10:13 PM ET HOUSTON — Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred is deferring to the Native American community in and around Atlanta on whether it’s appropriate for the Braves to be encouraging the tomahawk chop gesture when the World Series is there for Games 3-5 this weekend. “It’s important to understand we have 30 markets
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9:41 PM ET HOUSTON — Shohei Ohtani was presented with the Commissioner’s Historic Achievement Award less than an hour before the start of the 2021 World Series on Tuesday night, a trophy with few recipients to commemorate a season without equal. Ohtani wore all black, sat next to Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred and
2:21 PM ET Associated Press The Atlanta Braves added right-hander Kyle Wright and outfielder/pinch runner Terrance Gore to the roster ahead of Tuesday night’s World Series opener against the Houston Astros, and right-hander Jacob Webb and infielder Johan Camargo were dropped. Infielder Marwin Gonzalez was added to Houston’s roster, and outfielder Jake Meyers was dropped.
7:00 AM ET The 2021 World Series is set: The American League champion Houston Astros, making their third Fall Classic appearance in five years, face the National League champion Atlanta Braves, who just won their first pennant since 1999. Who is going to win it all — and how many games will it take? Who
6:45 PM ET Freddie Freeman‘s batting practice sessions, by his own admission, are the most boring in baseball. He does nothing but hit line drives into left field, over and over. Picture a slicing liner that barely clears the glove of a leaping shortstop and you’ll get the idea of each ball’s trajectory. And now
7:36 PM ET HOUSTON — The Houston Astros are sticking to a theme they’ve mastered since returning to the national stage after their sign-stealing scandal came to light in 2019: They’re not out to prove anything — except that they’re the best team in baseball. They’ll get a chance to prove that beginning Tuesday when
4:52 PM ET BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox didn’t win the World Series in 2021, but they feel like they’re onto something. As the team reflected on their run to the ALCS, losing at the hands of the Houston Astros in six games, Red Sox manager Alex Cora, chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom, president
2:09 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Chris Conroy will be behind the plate for Tuesday night’s opener between the Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros, one of three umpires working the World Series for the first time along with Dan Bellino and Mike Muchlinski. Crew chief Tom Hallion will be at first for the opener,
2:23 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs continued to reshape their front office on Monday, hiring Houston Astros executive Ehsan Bokhari as assistant general manager. The move comes a week and a half after the Cubs hired Carter Hawkins from Cleveland’s front office as general manager to work under president of baseball
4:28 PM ET HOUSTON — The Houston Astros will be without the services of right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. after he declared himself out for the World Series on Monday. McCullers, 28, left Game 4 of the ALDS against the Chicago White Sox with forearm tightness and missed the ALCS against the Boston Red Sox, but