Online bidding for Ohtani's historic 50-50 ball up to $1.8M as litigation for proceeds continues
The online auction for Shohei Ohtani’s 50th home run ball has just four days remaining, with the highest bid now at $1.8 million
October 18, 2024The online auction for Shohei Ohtani’s 50th home run ball has just four days remaining, with the highest bid now at $1.8 million
October 18, 2024Shohei Ohtani hit a leadoff homer and scored four times, Mookie Betts also went deep and drove in four runs, and the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the New York Mets 10-2 for a 3-1 lead in their lopsided National League Championship Series
October 18, 2024Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Max Muncy has become the first player to reach base in 12 consecutive plate appearances during a single postseason
October 18, 2024Aaron Judge finally delivered the kind of postseason moment in October that turns Yankees into legends
October 18, 2024Pinch-hitter Jhonkensy Noel tied the score with a two-out home run in the ninth inning and David Fry hit a two-run homer in the 10th, rallying Cleveland over the New York Yankees 7-5 and pulling the Guardians to 2-1 in the AL Championship Series
October 18, 2024Shohei Ohtani homered against Jose Quintana leading off Game 4 of the National League Championship Series, putting the Los Angeles Dodgers ahead of the New York Mets
October 17, 2024The Mets are lighting up Citi Field, even before their batters step up to the plate
October 17, 2024New York Yankees take 2-0 ALCS lead as Aaron Judge hits his first HR of the postseason
October 16, 2024The Philadelphia Phillies’ season of World Series championship expectations ended with a thud against the New York Mets in the NL Division Series
October 15, 2024When it comes to baseball and music, the connection runs a lot deeper than walk-up songs and “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.”
October 15, 2024The Philadelphia Phillies have signed manager Rob Thomson to a one-year contract extension through the 2026 season after he led the team to three straight trips to the playoffs
October 15, 2024New York Yankees power past wild Cleveland Guardians in Game 1 of ALCS
October 15, 2024Mets offense explodes early to level series with Dodgers
October 15, 2024A snake slithered through the Los Angeles Dodgers dugout during Game 2 of the National League Championship Series
October 15, 2024Clayton Kershaw says he plans to return to the Los Angeles Dodgers for his 18th season next year
October 14, 2024Major League Baseball’s postseason is averaging 3.33 million viewers going into the League Championship Series, an 18% increase over last year’s average of 2.82 million
October 14, 2024Jack Flaherty combined on a three-hitter and Los Angeles Dodgers pitchers tied the postseason record of 33 consecutive scoreless innings by routing the New York Mets 9-0 Sunday night in the NL Championship Series opener
October 14, 2024Shohei Ohtani was caught stealing for the first time in nearly three months, ending a streak of 36 consecutive successful stolen base attempts
October 14, 2024Jeff McNeil was added to the New York Mets’ roster for the NL Championship Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers after recovering from a broken right wrist
October 13, 2024Shohei Ohtani is widely regarded as the best player in Major League Baseball
October 13, 2024Clay Holmes is rediscovering his sinker at a pivotal time for the New York Yankees
October 12, 2024The Tigers and Guardians are taking their fight the distance
October 11, 2024Citing weather issues, Major League Baseball moved the start time of Saturday’s decisive Game 5 of the AL Division Series between Detroit and Cleveland from 8:08 p.m. to a 1:08 p.m. The change was announced Friday as the Tigers were going through a workout at Progressive Field
October 11, 2024The Royals are looking forward to next season with a pronounced sense of optimism after going from a 106-loss trainwreck last year to the AL Division Series this year
October 11, 2024Gerrit Cole in control as New York Yankees clinch ALCS spot with win over Kansas City Royals
October 11, 2024Yankees third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. accused the Royals’ Maikel Garcia of intentionally trying to hurt Anthony Volpe while sliding into second base during Game 4 of their tense AL Division Series that New York won 3-1 on Thursday night
October 11, 2024Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays said on Thursday it could take weeks to assess the damage to its ballpark which had nearly its entire roof torn off as Hurricane Milton cut a
October 10, 2024From their playoff pumpkin to the purple Grimace seat and that catchy pop song by infielder Jose Iglesias, the merry New York Mets are riding a wave of good-luck charms and infectious camaraderie to unexpected October success
October 10, 2024The Philadelphia Phillies' season of World Series championship expectations ended with a thud against the New York Mets in the NL Division Series
October 10, 2024Francisco Lindor hits grand slam to send New York Mets to NLCS for first time since 2015
October 10, 2024Giancarlo Stanton hit a go-ahead homer in the eighth inning, and the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 in Game 3 of their AL Division Series at Kauffman Stadium
October 10, 2024Francisco Lindor hit a grand slam in the sixth inning, his latest clutch swing in a storybook season, and the New York Mets reached the National League Championship Series with a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies
October 09, 2024Yankees slugger Juan Soto says he is focused solely on helping New York win the World Series, and not thinking at all about a potentially lucrative offseason
