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ESPN News Services Sep 29, 2024, 06:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani came up short in his bid to become the first National League player to win the Triple Crown since 1937. Ohtani, who led the NL with 54 homers and 130 RBIs this season, was trying to chase

Sep 29, 2024, 07:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Minnesota Twins players backed manager Rocco Baldelli on Saturday after weeks of fans chanting for his firing amid the team’s late-season collapse. The Twins, who had a five-game cushion in the American League wild-card race in mid-August, were eliminated from postseason contention with Friday’s loss to

Associated Press Sep 29, 2024, 01:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DENVER — Shohei Ohtani had two hits and raised his average to .310 in his bid to overtake batting leader Luis Arráez and become the National League’s first Triple Crown winner since 1937, helping the playoff-bound Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 13-2

Associated Press Sep 28, 2024, 03:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — New York Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo left Saturday’s 9-4 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates after being hit on the right hand in the seventh inning. Rizzo was hit on the bottom of his hand by Ryan Borucki‘s 1-2 slider leading

Jeff Passan, ESPNSep 28, 2024, 01:13 AM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions Miami Marlins manager Skip Schumaker will not return to the team in 2025, sources told ESPN, ending his tenure after two seasons and making him among

Associated Press Sep 27, 2024, 09:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DETROIT — The Chicago White Sox lost their major league-record 121st game Friday night, falling 4-1 to the Detroit Tigers. The White Sox broke the post-1900 record of 120 set by the New York Mets in 1962 in their first season. The overall record

Associated Press Sep 26, 2024, 10:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Aaron Judge hit his major league-leading 58th home run, going deep for the fifth straight game to help the New York Yankees wrap up their second American League East title in three years with a 10-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles

David Schoenfield, ESPN Senior WriterSep 27, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 Open Extended Reactions We head into the final weekend of the 2024 MLB regular season — which might actually leak into Monday now — with playoff spots to be

Associated Press Sep 27, 2024, 12:47 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers won the NL West on Thursday night by rallying to beat the second-place San Diego Padres 7-2 with a five-run outburst in the seventh inning. The Dodgers had not clinched at home since the pandemic-shortened 2020 season,

Sep 26, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions We’re down to the final days of the 2024 regular season — and there are still quite a few teams that have something to play for. Which clubs will get to keep playing into October, and which will watch their playoff aspirations come to an end?

Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterSep 25, 2024, 11:03 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. Open Extended Reactions NEW

ESPN News Services Sep 25, 2024, 05:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — The final two games of a crucial series between the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves were postponed Wednesday by heavy rains ahead of Hurricane Helene. Now, a wild-card race that seemed headed to the final day of the regular season

Buster Olney Close Buster Olney ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer ESPN Magazine/ESPN.com Analyst/reporter ESPN television Author of “The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty” Jesse Rogers Close Jesse Rogers ESPN Staff Writer Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Sep 25, 2024, 11:33 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MORE THAN

ESPN News Services Sep 24, 2024, 11:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Jason Heyward hit a go-ahead, two-run homer and made a dazzling defensive play as the Houston Astros beat the Seattle Mariners 4-3 on Tuesday night to clinch their fourth consecutive American League West championship. Alex Bregman and Kyle Tucker each added

ESPN News Services Sep 25, 2024, 01:05 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — The San Diego Padres clinched a playoff spot Tuesday night when they turned a triple play to preserve a 4-2 victory over the National League West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers. After missing the postseason last year, Manny Machado and the Padres

Tim Keown, ESPN Senior WriterSep 24, 2024, 11:00 AM ET Close Senior Writer for ESPN The Magazine Columnist for ESPN.com Author of five books (3 NYT best-sellers) Open Extended Reactions Even more than the sadness, even more than the anger and the despair and the disgust, there is loneliness. As the A’s final season in

Field Level Media Sep 23, 2024, 09:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Athletics owner John Fisher apologized for the team’s impending departure from Oakland in a letter addressed to fans Monday. Fisher issued his letter one day before the A’s open their final home series in Oakland, where they have spent the past 57 seasons.

Associated Press Sep 23, 2024, 09:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Kyle Schwarber and J.T. Realmuto went deep. Phillies fans went wild. And pitcher Aaron Nola provided a taste of just how great it would feel for the franchise if Philly went all the way. The Philadelphia Phillies won the NL East for