Shohei Ohtani hit a tying, three-run homer in the second inning of his highly anticipated playoff debut to help the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 7-5 in their National League Division Series opener
October 06, 2024
New York has mastered the art of the late-inning rally, first in Atlanta, then in a Wild Card Series win in Milwaukee and now in Philadelphia
October 05, 2024
Lane Thomas hit a three-run homer in a five-run outburst before Detroit got an out, and the Cleveland Guardians unleashed their lights-out bullpen to complete a four-hitter in a 7-0 win over the Tigers in an AL Division Series opener
October 05, 2024
Former New York Gov. David Paterson and stepson attacked after argument
October 05, 2024
Pitchers Clayton Kershaw and Joe Kelly were left off the Los Angeles Dodgers’ roster for their NL Division Series against the San Diego Padres
October 05, 2024
Shohei Ohtani is about to realize his childhood dream of playing in important games
October 04, 2024
Minnesota senior vice president and general manager Thad Levine is leaving the Twins after eight seasons
October 04, 2024
Shohei Ohtani has mashed 100 mph fastballs for homers, stolen bases against some of the game’s best catchers and recently wrapped up one of the best regular seasons in Major League Baseball history
October 04, 2024
The Milwaukee Brewers couldn’t have set things up any better for themselves as they headed into the ninth inning of the deciding game in their NL Wild Card Series
October 04, 2024
Pete Alonso was having a rather disappointing evening in what could have been his final game for the New York Mets
October 04, 2024
Terry Francona has been hired to manage the Cincinnati Reds, returning to the major leagues a year after he stepped down in Cleveland because of health reasons
October 04, 2024
Ninety years ago, Greenberg had a momentous decision to make: Should he play baseball on Yom Kippur?
October 03, 2024
The Braves’ best pitcher, NL Cy Young Award favorite Chris Sale, was back home in Atlanta with a back injury
October 03, 2024
The Baltimore Orioles were swept out of the playoffs in their only series for a second consecutive year
October 03, 2024
The claim to Shohei Ohtani’s potentially lucrative 50th home run ball grew more complicated this week, with a second fan filing a lawsuit asserting he had possession of the historic baseball
October 02, 2024
Fernando Tatis Jr. and his swagger returned to the playoffs with a blast
October 02, 2024
Mark Vientos hit a tiebreaking, two-run single during a five-run outburst in the fifth inning as the indefatigable New York Mets continued their thrilling week by beating the Milwaukee Brewers 8-4 in an NL Wild Card Series opener
October 01, 2024
Former Major League Baseball star Pete Rose's death at his home in Las Vegas on Monday was due to natural causes, the Clark County coroner's office said.
October 01, 2024
Pete Rose found a home in Las Vegas, where acceptance wasn’t a problem
October 01, 2024
The Arizona Diamondbacks arrived at Chase Field on Monday afternoon for a light workout and heavy anxiety
September 30, 2024
Banished baseball great Pete Rose has died
September 30, 2024
After a season that didn’t go nearly as planned, the Atlanta Braves find themselves back in a familiar spot
September 30, 2024
Pete Rose, baseball's all-time leader in hits who was banned from the Hall of Fame after he was caught gambling on baseball games, has died at age 83, the medical examiner in
September 30, 2024
Chaim Bloom will replace longtime St. Louis Cardinals President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak after the 2025 season
September 30, 2024
Shohei Ohtani spent the last six years going home in October
September 30, 2024
Major League Baseball is going back to using primary team uniforms for the All-Star Game, scrapping criticized special jerseys used for the past four years
September 30, 2024
Shohei Ohtani topped Major League Baseball jersey sales for the second straight season while becoming the first player to reach 50 homers and 50 stolen bases in the same year
September 30, 2024
The San Francisco Giants have hired former All-Star catcher Buster Posey as their president of baseball operations and fired Farhan Zaidi
September 30, 2024
The Atlanta Braves bounced back from a stunning loss in the first game of a makeup doubleheader, claiming the last postseason berth with a 3-0 win over the Mets in the nightcap Monday after New York clinched a playoffs trip with an 8-7 victory in the opener
September 30, 2024
Chicago White Sox make unwanted history by recording the most losses in a single modern MLB season
September 28, 2024
The Chicago White Sox lost their post-1900s, major league-record 121st game Friday night, falling 4-1 to the Detroit Tigers
September 28, 2024
Joan Whitney Payson, the first female owner to buy a baseball team, won over the press in the Mets’ disastrous 1962 season by treating them as partners, not adversaries.
