Tommy Brown, the last surviving member of the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers and the youngest player to homer in a Major League Baseball game, died on Wednesday. Brown was 97 years old and

A Brooklyn native who starred for the 'Boys of Summer'-era Dodgers before going on to play for the Cubs and Phillies has passed away at age 97.

Tommy Brown, a former shortstop, left fielder and pinch hitter for three MLB teams from 1944 to '45 and 1947 to '53, died Wednesday, according to a Wednesday afternoon social media post from Ben Lindbergh of The Ringer.

Baseball” schedule for the first half of the 2025 season includes the Los Angeles Dodgers featured in five of the games. In addition, they could be schedule for more later in the year, as happened multiple times in 2024.

The Yankees will face their crosstown rivals, the New York Mets, in their first Sunday Night Baseball appearance on May 18. It will be the finale of a three-game series which will bring former Yankees’ right fielder Juan Soto back to the Bronx for the first time since he spurned them for the Mets. It is part of ESPN’s “Rivalry Week.”

The Dodgers and Shohei Ohtani will be featured in four of ESPN's first 10 "Sunday Night Baseball" broadcasts, it was announced Wednesday, along with a March 27 appearance on MLB's main Opening Day.