All home runs give the batter a trip around the bases, but why merely hit the ball over the fence when you can send it into orbit? Baseball’s best sluggers have embraced that philosophy and raised the ...

Hit ball hard. Hit ball far. These are the main objectives of baseball. It doesn't matter how fast you are, how good you are at defense, or even if you can throw the ball. If you can't hit the ball ...

Major League Baseball’s Home Run Derby has been a summer staple for decades as a predecessor to the annual All-Star Game. With the league’s top sluggers at the plate, the event has also been home to ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit a 493-foot home run Friday night — the longest of his major league career — to become the ninth player to reach 30 homers in a season by July 1. The Los ...

A power-hitting rookie. Some of the game's best sluggers. Here are the top 10 longest home runs of the 2025 season.

ATLANTA — The Big Dumper did it. The Seattle Mariners slugger who hit 38 home runs before the All-Star break – the second-most in MLB history – dispatched the Tampa Bay Rays’ 22-year-old Junior ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Byron Buxton hit the second-longest home run in the majors this season, a 479-foot, three-run shot for the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night in a 6-2 victory over the Texas Rangers ...

The longest game in World Series history took place in 2018, when the Dodgers beat the Boston Red Sox on Max Muncy's home run in the 18th inning of Game 3 right here at Dodger Stadium. Prior to the ...

Ohtani. Judge. Trout. The best players in baseball provided some of the season's longest home runs. But they were bested by a breakout power-hitting rookie. One of the few high points of the season ...