Welcome to The Opener, where every weekday morning during the regular season you’ll get a fresh, topical story to start your day from one of SI.com’s MLB writers. On June 1, holding a 4–3 lead in the ...

Beyoncé? Radiohead? Taylor Swift? Daft Punk? All great musicians, yes, but not quite the single greatest musician of our generation. That honor is reserved for someone so great he verges on fictitious ...

Blake Treinen has a new slider, maybe you’ve heard about it. Julio Urías has a new breaking ball this year. Walker Buehler is always working on one of his three breaking balls. Young Mitch White came ...

CLEVELAND — This year, Cleveland celebrates a historic milestone: the 35th birthday of our beloved Guardians mascot, Slider. And yes, though it was a bit of a rocky start, he eventually did indeed ...