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Profile America -- Saturday, January 31st. This is a big day for fans of major league baseball -- three members of the Baseball Hall of Fame share this date as […]

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5018652 MADELEINE BRAND, host: This is DAY TO DAY. I'm Madeleine Brand. In a few minutes, we'll hear about a school in a […]

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4795805 ALEX CHADWICK, host: This is DAY TO DAY. I'm Alex Chadwick. With both teams playing at the bottom of the American League […]

ED GORDON, host: San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds says he might have to miss this baseball season. On Tuesday, Bonds announced that two knee surgeries and intense media scrutiny […]

NEAL CONAN, host: This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan in Washington. Tomorrow, when a blogger took his seat in the White House Briefing Room this week it […]

NEAL CONAN, host: Five-time batting champ Wade Boggs and former Chicago Cubs second baseman Ryne Sandberg got their tickets to Cooperstown today. Boggs' plaque in baseball's Hall of Fame will […]

ALEX CHADWICK, host: This is DAY TO DAY. I'm Alex Chadwick. The subject of drugs and baseball is now taken up by the White House, which says today the president […]

NEAL CONAN, host: This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan in Washington. Here are some of the stories NPR is following this afternoon. Thousands of US and Iraqi […]

NEAL CONAN, host: Baseball fans are remembering Larry Doby today. Doby was the first African-American to play baseball in the American League. The seven-time all-star joined the Cleveland Indians in […]

NEAL CONAN, host: Those of you who were buried in snow over the past couple of days may be particularly interested to note that major-league baseball's training camps are open. […]

NEAL CONAN, host: Earlier this hour it was announced that Ozzie Smith will be going to Cooperstown this summer. Oz is just the 37th player elected to baseball's Hall of […]

JUAN WILLIAMS, host: It's TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Juan Williams. Today is the day baseball fans across the nation have been waiting for, opening day. True, the Texas Rangers […]

RAY SUAREZ, host: This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Ray Suarez. One of the nicest things about reading the newspapers in Puerto Rico is checking a set of standings […]

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5394060 ROBERT SIEGEL, host: From NPR News this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, I'm Robert Siegel. MICHELE NORRIS, host: And I'm Michele Norris. Tonight [...]

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5290905 MELISSA BLOCK, host: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block. ROBERT SIEGEL, host: And I'm Robert Siegel. After [...]

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5257849 SUSAN STAMBERG, host: It's been a hectic week for baseball and it's only spring training. We will get to the most recent [...]

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4780909 MELISSA BLOCK, host: Major-league baseball star Rafael Palmeiro has been suspended for 10 days after testing positive for illegal steroids. Palmeiro is [...]

MELISSA BLOCK, host: This weekend major-league baseball is holding its annual fame school. Officially the program is known as the Rookie Career Development Program. It brings about a hundred of [...]

MELISSA BLOCK, host: If there's any doubt about how seriously Dominicans take baseball, consider that yesterday, when native son Vladimir Guerrero was named the American League's most valuable player, the [...]

MICHELE NORRIS, host: First baseman Shawn Green, one of the LA Dodgers' biggest hitters, will be skipping Saturday afternoon's game against the San Francisco Giants. He'll be observing Yom Kippur, [...]

BOB EDWARDS, host: Ozzie Smith was the only new inductee to baseball's Hall of Fame this year. The acrobatic Smith was nicknamed `The Wizard' for his extraordinary defensive talent at [...]

ROBERT SIEGEL, host: This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Robert Siegel. JACKI LYDEN, host: And I'm Jacki Lyden. As tomorrow's deadline for a baseball strike comes closer, [...]

LYNN NEARY, host: Ted Williams' oldest daughter has appealed to President Bush to block her half-brother from storing the slugger's now-frozen body in deep freeze. She fears her sibling plans [...]

BOB EDWARDS, host: It's the start of a new baseball season, and the team rosters show how much the major leagues are drawing on international talent. Commentator Ev Ehrlich says [...]

Unidentified Announcer: (French spoken) At second base, Brian Roberts(ph). (French spoken) At third base, Jose Leon(ph). (French spoken) Shortstop, Orlando Cabrera. SCOTT SIMON, host: The Montreal Expos baseball team play [...]

NOAH ADAMS, host: Professional baseball players, it turns out, are much like actors. If they do talk about their age, they could be tempted to take a couple of years [...]

NOAH ADAMS, host: In just six weeks, major-league baseball players are scheduled to report for spring training in sunny Florida and Arizona. But the off-season problems are certain to drag [...]

LINDA WERTHEIMER, host: Danny Perez is a 29-year-old center fielder. He made a brief appearance in the major leagues. He now plays professional baseball with the Aberdeen Arsenal of the [...]

ROBERT SIEGEL, host: This is NPR's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel. LINDA WERTHEIMER, host: And I'm Linda Wertheimer. Cuban baseball player Andy Morales is back in the USA. Morales [...]

LINDA WERTHEIMER, host: This is NPR's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Linda Wertheimer. NOAH ADAMS, host: And I'm Noah Adams. The Major League Baseball season resumes tomorrow after the all-star break. [...]

LINDA WERTHEIMER, host: This is NPR's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Linda Wertheimer. Cuban-American exiles are reacting angrily to a decision to repatriate a Cuban who tried to flee the Communist [...]

LINDA WERTHEIMER, host: This is NPR's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Linda Wertheimer. Major League Baseball opens in many cities across North America on Monday. AstroTurf has been a part of [...]