Major League Baseball yesterday announced that overall attendance this season set a record for the fourth consecutive year.

Former major leaguer Lou Merloni homered and drove in four runs to lead the Sacramento River Cats to a 7-1 victory over the Richmond Braves in the Triple-A championship game Tuesday night.

Former major league outfielder Mel Hall was indicted Wednesday on charges that he sexually assaulted two girls -- ages 12 and 14 -- who played on elite basketball teams he coached in the 1990s.

Major League Baseball is eyeing the development of a mass-use blood test for human growth hormone and would push to have it implemented, USA Today reported.

In an unprecedented move, Major League Baseball informed American League general managers near the beginning of September that the team with the best record would choose between playing in the Division Series that lasts up to eight days featuring three off days or the one that lasts up to seven days and has two off days.

A rare Honus Wagner baseball card has been sold for a record $2.

As of mid-August, baseball’s investigators looking into the use of performance-enhancing drugs still wanted to speak with at least 45 current and former major league players, most of them still active.