Current and former Granville baseball stars are among the participants scheduled to compete in the Drop Bombs for Noah Home Run Derby. The event is set for 3 p.m. Oct. 26 at Raccoon Valley Park in ...

The New York Mets had a disappointing season in 2025 after not making the playoffs. Almost immediately after they were eliminated from playoff contention on the last day of the MLB regular season, ...

The theme of David Stearns’ funeral dirge on the Mets’ 2025 collapse was, in a phrase, “run prevention.” They didn’t pitch well enough. They didn’t defend well enough. But regardless of all the other ...

WILKES-BARRE — Brian Burkhardt had a simple reason for being at the Kirby Park softball field on Saturday afternoon. “I love to hit home runs,” the avid softball player from Nanticoke said. The ...

Cassidy Bicking holds the winning homerun trophy and the longest homerun trophy during the women’s Babe Ruth Homerun contest. Left is Mike Slusser and right is Alan Stout. Brian Hontz poses with his ...

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — On October 12, 1926, Babe Ruth made baseball history right in Wilkes-Barre. During an exhibition game at Artillery Park, he crushed a 650-foot homerun, believed to be the longest ...

In 1926, it is believed that Babe Ruth hit a home run so far that he requested it to be measured — some reports say he never made that request with any other home run that he hit. WILKES-BARRE — The ...

The New York Mets may have missed the postseason in 2025, but two of their stars stood out among the league’s best at the plate. On Monday, Mets sluggers Juan Soto and Pete Alonso were named finalists ...

Remember when Pete Alonso's free agency dragged on for months because teams didn't want to pay an aging, high-strikeout, high-power first baseman his worth. That includes the New York Mets, who ...

Pete Alonso figures to be one of the biggest stars in this upcoming free agent market, a power hitter with the ability to change the course of a game with the swing of a bat, but a defender whose ...

This offseason, after a brutal second-half collapse, the New York Mets might be looking to shake things up. Whether it's in the starting rotation, the bullpen, or in the field, the Mets need to make ...

For the second year in a row, Pete Alonso is poised for free agency. And for the second year in a row, the fan-favorite first baseman’s future with the Mets was a talking point during David Stearns’ ...