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Ranking the 4 remaining possible World Series matchups, from least to most interesting

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Ranking the 4 remaining possible World Series matchups, from least to most interesting

We’re two rounds into this captivating postseason, with dreams dashed, legacies smashed and a bunch of did-he-really-do-that?!?! home runs bashed. Along the way, we’ve seen 32 potential World Series matchups disappear, like Marty McFly’s fading family photo in “Back to the Future.” Turns out that a Philadelphia Phillies/Baltimore Orioles rematch just wasn’t our density this […]

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With Yankees and Mets both headed to the LCS, ‘a fun time in New York’ awaits

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With Yankees and Mets both headed to the LCS, ‘a fun time in New York’ awaits

KANSAS CITY — It was just an allusion, still too early in October to bookmark the clip for history. But it’s a familiar and comforting visual that has preceded champagne before: with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, a New York Yankees center fielder in a gray uniform glides to his right to

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What you need to know from the MLB playoffs: Yankees await Tigers or Guardians

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What you need to know from the MLB playoffs: Yankees await Tigers or Guardians

A squeeze play sent one American League Division Series to Game 5, as Cleveland’s David Fry hit a pinch hit homer and then bunted home the winning run in the Guardians’ come-from-behind road win over the Detroit Tigers. Meanwhile, benches cleared in an otherwise quiet evening in Kansas City, Mo., where the New York Yankees

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MLB’s best playoff ballparks: Ranking the top environments for postseason madness

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MLB’s best playoff ballparks: Ranking the top environments for postseason madness

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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Yankees’ diehard fans can’t imagine Juan Soto gone: ‘Why would you want to leave this?’

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Yankees’ diehard fans can’t imagine Juan Soto gone: ‘Why would you want to leave this?’

NEW YORK — Juan Soto waited. Then he waited some more. Then after Gerrit Cole went through his windup and threw a pitch, Soto turned and saluted the Bleacher Creatures, who had been chanting his name for 15 seconds during the “Roll Call” that’s become tradition at the start of every game at Yankee Stadium.

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Royals puzzled by replay decision in loss to Yankees: ‘You could see the daylight’

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Royals puzzled by replay decision in loss to Yankees: ‘You could see the daylight’

NEW YORK — In the moments after the Royals’ 6-5 loss to the Yankees on Saturday night, Michael Massey left the field and parked himself in front of a screen in a room inside the visitors clubhouse. Massey, the Royals second baseman, knew what question was coming when the room opened to reporters, so he

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2024 MLB Division Series: Mets rally past Phillies, Yankees survive, Ohtani homers

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2024 MLB Division Series: Mets rally past Phillies, Yankees survive, Ohtani homers

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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‘We hated each other’: When the Yankees and Royals turned baseball into a blood feud

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‘We hated each other’: When the Yankees and Royals turned baseball into a blood feud

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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Aaron Boone says Juan Soto ‘loving’ time with Yankees as free agency looms before ALDS

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Aaron Boone says Juan Soto ‘loving’ time with Yankees as free agency looms before ALDS

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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American League Division Series predictions: Our experts make their picks

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American League Division Series predictions: Our experts make their picks

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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