September 28, 2024
The Detroit Tigers earned an AL wild card berth on Friday night, ending a decade-long postseason drought
September 28, 2024
Francisco Lindor is back in the New York Mets’ lineup
September 27, 2024
Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo says his long-term view of CJ Abrams has not changed after the team’s decision to demote the All-Star shortstop last week
September 27, 2024
The New York Yankees won the AL East title for a first-round bye in the playoffs, dispatching the Baltimore Orioles with a 10-1 victory behind Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and Gerrit Cole
September 27, 2024
A Florida man's lawsuit has temporarily stopped Shohei Ohtani’s 50th home run ball from being sold after saying it was stolen from him moments after he secured it
September 26, 2024
New York Yankees fail to clinch AL East title but Aaron Judge makes history yet again
September 26, 2024
Major League Baseball is thriving two years after introducing sweeping measures to make the game more exciting
September 26, 2024
Wyatt Langford and Adolis García homered to help the Texas Rangers spoil the final scheduled night baseball game at the Oakland Coliseum, beating the Athletics 5-1
September 26, 2024
The Chicago White Sox avoided a record-breaking 121st loss for the second straight game, beating the Los Angeles Angels 4-3 on Andrew Benintendi’s 10th-inning single
September 26, 2024
The baseball that Shohei Ohtani hit for his 50th home run, which gave him 50 homers and 50 stolen bases in the same season, is going up for auction on Friday
September 26, 2024
Pittsburgh Pirates rookie pitcher Paul Skenes says the team's plan to bring him along slowly worked almost perfectly
September 25, 2024
The last two games of the pivotal series between the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves have been postponed due to the forecast for inclement weather
September 25, 2024
The Major League Baseball playoffs are approaching and a Shohei Ohtani vs
September 25, 2024
The Athletics already have carved out Jekyll-and-Hyde legacy as one of Major League Baseball’s most successful and sad-sack franchises with nine World Series titles and 19 seasons of futility punctuated by 100 or more losses
September 25, 2024
The Baltimore Orioles are headed to the playoffs in consecutive years for the first time since the 1990s, clinching no worse than a wild-card berth thanks to a 5-3 win over the New York Yankees paired with Minnesota's loss to Miami
September 25, 2024
Michael Harris II had three more hits, including a solo home run and an RBI double, and rookie Spencer Schwellenbach shut down the New York Mets again as the Atlanta Braves cruised to a 5-1 win in the opener of a pivotal three-game series
September 25, 2024
Philadelphia Phillies clinch first NL East title since 2011 with 6-2 win over Chicago Cubs
September 24, 2024
Four-time All-Star Charlie Blackmon will retire at the end of the season after spending his entire major-league career with the Colorado Rockies
September 23, 2024
All summer long, one massive series kept looming on the schedule
September 23, 2024
The Detroit Tigers have added right-hander Jackson Jobe to the roster to bolster their push to make the playoffs for the first time in a decade
September 23, 2024
Latin American baseball league provides migrants in Texas sense of community
September 23, 2024
Fans crowd Coliseum on A's final weekend in Oakland
September 23, 2024
The Detroit Tigers were sellers at MLB's trade deadline on July 30
September 23, 2024
The Cincinnati Reds fired manager David Bell on Sunday night after six seasons
September 23, 2024
The Chicago White Sox had a 2-1 lead going into the bottom of the eighth inning, and then history struck
September 23, 2024
The Chicago White Sox tied the post-1900 record of 120 losses by the 1962 expansion New York Mets when the San Diego Padres won 4-2 by rallying for three runs in the eighth inning, highlighted by Fernando Tatis Jr.’s towering home run
September 22, 2024
Dick Moss, the lawyer who won the arbitration case that created free agency for baseball players, has died
September 22, 2024
Max Scherzer is going home and into free agency after what the three-time Cy Young Award winner considers the most frustrating of his 17 seasons in the big leagues
September 22, 2024
The Cleveland Guardians have clinched their second AL Central championship in three years
September 21, 2024
Nearly half of the 212 players who made their MLB debuts during the pandemic-altered 2020 season are still playing or have been in the big leagues this year
September 20, 2024
Shohei Ohtani keeps showing a flair for the dramatic during his historic first season with the Los Angeles Dodgers
September 20, 2024
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani becomes first player to join 50-50 club
September 19, 2024
Shohei Ohtani has become the first major league player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season
September 19, 2024
It’s saved the careers of hundreds of MLB pitchers. But teenage athletes dreaming of fame and fortune are now having the surgery in record numbers.
