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Yasiel Puig is calling his shot ahead of the National League Championship Series. After his Los Angeles Dodgers advanced to their third straight NLCS with a 6-2 win over the Atlanta Braves on Monday, the star outfielder delivered a bold prediction …
Angel Hernandez has been an MLB umpire since 1991, but he probably never received more attention while working first base than he did during Monday night’s ALDS game between the Red Sox and Yankees. In fact, Hernandez’s night was talked …
Aaron Boone brushed aside Luis Severino’s tight warm-ups schedule before Game 3 when speaking with the media after the game. The New York Yankees were smashed 16-1 by the Boston Red Sox in Game 3 of the ALDS on Monday night for their worst …
Game 3 of the ALDS between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox got so out of hand on Monday night that the Yankees asked backup catcher Austin Romine to pitch. Romine, who caught 77 games during the regular season while splitting time with Gary …
Umpire Angel Hernandez had a rough Game 3 of the ALDS on Monday night, having four of his calls reviewed by replay and three overturned in fewer than five innings of the game. In the bottom of the second, Hernandez called Didi Gregorius safe at first …
Luis Severino had a poor start in Game 3 of the ALDS on Monday, and it’s fair to wonder whether his late warm-up had anything to do with it. TBS announcer Ron Darling specifically noted that Severino got a late start warming up before the game. …
The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox may have the most heated rivalry in baseball, but that won’t prevent Mookie Betts from showing some common courtesy. Betts ran over to the right field line on a fly ball by Giancarlo Stanton in the bottom …
Manny Machado delivered arguably the biggest hit of his Los Angeles Dodgers career by crushing a 3-run home run in Game 4 of the NLDS on Monday. Machado took a 1-2 pitch from Chad Sobotka out to left field with nobody out in the top of the 7th inning …
The hitting prowess of George Springer was one of the main reasons the Houston Astros won the World Series last year, and the slugging center fielder is once again coming up huge for his team in the 2018 postseason. Springer hit his second and third …
Cleveland Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer was his own worst enemy Monday in Game 3 of the ALDS. Bauer took the mound in the top of the seventh inning with a 2-1 lead as Cleveland looked to stave off elimination against the Houston Astros. He allowed a …
The Atlanta Braves are bringing back Mike Foltynewicz in an elimination game on Monday. Braves manager Brian Snitker said after the team’s 6-5 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 of the NLDS Sunday that Folty would start Game 4. Atlanta …
Max Muncy knew the ball he hit in the top of the 5th inning of Game 3 of the NLDS on Sunday night was going out of the park, and he acted accordingly. The Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman dropped his bat in style and pimped his home run after taking …
The Houston Astros have not lost confidence in Carlos Correa despite his late-season struggles continuing into the postseason. Baseball is a sport of ups and downs. Right now, Correa is in the midst of a down period. Since returning from the disabled …
Game 3 of the NLDS between the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers turned very quickly thanks to a massive hit from Ronald Acuña Jr. Acuña took a 98 mph 3-1 fastball from Walker Buehler and crushed it to deep left-center to give Atlanta a 5-0 lead …
Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora was not happy with one of his pitchers for making excuses over his lack of hustle during Game 2 of the ALDS. During the seventh inning of Boston’s loss to the New York Yankees, pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez lightly …
The Boston Red Sox are adjusting on the fly during their ALDS series against the New York Yankees. The Red Sox announced Sunday that Nathan Eovaldi, a former Yankee, would be their starter for Game 3 at Yankee Stadium on Monday night. #RedSox will …
