Luis Tiant, the Cuban-born ace with a unique delivery, who twice led the American League in ERA and threw a shutout for the Boston Red Sox in the 1975 World Series, has died, according to the Red Sox. He was 83 years old. El Tiante, as he was known, was an icon in Cuba long […]
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By Chad Jennings, Stephen J. Nesbitt and C. Trent Rosecrans No major-league ballpark holds more fans than Dodger Stadium. Its 56,000 seats blend high-wattage celebrities with anonymous diehards to create one of baseball’s loudest, most intense atmospheres. It’s intimidating. Especially in October. Just not for Jurickson Profar. Home crowds always have their say in the
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By Fabian Ardaya, Andy McCullough and Ken Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Monday he thought San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado threw a baseball at him between innings of Game 2 of the NLDS, adding yet another layer to an emotion-filled debacle in San Diego’s victory to even
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New York Mets fans taking the 7 train to Citi Field Tuesday for Game 3 of the National League Division Series might run into a beloved mascot, while riding on trains draped in its image. Yet the character in question won’t be the big-headed Mr. Met, the stalwart of the baseball mascot circle who was
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Sure, it’s early. But baseball’s postseason is off to a roaring start, and Sunday’s NLDS action proved to be no exception. We’ll go around the horn by wrapping up all of the day’s action, including an instant classic in Philadelphia and a tense beatdown in Los Angeles. Then we’ll name our three up and three
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In his postseason debut, Shohei Ohtani helped lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a comeback win over the San Diego Padres. The New York Mets continued their late-inning comeback magic. The New York Yankees topped the Kansas City Royals in a back-and-forth, unconventional October classic, while a Cleveland Guardians’ offensive outburst helped them take the
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The Philadelphia Phillies had everything going for them. They had extra rest from the first-round bye. They had a raucous home crowd. They had one of the best pitchers in baseball at his absolute best. It wasn’t enough, though, as the New York Mets rallied in the late innings to stun the Phillies 6-2 in
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NEW YORK — The moment that defined a rivalry came 47 years ago Sunday. It was a cool fall night in the Bronx, Game 2 of the 1977 ALCS, and Hal McRae stood on first base. The Kansas City Royals were trailing the New York Yankees 2-1 in the sixth inning, but McRae had an
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NEW YORK — New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole was sitting before a room filled with reporters and TV cameras a day before he was set to start Game 1 of the American League Division Series versus the Kansas City Royals. He had just been asked something he had never thought about before. Is there
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We’ve reached the division round of the American League playoff marathon and one division reigns supreme — the AL Central. Much maligned in recent years and home to the worst team in MLB history, the AL Central is nonetheless the only division in the American League guaranteed to have at least one representative in the
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