Arlington, Texas – The Los Angeles Dodgers celebrated as Cody Bellinger’s drive soared deep into the Texas night. Bellinger flung his bat off to the side and strutted up the first-base line. All the way to the World Series. Bellinger hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the seventh inning, and […]
Rays beat Astros in Game 7 to reach World Series
San Diego – By now, every baseball fan has heard of remarkable rookie Randy Arozarena. They’re fast becoming familiar with his World Series-bound Tampa Bay teammates, too. « You sit here and look at this group of guys, and I always say we don’t have a lot of household names, but […]
Fenway first: Ballpark becomes voting venue amid pandemic
Boston – Bostonians who lined up at the nation’s oldest ballpark on Saturday were far more focused on the ballot box than the batter’s box. Hundreds of people cast their votes at Fenway Park, which city officials are using as an alternative to indoor venues during the pandemic. Voter Rob […]
Baseball powerhouse Tokai University suspends team activities due to drug use
Yokohama – Tokai University, a four-time Japanese national university baseball champion, said Saturday it has indefinitely suspended all activities of its baseball club due to illegal drug use by several members. According to the university, which has several campuses across the country, some members of the club based in Kanagawa […]
Will Smith’s homer off another Will Smith helps Dodgers stave off elimination in NLCS
Arlington, Texas – One Will Smith outdid another Will Smith to keep the season alive for the Los Angeles Dodgers. A common name, a special result for the Dodgers catcher. Smith hit a go-ahead, three-run homer off the Atlanta Braves reliever with the same name, Corey Seager homered twice and […]
Astros top Rays to force Game 7 in ALCS
San Diego – The blowback from a sign-stealing scandal three years ago and a losing record during the pandemic-shortened regular season don’t mean a thing to Dusty Baker and the Houston Astros. Like them or loathe them, the Astros are on the cusp of a third World Series in four […]
Braves one win from World Series after blasting Dodgers in Game 4
Arlington, Texas – Marcell Ozuna homered twice, MVP candidate Freddie Freeman delivered the go-ahead hit off Clayton Kershaw and the Atlanta Braves moved within one win of ending a two-decade World Series drought by routing the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-2 on Thursday night. The Braves took a 3-1 lead in […]
Yudai Ono should be on track for Sawamura Award if committee keeps its word
Yudai Ono is exactly the type of pitcher the Sawamura Award committee spent an October morning about this time last year lamenting the game had lost. He’s also going to force them, for one year at least, to reckon with the monster they created by not handing out the award […]
Astros beat Rays to stay alive in ALCS
San Diego – Jose Altuve and the Houston Astros are eager to match the 2004 Boston Red Sox in the history books. Beating the Tampa Bay Rays three more times to reach the World Series won’t be easy, but the Astros believe they can do it. George Springer broke a […]
Dodgers use 11-run first inning to crush Braves in Game 3 of NLCS
Arlington, Texas – Max Muncy’s grand slam capped a record-setting 11-run first inning for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who coasted to a 15-3 rout of the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night that cut their National League Championship Series deficit to 2 games to 1. The slam by Muncy off Grant […]