Baseball

San Diego – While the Los Angeles Dodgers are regular participants in postseason baseball, there was something unusual about becoming the first team in the pandemic-shortened season to clinch a berth in the expanded playoffs. “It’s different, I guess. I just found that out five minutes ago,” manager Dave Roberts […]

New York – The World Series will be played entirely at the Texas Rangers’ new ballpark in Arlington, Texas, as part of a bubble agreement between Major League Baseball and the players’ association, the first time the sport’s championship will be played entirely at one site since 1944. The Division […]

New York – Billionaire hedge fund manager Steve Cohen has agreed to buy the New York Mets from the Wilpon and Katz families. The team announced the agreement on Monday. The deal is subject to the approval of Major League Baseball owners. Sportico reported Cohen will own 95 percent of […]

The Yomiuri Giants don’t have an unassailable lead in the Central League, but they’ve got a pretty big cushion. After winning six games last week, the Kyojin have a 9½-game lead over the second-place Hanshin Tigers with fewer than 50 games remaining for each team in the CL. Barring a […]

Milwaukee – Cubs right-hander Alec Mills cruised through baseball’s second no-hitter this season, completing the 16th such gem in Chicago franchise history in a 12-0 romp over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday. Mills got Jace Peterson — who replaced star slugger Chritsian Yelich late in the blowout — to hit […]

Los Angeles – The Astros were whooping it up on the Dodgers’ field again, just like they did after winning Game 7 of the 2017 World Series. In Houston’s first visit since being punished for cheating en route to that infamous championship, the Astros rallied with five runs for a […]

Minneapolis – Kenta Maeda hurled seven shutout innings and earned his fifth win of the season in the Minnesota Twins’ 3-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Friday. Maeda (5-1) allowed four hits, struck out seven and walked two in a 94-pitch effort backed by Byron Buxton’s two-run home run […]

Nippon Professional Baseball will relax its current attendance limits beginning Sept. 19, the league said following an extraordinary meeting of team representatives on Saturday. The meeting was held one day after the Japanese government announced it would eliminate the current cap of 5,000 people at large events and allow organizers […]

It was with hometown reverence that Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks fans referred to Dennis Sarfate as “The King of Closer,” but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t also true. Sarfate was tied for the most in saves in NPB in 2015, alone at the top in 2016 and set the NPB record […]

Buffalo, New York – Chad Green and Adam Ottavino were routed during a 10-run sixth inning that included Danny Jansen’s grand slam, and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied to beat the Yankees 12-7 Monday night and send skidding New York to its sixth loss in seven games. New York has […]