One writer for The Athletic uses a Johnny Bench argument for why Kansas City Royals star Salvador Perez deserves a spot in ...

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida – When ex-con ballplayer Harry Decker invented the first catcher’s mitt around the time pitchers started throwing overhand in the 1880s, it didn’t look like much more than ...

For two decades, the Johnny Bench Award was presented to college baseball’s top NCAA Division I catcher. The Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission created the award in 2000 and dedicated it to Hall ...

McCoy: 50 years ago this week, the Great Eight lineup began making history The opening day game for the Cincinnati Reds didn't go well against the San Francisco Giants in 1979. Johnny Bench missed a ...

Cincinnati Reds legend Johnny Bench apologized Sunday for an antisemitic joke he made during a team event the previous day. The Reds were holding a news conference for team Hall of Fame inductions for ...

We don't want more Johnny Bench play-by-play, we NEED more Johnny Bench play-by-play. pic.twitter.com/qZQXPHO8gr — Cut4 (@Cut4) May 9, 2018 May 8 (UPI) --Baseball ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Johnny Bench is a married man. The Cincinnati Reds legend married for a fifth time in March, he confirmed on The Enquirer's ...

Collectors often talk about the best - after all, who wants to collect losers? When the talk turns to the best catcher of all time, most fans and collectors would agree that there's only one choice - ...

The Cincinnati Reds condemned an antisemitic comment made by Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Bench during a team event last week to honor former general manager Gabe Paul. Bench made a comment about ...

Starting in December and ending on Opening Day, Joe Posnanski will count down the 100 greatest baseball players by publishing an essay on a player every day for 100 days. In all, this project will ...

Former Cincinnati Reds and Big Red Machine great Johnny Bench said he was brought to tears by a friend who bought more than $1 million of the National Baseball Hall of Famer's memorabilia at auction ...