October 09, 2024The Detroit Tigers plan to put right-hander Keider Montero on the mound against the Cleveland Guardians in Game 3 of their AL Division Series on Wednesday, when one team will earn an edge in the best-of-five series
October 09, 2024Six months of success for the Philadelphia Phillies could be wiped out before the leaves start to turn
October 09, 2024Major League Baseball has announced it will produce and distribute local broadcasts for the Cleveland Guardians, Milwaukee Brewers and Minnesota Twins next year
October 08, 2024Famed Cuban, MLB pitcher Luis Tiant dies at 83
October 08, 2024The Colorado Rockies are bringing back Bud Black for another season on the heels of a sixth straight losing campaign
October 08, 2024Luis Tiant has died at the age of 83
October 08, 2024Salvador Perez homered leading off the fourth inning to spark a four-run rally against Carlos Rodón, and the Kansas City Royals beat the New York Yankees 4-2 to even their AL Division Series at one game apiece
October 08, 2024Kerry Carpenter hit a three-run homer off Cleveland’s All-Star closer Emmanuel Clase in the ninth inning as the Detroit Tigers blanked the Guardians 3-0 in Game 2 to even their AL Division Series at one game apiece
October 07, 2024Guardians utilityman Tyler Freeman sustained an oblique injury during a simulated game Sunday and was dropped from the AL Division Series roster prior to Cleveland hosting Detroit in Game 2
October 07, 2024Gauff claims eighth WTA title, Castellanos comes up clutch: Five athletes who shone this weekend
October 07, 2024Padres top Dodgers as fans throw baseballs, trash at San Diego players
October 07, 2024Dodger Stadium fans tossed baseballs, apparently at San Diego left fielder Jurickson Profar, and then threw trash that caused a 12-minute wait between pitches during the seventh inning of NL Division Series Game 2
October 07, 2024Tarik Skubal and Matthew Boyd became close when they played together in Detroit
October 06, 2024Even with up to 24 video cameras, Major League Baseball didn’t have a precise picture showing whether Michael Massey’s glove slapped Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s left foot before it touched the corner of second base
October 06, 2024Alex Verdugo felt a little cooked this season, so he hired a chef
October 06, 2024Alex Verdugo hit a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning and saved at least one run with a sliding catch along the left-field line, boosting the New York Yankees over the Kansas City Royals 6-5 in their AL Division Series opener
October 06, 2024Mark Vientos and Brandon Nimmo keyed another late New York comeback, helping the Mets break through for five runs in the eighth inning against a pair of All-Star relievers as they rallied past the Philadelphia Phillies 6-2 in Game 1 of their National League Division Series
October 05, 2024Cleveland’s brutish bullpen lived up to its billing
October 05, 2024New 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, 2024Clayton Kershaw won't pitch again this season for the Los Angeles Dodgers
October 05, 2024Lane 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, 2024Pitchers 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, 2024George Brett watches the Kansas City Royals prepare to face the New York Yankees and remembers the combustible clashes of the 1970s
October 05, 2024Joe Musgrove needs Tommy John surgery and won’t pitch for the San Diego Padres in the National League Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers
October 04, 2024Minnesota senior vice president and general manager Thad Levine is leaving the Twins after eight seasons
October 04, 2024Pete Alonso’s dramatic ninth-inning home run sees New York Mets down Milwaukee Brewers and advance to NLDS
October 04, 2024Terry 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, 2024Pete Alonso hit a go-ahead, three-run homer off All-Star closer Devin Williams in the ninth inning and the New York Mets beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 to win their NL Wild Card Series
October 04, 2024The Savannah Bananas are taking their baseball hijinks to the gridiron in 2025
October 03, 2024Patrick Mahomes and Bobby Witt Jr. grew up as the sons of big league ballplayers
October 03, 2024MLB Wild Card Game 2 round-up: Brewers force Game 3 as Tigers, Padres and Royals advance
October 03, 2024The Braves’ best pitcher, NL Cy Young Award favorite Chris Sale, was back home in Atlanta with a back injury
October 03, 2024That $82 million contract Jackson Chourio signed before ever playing a major league game looks like more and more of a bargain with every swing the Milwaukee Brewers rookie takes this postseason
October 03, 2024Kyle Higashioka’s solo homer started a five-run rally against Max Fried with two outs in the second inning, and the San Diego Padres held on to sweep the Atlanta Braves with a 5-4 win in Game 2 of their NL Wild Card Series
October 03, 2024Bobby Witt Jr. beat out an infield single to drive in the go-ahead run and send the Kansas City Royals into an AL Division Series with a 2-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles for a two-game sweep of their Wild Card Series
October 02, 2024Pete Rose still isn’t going into the Baseball Hall of Fame
October 02, 2024The 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, 2024Mark 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, 2024Former 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, 2024Bobby Witt Jr. hit an RBI single in his playoff debut to back Cole Ragans’ six sharp innings and help the Kansas City Royals return from a nine-year postseason absence with a 1-0 victory over the Baltimore Orioles in Game 1 of their AL Wild Card Series
October 01, 2024Tarik Skubal kept up his stellar season with a sensational playoff debut and the Detroit Tigers got to Framber Valdez early in a 3-1 win over the Houston Astros in their AL Wild Card Series opener
