This Dennis McCarthy column was first published on Nov. 14, 2004 under the title “A league of her own — pro baseball legend Pepper Davis recalls her diamond days in the sun.” Pepper Davis opens the ...

After flirting with Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (ALPB) history, the Gastonia Ghost Peppers begin the week looking to get back to their winning ways. The Gastonia baseball club starts a ...

Following a stretch in which it lost seven consecutive games, the Gastonia Ghost Peppers earned a split this past week of a six-game set with the Lexington (Kentucky) Legends. Winners of the series’ ...

Japan has debuted a pepper grinder celebration, which took the World Baseball Classic by storm. How did it come about? Thanks Lars Nootbaar. Shohei Ohtani was the first to make said celebration go ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS – Don Pepper had a top salary of $10,000 during an eight-year pro baseball career that included a brief stint with the Detroit Tigers. Today, the average major league salary is nearly ...

FLEMINGTON — "'Batter up!' Hear that call? The time has come for one and all … To play ball." The Rockford Peaches sing that in the movie “A League of Their Own,” while changing into their ...

The coronavirus has put most public events, including sports and concerts, on hold around the world. As many countries see declining cases and hospitalizations, public life is slowly starting to ...

For Gastonia’s Atlantic League of Professional Baseball franchise, there’s only one box left to check. After four consecutive trips to the ALPB playoffs, the Ghost Peppers begin their pursuit of an ...