On this day in history, April 14, 1910, President William Howard Taft became the first U.S.president to throw out the first pitch on baseball's Opening Day. The game was held in Washington, D.C.
Henry "Hank" Aaron broke Babe Ruth's career home run record on this day in history, April 8, 1975. Aaron hit his 715th home run, breaking Ruth's record of 714 homers.
Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is facing backlash after he vetoed a GOP bill to prevent transgender students from competing on certain school sports teams.
Steve Sax digitized an Opie Otterstad painting, "Babe and the Kids," and minted it on the blockchain as an NFT to raise money for the Captain John J. Sax Family Foundation.
Opening day is one of the most exciting days in Major League Baseball on an annual basis. All 30 MLB teams had been scheduled to play March 28, but expected rain postponed two games.
In 2013, the Cleveland Guardians, formerly known as the Indians, sold out opening day tickets in just six minutes. The team also holds other opening day records.