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2026 Minnesota Twins season
2026 Minnesota Twins season: MLB season at Target Field under first-year manager Derek Shelton and Chairman Tom Pohlad; Twins finished 77-85, third in the AL Central, 8.0 games behind Cleveland, with 739 runs scored, 797 allowed, and 1,740,366 attendance.
2026 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
2026 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, the 79th DI championship; Oklahoma beat North Carolina 13-2 in Game 3 of the MCWS finals in Omaha for its third title and first since 1994, extending the SEC's streak to seven.
2026 New York Mets season
2026 New York Mets season: the Mets' 65th MLB season at Citi Field. Remade roster under David Stearns (Peralta, Bichette, Robert Jr.), $352.2M top payroll, manager Carlos Mendoza fired June 26, finished 74-88, fifth in NL East, no playoffs.
2026 New York Yankees season
2026 New York Yankees season: 124th MLB season under Aaron Boone at Yankee Stadium. Finished 92-68, clinched a third straight playoff berth, swept Boston in the Wild Card Series, then lost the ALDS to Tampa Bay; Judge missed the postseason with a calf strain.
2026 Nippon Professional Baseball season
2026 Nippon Professional Baseball season, NPB's 12-club Central and Pacific League season, opened March 27, 2026; Hanshin won the Central League at 79-62-2, SoftBank led the Pacific League, and NPB adopted a pitch clock on August 3, 2026.
2026 Philadelphia Phillies season
2026 Philadelphia Phillies season: NL East club that fired manager Rob Thomson in April after a 9-19 start, replaced him with interim Don Mattingly, re-signed Kyle Schwarber for $150 million, clinched the final NL wild card, and lost the Wild Card Series to Atlanta.
2026 Pittsburgh Pirates season
2026 Pittsburgh Pirates season: 82-80, third in NL Central, first winning record since 2018 under Don Kelly. Franchise-record 186 home runs and 1,496 strikeouts; Skenes 10-11, 3.82 ERA; Lowe 35 HR, team MVP.
2026 San Diego Padres season
2026 San Diego Padres season: MLB season in which San Diego went 91-71, clinched a franchise-first third straight playoff berth, overcame the worst offense in baseball mid-season, and was eliminated by the Brewers; also the year of the $3.9 billion Feliciano-Jones sale.
2026 San Francisco Giants season
The 2026 San Francisco Giants season was a 65-97 Major League Baseball campaign, fourth in the National League West, and the first season under manager Tony Vitello.
2026 Seattle Mariners season
2026 Seattle Mariners season: AL West club that finished 76-86, third place, missing the playoffs after the 2025 ALCS run; first non-winning season since 2020; Arozarena led the AL with 113 runs; manager Dan Wilson did not return.
2026 St. Louis Cardinals season
The 2026 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 145th season and 21st at Busch Stadium III, the first full year of a rebuild under manager Oliver Marmol.
2026 Tampa Bay Rays season
2026 Tampa Bay Rays season: AL East champions at 98-64, swept the Yankees in the ALDS, trailed Cleveland 2-1 in the ALCS; returned to Tropicana Field after 2025 at Steinbrenner Field.
2026 Texas Rangers season
2026 Texas Rangers season: first year under manager Skip Schumaker after Bruce Bochy retired; opened March 26 in Philadelphia. Improved offense (102 wRC+) but missed the playoffs a third straight year despite a late AL West lead bid.
2026 Toronto Blue Jays season
The 2026 Toronto Blue Jays season was a Major League Baseball season in which the team fell to 79-83, fifth in the AL East, after losing the 2025 World Series.
2026 Washington Nationals season
2026 Washington Nationals season: first year under Paul Toboni and manager Blake Butera; finished 77-85, missed playoffs seventh straight year despite 821 runs scored and a bullpen that blew 42 of 84 saves.
2026 Women's Pro Baseball League season
The 2026 Women's Pro Baseball League season was the WPBL's inaugural season, played by four teams in Springfield, Illinois, with the Los Angeles Queens winning the first championship.
2026 World Baseball Classic championship
2026 World Baseball Classic championship: Venezuela beat the USA 3-2 on March 17, 2026 at loanDepot Park, Miami, for its first WBC title; MVP Maikel García; record 1,619,839 attendance and 10.78 million US viewers.
2026 World Baseball Classic rosters
2026 World Baseball Classic rosters: 30-man squads for 20 federations announced February 5, 2026, with 78 MLB All-Stars, all four reigning MVP/Cy Young winners, and Venezuela beating Team USA 3-2 in the final.
2027 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
2027 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting: BBWAA vote headlined by first-timers Buster Posey and Jon Lester with Chase Utley returning, plus the December 2026 Contemporary Era managers/executives/umpires vote for the Class of 2027.
2027 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
2027 MLB All-Star Game, the 97th Midsummer Classic, scheduled July 13, 2027 at Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs' fourth hosting (1947, 1962, 1990, 2027), awarded by Commissioner Manfred on August 1, 2025.
2027 Major League Baseball season
2027 Major League Baseball season: scheduled MLB championship season opening March 24, 2027 on Netflix, with the earliest traditional Opening Day (March 25), All-Star Game July 13 at Wrigley Field, and a lockout threat over a salary cap.
2027 WBSC Premier12
2027 WBSC Premier12, fourth edition of the WBSC's national-team baseball tournament, expanded from 12 to 16 teams; qualifiers in Barcelona and Zhongshan in 2026; Taipei Dome hosts opening rounds in November 2027.
2027 Women's Baseball World Cup
The 2027 Women's Baseball World Cup Finals, July 19-25, 2027 at Rivets Stadium, Loves Park/Rockford, Illinois: six-team final stage of the WBSC tournament, with Japan chasing an eighth straight title against USA, Australia, Canada and others.
2027 Women's Softball World Cup
WBSC Women's Softball World Cup Finals 2027, 5–11 April in Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia; eight-team finals of the 2026/2027 two-stage World Cup; winner qualifies directly for LA28 Olympics; first Australian hosting since 1965.
3,000-hit club
The 3,000-hit club is the informal group of 33 MLB players with 3,000 career hits, from Cap Anson (1897) to Miguel Cabrera (2022); Pete Rose leads all players with 4,256 hits.
300 strikeout club
300 strikeout club: informal MLB group of pitchers with 300+ strikeouts in a season; 19 modern-era members in 38 instances; record 383 by Nolan Ryan (1973); Randy Johnson and Ryan lead with six seasons each.
40–40 club
40-40 club: MLB players with 40+ home runs and 40+ stolen bases in one season. Seven members: Canseco (1988), Bonds (1996), Rodriguez (1998), Soriano (2006), Acuña (2023), Ohtani (2024, also 50-50), Crow-Armstrong (2026).
500 home run club
The 500 home run club: 28 MLB players with 500+ career home runs, from Babe Ruth (1929) to Miguel Cabrera (2021); covers records, steroid-era prestige erosion, and Hall of Fame effects.
A League of Their Own
A League of Their Own (1992) is Penny Marshall's comedy-drama about the WWII-era All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, starring Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Lori Petty, and Madonna; it grossed $107.5 million and inspired a 2022 Amazon series.
A League of Their Own (2022 TV series)
A League of Their Own (2022) is a Prime Video comedy-drama by Abbi Jacobson and Will Graham, reimagining the 1992 film about the 1943 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League with queer and Black storylines; canceled in 2023 after one season.