Major League Baseball Pitch, Hit & Run is a free event that provides boys and girls -- ages 7 to 14 -- an opportunity to showcase their baseball and softball skills, while earning a chance to attend ...

The hit by pitch has become so common—and dangerous—that twice last week benches cleared on hits by pitches that were unintentional. Even accidental plunkings are putting hitters in a fighting mood.

One-hit wonders get a bad rap. After all, countless musical acts spend their entire careers in search of a single Top 40 song. Fewer still are lucky enough to become one-hit wonders more than once.

Two Hit 5 tickets sold in Western Washington scored big prizes, according to lottery officials. One lucky lottery player won $270,000 by matching four white balls in the Hit 5 drawing on Friday, Jan.