September 19, 2024
Shohei Ohtani 50-50 update: LA Dodgers star nabs 49th steal in win over Miami Marlins
September 19, 2024
Shohei Ohtani stole his 49th base and moved closer to becoming the first player in major league history with 50 homers and 50 steals in a season as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Miami Marlins 8-4
September 19, 2024
The Milwaukee Brewers became the first major league team to clinch a playoff spot when they sealed their third NL Central title in the last four years
September 18, 2024
Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani inches closer to historic 50-50 season with 48th home run
September 18, 2024
Jesús Sánchez doubled twice and drove in three runs, and the Miami Marlins beat Shohei Ohtani and the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers 11-9 on Tuesday night
September 18, 2024
The Royals’ Bobby Witt Jr. became the first shortstop in major league history with multiple seasons of at least 30 homers and 30 steals when the All-Star swiped second base in the first inning of Tuesday night’s game against the Detroit Tigers
September 17, 2024
Emmanuel Clase is breaking bats and records at an almost equal pace
September 17, 2024
Joey Ortiz and William Contreras each drove in two runs, and the Milwaukee Brewers moved a step closer to clinching the NL Central title by beating the NL East-leading Philadelphia Phillies 6-2
September 17, 2024
Aaron Judge is mashing homers at an astounding pace for the New York Yankees
September 15, 2024
Aaron Judge ended the longest home run drought of his career with a go-ahead grand slam in the seventh inning that rallied the New York Yankees past the Boston Red Sox 5-4
September 14, 2024
Aaron Judge has ended the longest home run drought of his career with a go-ahead grand slam for the New York Yankees against the Boston Red Sox
September 14, 2024
Francisco Alvarez, Brandon Nimmo and Harrison Bader hit three-run homers, Jose Quintana allowed three hits in seven shutout innings and the New York Mets routed the NL East-leading Philadelphia Phillies 11-3 for their 12th win in 14 games
September 14, 2024
Gunnar Henderson tripled just past the glove of diving first baseman Spencer Torkelson with two outs in the ninth inning for Baltimore’s first hit, and the Detroit Tigers held on for a 1-0 win over the Orioles
September 14, 2024
Texas Rangers starter Jacob deGrom doesn’t expect to get much sleep Thursday night
September 13, 2024
Shohei Ohtani edges closer to historic 50-50 season with home run and steal in Dodgers win over Cubs
September 12, 2024
Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Bowden Francis has not allowed a hit through eight innings against the New York Mets
September 11, 2024
Veteran stars Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer will rejoin the Texas Rangers’ pitching rotation later this week after both had an extended absence due to injuries
September 10, 2024
Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber set the MLB single-season record with his 14th leadoff home run Tuesday night against the Tampa Bay Rays before being removed from the game in the fourth inning due to a hyperextended left elbow
September 10, 2024
Austin Wells hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the seventh inning and added an RBI double in the eighth as the New York Yankees pulled away for a 10-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Monday night and widened their lead in the AL East
September 10, 2024
Cleveland Guardians left-hander Joey Cantillo has pitched six perfect innings against the Chicago White Sox
September 10, 2024
Shohei Ohtani hit his 46th home run of the season to tie his career high, a 450-foot solo shot down the right-field line in the fifth inning of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ game against the Cleveland Guardians on a sweltering Sunday
September 08, 2024
Italian rookie Sam Aldegheri won for the first time in the major leagues, allowing a run on three hits in six innings in the Los Angeles Angels’ 5-1 victory over the Texas Rangers on Friday night
September 07, 2024
North Texas boy becomes Texas Ranger for a day, thanks to Make-A-Wish
September 05, 2024
Gold Glove third baseman Matt Chapman have agreed to a $151 million, six-year contract with the San Francisco Giants for 2025-30, giving up his chance to become a free agent after the season
September 05, 2024
Wins have been scarce this season for the Chicago White Sox
September 05, 2024
Jonathan Cannon pitched into the sixth inning and the Chicago White Sox homered three times, snapping their 12-game losing streak with an 8-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles
September 05, 2024
Corey Seager has been put on the 10-day injured list because of hip discomfort that could end the All-Star shortstop’s third season with the Texas Rangers
September 04, 2024
Kyle Schwarber’s third homer of the game was a go-ahead, three-run drive in the ninth inning, and the Philadelphia Phillies rallied past the Toronto Blue Jays 10-9 after allowing six runs in the first
