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The mint condition card sold for $12.6 million. It's part of a booming market for collectibles.

The price tag is the most anyone has paid for a piece of sports memorabilia in a market that has grown exponentially more lucrative in recent years.

A mint condition Mickey Mantle baseball card has sold for $12.6 million, blasting into the record books Sunday as the most expensive ever paid for a piece of sports memorabilia

CHICAGO — Rob Manfred’s response to a question last month about minor league salaries before the All-Star Game took off when the Major League Baseball commissioner said “I reject the premise that they’re not paid a living wage.”

Ichiro deserves ALL the flowers.

NEW YORK — On a day when Mets fans, players and coaches old and young gathered to celebrate Old Timers’ Day, the team made a surprise announcement.

CHICAGO — With a little more than one month remaining in this bizarro baseball season in Chicago, the Cubs and White Sox have somehow managed to switch identities.

This quiz is in honor of all the canines out there during their time of the year — the dog days of summer.

SEATTLE — Pitcher Cody Webster didn't realize the magnitude of what he and his friends had accomplished until he saw the front page of a Chicago newspaper during an airport layover.

LOS ANGELES — Freddie Freeman, working stiff? The moniker would hardly seem to apply to a guy who makes $27 million a year, flies charter, stays in five-star hotels and receives $100 per diem on the road while playing baseball for a living.

The J-Rod Show is staying in Seattle! This afternoon, it was reported that Julio Rodríguez and the Mariners were nearing a massive extension, with a ton of specific details that affect the overall terms of the deal. MLB.com’s Jesse Sanchez was first to report the extension was happening, ...