7:35 PM ET BOSTON — Clayton Kershaw was officially announced as the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ Game 1 starter Monday, but the reality of that became clear Sunday night, when an MLB Network camera caught Kershaw acting out his delivery in the Fenway Park bullpen moments after his team arrived in Boston. Kershaw, who was raised
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3:59 PM ET BOSTON — Now that David Price has finally won a postseason game, the Boston Red Sox are hoping he can deliver a second win — or a third, if needed. Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora officially named the veteran left-hander his starter for Wednesday’s Game 2 of the World Series against
2:37 PM ET Associated Press CINCINNATI — David Bell buttoned his Reds jersey with the No. 25, the same one worn by his grandfather and his father. Buddy Bell stood in the back of the room, watching the scene as a proud papa. In the front row was young Gus Bell, named for the grandfather
12:00 PM ET It’s the continual conflict of today’s baseball: the arsenal of pitchers with high-powered fastballs facing lineups that often go eight or nine deep with power hitters selling out for home runs and the proper launch angle to mash balls over outfield walls. Boston vs. L.A. might be a classic confrontation in basketball,
9:00 AM ET You just want to know who is going to win the World Series and who the hero will be, but we can’t tell you either one. What we can tell you is who will be in a position to be the hero, and why. In exactly two sentences apiece, here is your
11:00 AM ET And now for something completely different from me: Thanks to a recent suggestion from a reader, I’ve written a brief visitor’s guide to both of the cities hosting games in this year’s World Series, focusing on the things I particularly love to do when I travel — finding great food, coffee and
2:52 PM ET Associated Press ELIZABETH, N.J. — Ex-Major League Baseball player Lenny Dykstra pleaded not guilty to drug and terroristic threats charges stemming from an altercation with an Uber driver. The three-time All-Star player with the Philadelphia Phillies, and member of the New York Mets‘ 1986 championship team in 12 seasons in the majors,
11:47 AM ET ESPN News Services MIAMI — Top international free agent Victor Victor Mesa and younger brother, Victor Jr., both outfielders from Cuba, have signed with the Miami Marlins. The agreements were announced at a news conference Monday. The Mesas were recently declared free agents by Major League Baseball, and the Marlins had been
10:30 AM ET The Boston Red Sox had baseball’s best record (108-54). The Los Angeles Dodgers are looking for their first title in 30 years. Who is going to come out on top? With the series starting Tuesday in Boston (8:09 p.m. ET, Fox), we asked 24 of our experts to give their predictions: World
8:00 AM ET We’re here. The World Series. The best sporting event in the country. If we’re lucky, we’ll have seven games of intense drama over nine days. It will be hard to match last year’s World Series or the Chicago Cubs’ historic win in 2016 or even the Kansas City Royals’ little-engine-that-could title in