6:22 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Bob Melvin put on a Padres home pinstriped jersey and stated the obvious about becoming San Diego’s new manager. “What an opportunity. I’m probably as surprised to be here as you all are,” Melvin said Monday after being introduced at a news conference at Petco Park. The
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9:23 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Acting general manager Zack Scott will not return to the New York Mets after being placed on administrative leave following an arrest on drunken driving charges in August, according to multiple reports. Scott’s dismissal is hardly a surprise after New York fell apart in the second
9:00 AM ET ATLANTA — Astros reliever Kendall Graveman walked to the batter’s box in the ninth inning of Game 5 of the World Series, blithely unaware of the significance of what was about to take place. Equally unaware, Braves pitcher Drew Smyly looked down at Graveman from the mound. History doesn’t just announce itself,
2:45 AM ET ATLANTA – The Atlanta Braves had a plan. With a 5-4 lead and an open base to work with in the top of the fifth inning of World Series Game 5, they figured they could get out of a jam by intentionally walking No. 7 hitter Alex Bregman to get to the
2:43 AM ET ATLANTA — It’s almost a cliché to say that a team which falls behind 3-1 in a best-of-seven playoff series has been pushed to the brink. If that’s the case, the Houston Astros went to the brink and a little beyond and survived to tell about it. The Astros bounced back from
7:30 PM ET ESPN staff Stop us if you’ve heard this before: The Atlanta Braves relied on clutch relief pitching and clutch home runs to earn the win on Saturday night. The only difference between Atlanta’s Game 4 victory over the Houston Astros and the others that came before it was how it thrust the
1:04 PM ET ESPN News Services Jerry Remy, a former player for the Boston Red Sox who later became part of the broadcast booth covering the team for NESN, died Saturday night at the age of 68. Remy had stepped away from his role as a NESN analyst for Red Sox games on Aug. 4
1:25 PM ET Anthony OlivieriESPN.com Noah Zavolas heard the news while standing in the driveway of his mother’s home in Stow, Massachusetts. Weeks removed from pitching for the Biloxi Shuckers, the Milwaukee Brewers‘ Class AA affiliate, Zavolas had just learned that he and other minor league players face a possible COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Zavolas, 25,
12:33 PM ET ESPN News Services Left-hander Tucker Davidson, who has made just five career appearances and was the roster replacement for injured pitcher Charlie Morton, will start Game 5 for the Atlanta Braves on Sunday night. The Braves have a 3-1 edge in the series against the Houston Astros and are looking to clinch
2:40 AM ET ATLANTA — At this moment in time, no human being on the planet has more self-esteem than Braves left fielder Eddie Rosario, who is easing into the role of postseason star like it’s gradually taking on the shape of his body. Rosario sat back casually at the podium after the Braves’ Game