies on some of baseball’s biggest names. In a recent telephone interview with Leavy, she talked about the important role digitization of the Ruth scrapbooks have played in her own research.

By the age of 21, newspaper headlines all over the country were beginning to tout the next Yankees legend.

Babe Ruth’s back-to-back brilliance in 1920-21 may never be duplicated.

Baseball’s royalty makes its way to "America's Most Perfect Village."

Jim Roland's 1972 Topps card gives us a glimpse into the fashion preferences of players back in the early 1970s.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum has received a donation from New York Yankees designated hitter Alex Rodriguez of the bat he used to record his 2,000th career RBI on Saturday, June 13.

On June 13, 1948, photographer Nat Fein captured what may be the most famous photo of Babe Ruth and one that remains iconic to this day.

Since the early twentieth century, baseball has appeared in both comic strips and comic books

On March 30, 2000, HOFer Rickey Henderson became the second player to record a stolen base in four different decades.

Jim Hickman’s 1973 Topps card has a simple design, a very basic black frame outline and that memorable position silhouette in the lower right-hand corner.

Bob Oliver was one of the original members of the Kansas City Royals in 1969.

Baseball’s royalty makes its way to "America's Most Perfect Village."

With the election of Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza, the Class of 2016 features both the highest and lowest-drafted members of the Hall of Fame fraternity.

Scouting’s past filled with colorful tales and characters.

For four seasons beginning in 1959, the AL and NL controversially played multiple All-Star Games.

Scouting’s past filled with colorful tales and characters.