9:16 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The changing nature of relief pitching was front and center at Dodger Stadium on Saturday when baseball’s top firemen were honored. During a news conference before Game 4 of the World Series, Edwin Diaz of the Mariners was announced as the American League’s top reliever for 2018, while the
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4:10 PM ET The Boston Red Sox will turn to left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez to start Game 4 of the World Series at Dodger Stadium on Saturday. Nathan Eovaldi had been scheduled to start, but he was called in to pitch six-plus innings of relief as Friday’s Game 3 stretched to 18 innings before the Los
1:38 PM ET Shortly after the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers finished up the longest game in World Series history Saturday morning, the championship series of professional ball in Japan got underway — and ended in a 12-inning tie. The Hiroshima Carp and Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks played to a 2-2, 12-inning tie Saturday
9:00 AM ET LOS ANGELES — When desperation turned to insanity and insanity turned to sheer, unadulterated madness, three bananas found their way atop the railing of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ dugout. Five paper cups dangled off them, held together by two strips of athletic tape. Brian Dozier came over and sprinkled sunflower seeds on
10:00 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Who cares about tomorrow? The Red Sox certainly don’t. Tomorrow is for the hesitant and the lost. Tomorrow is for the meek and the undecided. There’s a special place in purgatory for those who worry about tomorrow. These guys go all in, every day. Today is the thing. Alex
6:26 AM ET David Schoenfeld LOS ANGELES — The clock spun past midnight, the moon rose from behind the upper deck in right field to high above the stadium behind home plate, the pitchers kept pitching, the hitters kept trying to hit, the crowd thinned out and finally the longest game in World Series history
4:30 AM ET LOS ANGELES — With a Cody Bellinger throw and a Max Muncy blow, the Los Angeles Dodgers have crawled back into the World Series. It only took the longest game in the history of the Fall Classic to do it. Muncy’s dramatic opposite-field home run in the 18th inning off Boston’s Nathan
10:27 PM ET The prospect of the New York Mets hiring agent Brodie Van Wagenen as general manager has alarmed a number of players, according to players’ association executive director Tony Clark. “I won’t tell you how many calls or how many texts I have gotten,” Clark said Friday before Game 3 of the World
9:35 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Major League Baseball’s largest developmental effort for minority players is being renamed after one of the sport’s greatest players. The Elite Development Invitational has been renamed the Hank Aaron Invitational and will include a showcase game beginning next season. The event has been held since 2015 for
8:53 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Christian Yelich hit .326 with 36 home runs and 110 RBIs, leading the National League in batting average and slugging percentage. J.D. Martinez hit .330 with 43 home runs and 130 RBIs, leading the majors in RBIs and total bases. Manny Machado’s animated second-base display during Game 2 caught