Lance Niekro was surprised when he found out he was fired as manager of the Florida Southern Moccasins. After all, the former first baseman for the San Francisco Giants had been the baseball manager ...

SEATTLE — There are very few people who have truly spent a lifetime in baseball, devoting years upon years to the game. Angie Mentink is one of them.

The likes of Phil Niekro, the only knuckleball pitcher in Baseball’s 300-win / 3,000-strikeout club; Tim Wakefield, whose signature knuckleball allowed him to pitch for 19 seasons; or R.A ...