October 01, 2024The Houston Astros left three-time Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander off the roster for their AL Wild Card Series against Detroit but did include injured slugger Yordan Alvarez
October 01, 2024‘Destiny was on us’: New York Mets and Atlanta Braves both head into the postseason after dramatic doubleheader
October 01, 2024Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani has put up some of the best regular season numbers in baseball history over the past six months
October 01, 2024The Arizona Diamondbacks arrived at Chase Field on Monday afternoon for a light workout and heavy anxiety
September 30, 2024Banished baseball great Pete Rose has died
September 30, 2024Banished baseball great Pete Rose has died
September 30, 2024Chaim Bloom will replace longtime St. Louis Cardinals President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak after the 2025 season
September 30, 2024Four months after falling 11 games under
September 30, 2024Shohei Ohtani spent the last six years going home in October
September 30, 2024Major 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, 2024Shohei 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, 2024The San Francisco Giants have hired former All-Star catcher Buster Posey as their president of baseball operations and fired Farhan Zaidi
September 30, 2024The 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, 2024Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes ended an impressive rookie season by retiring six hitters in order, including strikeouts of New York stars Juan Soto and Aaron Judge in his Yankee Stadium debut
September 28, 2024MLB Friday round-up: Tigers and Royals clinch playoff berth, Ohtani chases Triple Crown
September 28, 2024Chicago White Sox make unwanted history by recording the most losses in a single modern MLB season
September 28, 2024Shohei Ohtani’s locked in at the plate, on the bases, for the NL MVP and now on the Triple Crown
September 28, 2024The Chicago White Sox lost their post-1900s, major league-record 121st game Friday night, falling 4-1 to the Detroit Tigers
September 28, 2024Sutter Health Park is new home to A's, putting sports world in abuzz over turf, tickets
September 27, 2024Francisco Lindor is back in the New York Mets’ lineup
September 27, 2024Trevor Bauer has been honored as pitcher of the year in the Mexican Baseball League
September 27, 2024Washington 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, 2024The attorney for an 18-year-old man trying to stop Shohei Ohtani’s 50th home run ball from being sold at auction until a lawsuit is resolved believes he has a strong case
September 27, 202418-year-old files lawsuit over ownership of Shohei Ohtani’s historic 50-50 ball, seeks to prevent auction
September 27, 2024MLB Thursday round-up: Yankees and Dodgers clinch divisions, White Sox avoid outright futility record
September 27, 2024Shohei Ohtani is headed to the postseason for the first time in his career after the Los Angeles Dodgers won the NL West by scoring five runs in the seventh inning in a 7-2 win over the second-place San Diego Padres
September 27, 2024The 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, 2024A 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, 2024New York Yankees fail to clinch AL East title but Aaron Judge makes history yet again
September 26, 2024Shohei Ohtani’s record-setting 50-50 ball is up for auction – and can be purchased for $4.5M
September 26, 2024Major League Baseball is thriving two years after introducing sweeping measures to make the game more exciting
September 26, 2024Wyatt 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, 2024The 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, 2024Pittsburgh Pirates rookie pitcher Paul Skenes says the team's plan to bring him along slowly worked almost perfectly
September 25, 2024The 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, 2024Yankees left-hander Nestor Cortes has a flexor strain in his pitching elbow and was placed on the 15-day injured list in a blow to New York’s rotation heading into the playoffs
September 25, 2024The Major League Baseball playoffs are approaching and a Shohei Ohtani vs
September 25, 2024MLB Tuesday round-up: Chicago White Sox avoid becoming the league’s worst ever modern team – for now
September 25, 2024The San Diego Padres clinched a playoff spot Tuesday night when they stunned the Los Angeles Dodgers with a game-ending triple play to preserve a 4-2 victory over the NL West leaders
September 25, 2024The 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, 2024The Houston Astros have clinched their fourth straight AL West title with a 4-3 win over the Seattle Mariners, overcoming a terrible start to reach the playoffs for an eighth consecutive year
September 25, 2024Michael 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, 2024Philadelphia Phillies clinch first NL East title since 2011 with 6-2 win over Chicago Cubs
September 24, 2024Four-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, 2024All summer long, one massive series kept looming on the schedule
September 23, 2024The Detroit Tigers were sellers at MLB's trade deadline on July 30
September 23, 2024Edwin Díaz got his second career six-out save to preserve the New York Mets' 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies
September 23, 2024The Cincinnati Reds fired manager David Bell on Sunday night after six seasons
September 23, 2024The Chicago White Sox had a 2-1 lead going into the bottom of the eighth inning, and then history struck
September 23, 2024Shohei Ohtani hit a tying home run in the ninth inning and Mookie Betts followed with another drive as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a 6-5 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday to maintain their three-game lead in the National League West
September 22, 2024