1:15 PM ET The Los Angeles Angels announced the hiring of Brad Ausmus as their new manager on Sunday. Ausmus, 49, was already working in the Angels’ front office. He managed the Detroit Tigers from 2014 to 2017, with a career record of 314-332. The Tigers won the American League Central title in his first
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10:39 AM ET The Cincinnati Reds have hired former infielder David Bell to be their next manager, the team announced Sunday. Bell agreed to a three-year contract with a team option for 2022. He will introduced at a news conference Monday. Bell joins the Reds organization for the second time. He worked for four seasons
9:00 AM ET The Dodgers have been playing baseball since 1884, the Red Sox since 1901, and this marks just the second time they have played each other in a postseason series and the first time in 102 years — when the former was known as the Brooklyn Robins and Babe Ruth pitched all 14
2:45 AM ET MILWAUKEE — It was the top of the sixth inning. The Los Angeles Dodgers had two on with two out while still only leading by a run, their World Series hopes still very much teetering in the balance. And Miller Park began to shake. Yasiel Puig, the locals’ second-favorite villain, walked to
2:15 AM ET MILWAUKEE — After seven fascinating games full of strategy, game-changing moments, constant substitutions and occasional testiness, talent simply won out in the end. Game 7 slugging and a little bit of swagger gave the Dodgers the lead they needed to finally get past the Brewers and return to the Fall Classic. The
11:26 PM ET MILWAUKEE — Yasiel Puig lifted his arms in triumph, then wiggled his fingers in an attempt to ignite a hostile crowd that had grown silent in the wake of his blast. His two-out, three-run home run in the sixth inning of Game 7 in this National League Championship Series had extended the
1:17 AM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Julio Urias pitched with a heavy heart in Game 7 of the National League Championship Series, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers advance to the World Series a night after his grandmother died. Enrique Hernandez shared the news with teammates and asked the Dodgers to toast Urias before popping
12:29 AM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — The Boston Red Sox opened as slight favorites to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series in this city’s sports books. Oddsmakers at the Westgate Las Vegas Superbook set the Red Sox as minus-135 favorites in early betting, with the Dodgers made plus-115 to win
3:06 AM ET ESPN News Services With a key two-run home run in the decisive Game 7 against the Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Cody Bellinger was named the MVP of the National League Championship Series on Saturday. Boston vs. L.A. might be a classic confrontation in basketball, but the 2018 title bout is
Craig Counsell, raised in Milwaukee, has vivid memories of the 1982 Brewers team that advanced to the World Series and his superstitions — “routines,” he insists — around them. He walked the right-field ramp at County Stadium in the seventh inning every time his team needed runs, including when Cecil Cooper came up with the