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The baseball — and Hollywood — star who’s been lost to history

There’s a good chance that you’ve never heard of Mike Donlin, but there were few people as famous in the early 1900s when he was a Major Leaguer and star of stage and screen.

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MLB.com‘s Mark Feinsand explains the reasoning behind his votes on this year’s Hall of Fame ballot and recounts an accident involving one of his picks, Ichiro Suzuki.

After being traded to the Rangers, Jake Burger put some thought into his new uniform number. He picked 21 for newborn daughter Penelope, who was born with Down syndrome, clinically known as Trisomy 21.

Four high school players from Atlanta are participating in this year’s DREAM Series, and former Braves players Marquis Grissom and Marvin Freeman are among the instructors.

The latest Pipeline Inbox answers questions about Red Sox top prospect Roman Anthony, last year’s ninth-overall pick Konnor Griffin of the Pirates and more.

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