Outfielder Drew Gilbert did not want to start his Major League career with a lie. His bio says he is 5-foot-9. He isn’t.

No conversation about the 2000 World Series is complete without mention of the Yankees’ Roger Clemens throwing a broken bat in the direction of the Mets’ Mike Piazza. So when the Yankees celebrated ...

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