2:30 PM ET The news cycle has moved on, and the three teams advancing to the championship series and an impending Game 5 between the Dodgers and Giants should be the most important stories in Major League Baseball’s postseason. But over the past several days, I have found myself balancing my passion and my profession,
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12:51 PM ET How about a Tuesday with three potential clinchers in the 2021 MLB playoffs? The World Series picture could get a little clearer. There are three Game 4s today, starting with Houston Astros–Chicago White Sox, which was rained out Monday. That’s followed by Milwaukee Brewers–Atlanta Braves (5:15 p.m. ET) and San Francisco Giants–Los
4:49 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Walker Buehler could feel where the momentum was going. A loss with Max Scherzer on the mound in Game 3 would mean the Los Angeles Dodgers would face elimination in Game 4 of the National League Division Series without an ideal option to start for them. Buehler needed to
1:16 AM ET San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers and sudden death — it’s only right. The Giants and Dodgers, two of the oldest rivals in sports, were separated by one game over the course of a 162-game season and by two runs throughout a 19-game season series. Now, after a Walker Buehler-fueled Dodgers victory
9:26 PM ET The Atlanta Braves are headed back to the National League Championship Series for the second straight season, and they go there in dramatic fashion. The Braves’ Freddie Freeman hammered a two-out, first-pitch homer to center field in the bottom of the eighth off Josh Hader, the Milwaukee Brewers‘ All-Star closer, lifting the
6:47 PM ET CHICAGO — The Houston Astros advanced to their fifth consecutive American League Championship Series on Tuesday by beating the Chicago White Sox 10-1 in Game 4 of their best-of-five division series matchup. The Astros are the third team ever to appear in five straight league championship series, and first to do so
3:51 PM ET Atlanta Braves right fielder Jorge Soler has tested positive for COVID-19 prior to Tuesday’s Game 4 of the National League Division Series against the Milwaukee Brewers, MLB announced. Soler, who had a .246 batting average with 14 home runs and 33 RBIs during the regular season, was scheduled to bat leadoff as
3:09 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Walker Buehler will get the ball with the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ season on the line Tuesday, starting Game 4 of the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium and pitching on short rest for the first time in his career. Buehler, who will oppose San Francisco Giants right-hander Anthony
8:07 AM ET Though the wait continues within the Yankees’ organization for owner Hal Steinbrenner to dictate the direction of the team in a fluid situation, he seems inclined to keep Aaron Boone as manager, industry sources told ESPN’s Buster Olney. “He likes [Boone], and I don’t think he blames him for what happened,” one
2:08 PM ET Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. — Former New York Yankees star Joe Pepitone has dropped his lawsuit against the Baseball Hall of Fame that sought the return of a Louisville Slugger bat that Mickey Mantle used to hit his 500th career home run. David M. Barshay, a lawyer for Pepitone, filed a notice