Major League Baseball

With a commanding lead in National League Central, the Cardinals are marching toward the playoffs.

The Cardinals are starting a new season while marketing the 40th anniversary of the 1982 World Series victory.

The new collective bargaining agreement must be approved by both sides before it becomes official. Baseball would return on April 7 if it's accepted.

Questions surround the upcoming Major League Baseball season because of a labor dispute. And new ownership ushers in the next era for minor league teams.

The Dodgers will host the Cardinals in Los Angeles for the National League wild-card game. St. Louis Public Radio spoke with longtime sports journalist Rob Rains about the Cardinals’ chances.

Benjamin Hochman, sports columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, shares his take on the Cardinals' run in the MLB season so far and whether the team will trade any players before the deadline on July 30.

Former Sports Illustrated staff writer (and St. Louis native) Joan Niesen discussed her new podcast on the 1998 home run race and its aftermath, "Crushed," on "St. Louis on the Air."

Major League Baseball announced in December that it would recognize Negro League players as Major Leaguers in the official records. Local baseball historian Ed Wheatley says the move reflects an important declaration from MLB that “Black players matter.”

How Lorenzo "Lawdie" Berra, a St. Louis kid with an eighth grade education and doubtful prospects, became not just a great athlete but a beloved Yankees star. Yogi Berra is the subject of Jon Pessah’s engaging new biography, “Yogi: A Life Behind the Mask.” Pessah joined St. Louis on the Air on Monday to discuss the book.

Jackie Robinson famously integrated Major League Baseball, taking the field for the National League’s Brooklyn Dodgers in April 1947. And the American…