If you grew up dominating the neighborhood diamond with a kid half your size named Pablo, this one hits different. Pablo Sanchez — the undisputed GOAT of the cul-de-sac — is officially stepping back ...

Raising them right. Collegiate baseball is officially underway for the 2026 season, and the MLB opening day is right around the corner. The days are getting warmer, baseball is being played, and hot ...

In 2003, Kazuo Matsui was set to follow in the footsteps of Ichiro Suzuki and Hideki Matsui towards MLB stardom. Instead, he became the first in line of Japanese players who couldn't make the leap.

The last-minute Savannah Guthrie replacement brings a very particular set of skills to the Opening Ceremonies coverage.

It’s officially opening day at Steele Stadium, and Pablo Sanchez and the Backyard Baseball team are ready for their first at bat as the first-ever Backyard Sports animated special goes live on January ...

A year after reviving the Backyard Sports brand, Playground Productions is now working on the franchise's first animated special with one of the companies behind The Cuphead Show, Lighthouse Studios.

The 1997 video game "Backyard Baseball" is getting adapted into an animated special. Backyard Sports, the iconic video game franchise that got rebooted last year, released a new look Tuesday at the ...

Tiffany Haddish and Donald Faison are among the voice actors for the animated "Backyard Baseball." Courtesy of Playground Productions If you grew up in the late ’90s, there’s a fair chance your first ...

EXCLUSIVE: After the Backyard Sports video games were revived last year, the beloved franchise has scored its first ever animated adaptation. Playground Productions, an upstart company run by former ...

MINNETONKA, Minn. — Editor’s note: This story originally aired on July 22, 2013. A couple of years later, Rick and Mary DesLauriers sold their Minnetonka home. But the story of the batting cage did ...