Major League Baseball has just begun, and this week, selected teams, such as the Chicago Cubs, will have their opening days in the US. The sport has always been a popular theme with The Simpsons ...

Then came the team's mascot, the alien Orbit, whose unique popularity is now known nationally, is having a unique "birthday" ...

Sporting News cites the team's link to "The Simpsons," saying, "the fictitious Springfield Isotopes baseball team plots a move to Albuquerque.

This one's not a surprise to fans of The Simpsons. When the Calgary Cannons moved to Albuquerque for the 2003 season, "Isotopes" won a name-the-team contest with 67% of the vote.

Yes, you read that correctly. Homer Jay Simpson, the cartoon character from “The Simpsons,” has become an inducted member of baseball’s most hallowed halls, plaque and all.

Mar. 31—What's in a name? In minor league baseball, does it even matter? For 21 seasons now, Albuquerque's beloved Triple-A baseball franchise has been the Isotopes, a moniker that has grown ...

One of the more intriguingly named Triple-A teams is the Albuquerque Isotopes, the Colorado Rockies' affiliate. Just like the rest of the sporting world, baseball has its fair share of stories ...

Welcome to Sliders, a weekly in-season MLB column that focuses on both the timely and timeless elements of baseball. Nothing celebrates life’s absurdities quite like “The Simpsons,” the ...

Saturday, 6:35 p.m., Isotopes Park Pregame Albuquerque Professional Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony at 6:15 p.m., gates open at 5:30 p.m. and there is a postgame fireworks show.

"Albuquerque Isotopes baseball thrives because of their staff, and atmosphere they create at the ballpark, which is truly second to none." ...

Diamond Baseball Holdings purchased two Triple-A teams from Ken Young on Tuesday — the Norfolk Tides and the Isotopes — expanding its roster of minor league baseball teams to 25.