September 04, 2024
Shohei Ohtani has returned to the stadium and the city where he did just about everything except win
September 04, 2024
At Major League Baseball's All-Star break, the one award race that seemed like it might be over was for National League Rookie of the Year
September 02, 2024
The Chicago White Sox added to their indignities by setting a franchise record with their 107th loss when they fell 2-0 to the New York Mets
September 01, 2024
Darren Baker spent much of his childhood around baseball
September 01, 2024
Teoscar Hernández hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the third inning, Shohei Ohtani went deep leading off the game on his second bobblehead night and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-4
August 29, 2024
‘Hello guys, can I play?’: MLB catcher joins neighborhood Wiffle ball game
August 26, 2024
Even by their lofty standards, Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani had quite a week
August 26, 2024
Lathan Norton scored from second base on an overthrow at first as Lake Mary, Florida, rallied Sunday to beat Taiwan 2-1 in eight innings and claim the Little League World Series championship
August 25, 2024
Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hit his 50th homer of the season, connecting in the first inning against the Colorado Rockies
August 25, 2024
Boston Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen is enjoying his odd slice of baseball history as he prepares to become the first major league player ever to appear in the same game for both teams
August 25, 2024
Shohei Ohtani has thrown off a mound for the first time since having elbow surgery last year that has kept the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar from pitching this season
August 25, 2024
Luis Calo hit a go-ahead two-run double in the sixth inning as Lake Mary, Florida, beat Boerne, Texas, 10-7 on Saturday in a wild game that sent the Southeast region representative to the Little League World Series championship
August 24, 2024
Bowden Francis struck out a career-high 12 in a dominant performance for the Toronto Blue Jays, carrying a no-hitter into the ninth inning of a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels
August 24, 2024
Taiwan beat Venezuela 4-1 in the championship game of the international bracket at the Little League World Series
August 24, 2024
Shohei Ohtani joins famed 40-40 club after extraordinary walk-off grand slam
August 24, 2024
Shohei Ohtani has time to make more history this season
August 24, 2024
The jersey worn by New York Yankees slugger Babe Ruth during his famous “called shot” home run in 1932 could sell at auction for as much as $30 million
August 24, 2024
Shohei Ohtani hit a two-out grand slam in the ninth inning for his 40th homer after earlier stealing his 40th base, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 7-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night
August 24, 2024
Royals catcher Salvador Perez spent part of his day off playing an impromptu game of Wiffle ball with a bunch of kids in Kansas City, Kansas
August 23, 2024
The Washington Nationals plan to call up outfielder Dylan Crews, the No. 3 prospect in Major League Baseball
August 23, 2024
Dan Wilson will manage his first game for the Mariners on Friday night when Seattle opens a series against the San Francisco Giants
August 23, 2024
The Seattle Mariners fired manager Scott Servais on Thursday with the team in the midst a two-month collapse that included squandering a 10-game lead in the division and slipping to the fringes of playoff contention in the American League
August 22, 2024
New York Yankees defend Aaron Judge after Little League World Series coach says he ignored team
August 22, 2024
Pinch-hitter Jesse Winker led off the ninth inning with his first home run for the New York Mets, giving them another rousing 4-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles
August 21, 2024
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August 21, 2024
Pinch-hitter Lane Thomas delivered a tiebreaking double to spark a six-run 12th inning, and the Cleveland Guardians outlasted the New York Yankees 9-5 in the longest major league game this season
August 21, 2024
The Atlanta Braves have signed infielder Gio Urshela after placing third baseman Austin Riley on the injured list with a broken hand
August 20, 2024
Francisco Alvarez hit a solo home run with one out in the ninth inning to give the New York Mets a 4-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles
August 20, 2024
Houston’s Justin Verlander is scheduled to come off the injured list and start the finale of a three-game series against the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday
August 19, 2024
Atlanta Braves third baseman Austin Riley will miss at least the rest of the regular season after breaking his right hand
August 19, 2024
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