11:56 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Almost out of contention in May, champs in October. Howie Kendrick, Anthony Rendon and the Washington Nationals completed their amazing comeback journey — fittingly with one last late rally on the road. In Game 7 of the World Series, no less. Kendrick and Rendon homered in the seventh
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12:31 AM ET ESPN News Services HOUSTON — The shutdown that shook baseball paid off for Stephen Strasburg and the Washington Nationals. It just took seven seasons. Strasburg was voted MVP of the World Series following the Nationals’ 6-2 victory over the Houston Astros in Game 7 on Wednesday night, the first title in the
12:01 AM ET Houston Astros fans, who saw their team suffer the biggest World Series upset in 29 years, have something to look forward to: The Astros, for now, are the favorites to win next year’s World Series. Houston fell to the Washington Nationals 6-2 in Game 7 of the World Series on Wednesday night.
9:57 PM ET ESPN News Services SAN FRANCISCO — Los Angeles Dodgers bench coach Bob Geren is among those who have interviewed for the San Francisco Giants managerial position that was left vacant when Bruce Bochy retired following the season. Geren met with the team last week, and former Phillies manager Gape Kapler, Astros bench
10:47 PM ET The 2019 World Series ended in a winner-take-all finale at Minute Maid Park, where the Washington Nationals stunned the hometown Houston Astros. Here’s how it went down before, during and after Game 7. The celebration Anthony Rendon on the field minutes after winning the World Series: “I want bourbon!” pic.twitter.com/wJY5fXgDRw — Dan
ESPN.com When I asked a Nationals fan at my hotel today why he came to Houston, his reply was simply “It’s Game 7, brother.” But a lot of Astros fans seem more frustrated that it didn’t end in six than excited for tonight. “Houston is depressed,” one Astros fan told me this afternoon. Dan Mullen,
6:13 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” HOUSTON — Astros manager AJ Hinch said he agreed with Washington Nationals shortstop Trea Turner, who protested a controversial ruling in Game 6 of the World Series that called him out for
5:58 PM ET Associated Press Alex Bregman and Houston Astros manager AJ Hinch spoke three times Tuesday night about the third baseman carrying his bat to first base after hitting a home run in the first inning. Hinch said he talked to Bregman about it during the game, after the game at the stadium and
5:43 PM ET ESPN News Services KELLER, Texas — Former Texas Rangers All-Star slugger Josh Hamilton has been charged with injury to a child, a third-degree felony, after his 14-year-old daughter told his ex-wife that he’d struck her. Hamilton, 38, surrendered Wednesday to the Tarrant County Jail in Fort Worth, Texas, and was released on
4:02 PM ET HOUSTON — Ticket prices for Game 7 of the World Series have been falling since the Washington Nationals beat the Houston Astros 7-2 on Tuesday night, forcing a winner-take-all game at Minute Maid Park on Wednesday. According to a spokesperson from VividSeats.com, the “get-in” price — or the cheapest seats available for