6:15 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball is looking into a since-deleted tweet by longtime major league umpire Rob Drake, according to a league spokesman. Drake tweeted late Tuesday that he planned to buy an assault
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5:57 PM ET Associated Press The World Series opener between the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros narrowly averted setting a record low. Washington’s 5-4 victory Tuesday night averaged 12,194,000 television viewers, according to national numbers from Nielsen. That edges the 12,191,000 who tuned in for San Francisco’s 7-1 win over Kansas City in the 2014
5:06 PM ET HOUSTON — After swatting a combined 89 home runs this season, Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels and Christian Yelich of the Milwaukee Brewers have been named the recipients of this year’s Hank Aaron Award, MLB announced Wednesday. Trout, 27, hit a career-high 45 home runs, despite missing most of the
2:46 PM ET CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs‘ hiring of David Ross to be their next manager comes down to one thing: Trust. As the team looks to begin anew, after missing the playoffs for the first time in five years, the front office is trusting Ross to manage friends and to move past the
Oct 23, 2019 CHICAGO — The Cubs have hired David Ross to be their new manager, the team announced Thursday. Ross is getting a three-year contract with a team option for 2023, according to the Cubs. He will be officially introduced at a news conference Monday. “We are thrilled to name David Ross as the
11:11 AM ET The Pittsburgh Pirates have parted ways with longtime team president Frank Coonelly, who said that “change was necessary” after the team’s second-half swoon this season. The Pirates announced the decision Wednesday, saying that Coonelly’s replacement will be introduced next Monday. “Frank and I both agreed that it was clear a change in
10:23 AM ET The Chicago Cubs are hiring David Ross as their next manager, sources told ESPN’s Jesse Rogers. Sources said the Cubs will announce Ross’ hire Thursday. Ross returns to the team he helped win the 2016 World Series — during which he hit a key home run in Game 7 — and end
3:53 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” HOUSTON — This being Texas, it was only fitting that Game 1 of the World Series boiled down to a duel. On the pitcher’s mound stood Gerrit Cole, who isn’t a Texan
8:15 AM ET HOUSTON — Do you remember May 22? It was only five months ago. The NBA was in its conference finals. The NHL had just moved to the Stanley Cup Final. The Twitterverse was up in arms about the “Game of Thrones” finale that aired three days before. And Gerrit Cole, Houston Astros
2:25 AM ET HOUSTON — Max Scherzer threw 112 pitches in five innings. The only inning he threw fewer than 20 was his final one. Tanner Rainey came out of the bullpen, served up a home run and walked two batters while recording just one out. Daniel Hudson got four outs, but gave up three