ESPN News Services Oct 1, 2023, 06:25 PM ET PHOENIX – On Saturday night, the Houston Astros celebrated clinching a playoff spot with T-shirts and a subdued toast. One day later, after rallying to claim a bigger prize in their crosshairs, the Astros held an all-out locker room rager of cigars and champagne-and-beer showers that
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ESPN News Services Oct 1, 2023, 02:41 PM ET Tim Wakefield, the knuckleballing workhorse of the Boston Red Sox pitching staff who bounced back after giving up a season-ending home run to the Yankees in the 2003 playoffs to help Boston win its curse-busting World Series title the following year, has died. He was 57.
ESPN News Services Oct 1, 2023, 06:16 PM ET DETROIT — Miguel Cabrera made a backhanded stop, stepped on first base and smiled on the final play of his career. The crowd roared, Cabrera’s kids came out on the field, and one of the best hitters of all time shed some tears before the Detroit
Oct 1, 2023, 08:43 PM ET With the benefit of sitting out the final game of the regular season, the Tampa Bay Rays‘ Yandy Diaz won the American League batting title over the Texas Rangers‘ Corey Seager with a .330 average. Diaz trailed Seager by mere percentage points heading into Sunday’s game, with Seager at
Associated Press Oct 1, 2023, 06:51 PM ET ATLANTA — One final power milestone for the Atlanta Braves was especially memorable for Marcell Ozuna. Ozuna homered twice as the Braves tied the major league season record of 307 but lost their regular-season finale 10-9 to the Washington Nationals on Sunday as Jacob Young drove in
ESPN News Services Oct 1, 2023, 02:08 PM ET Buck Showalter told reporters on Sunday that he will not return as the New York Mets‘ manager next season. The 67-year-old Showalter made the announcement before Sunday’s game against the Philadelphia Phillies. Showalter’s Mets were one of Major League Baseball’s biggest disappointments this season, entering Sunday’s
ESPN News Services Oct 1, 2023, 04:38 PM ET Slugger and team captain Aaron Judge has opinions on what the New York Yankees need to do to improve after this lost season — from the manager to the team’s analytics department to his teammates — and he wasn’t shy in expressing them Sunday. “There’s some
Associated Press Oct 1, 2023, 05:14 PM ET ST. LOUIS — Adam Wainwright promised his children he would get a family dog when he retired from baseball. He didn’t have to. The St. Louis Cardinals presented the Wainwrights a Lagotto Romagnolo puppy during a 35-minute ceremony before the 42-year-old pitcher’s final game with the team
David Schoenfield, ESPN Senior WriterOct 1, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 Chaos? Not quite. Just a couple of days ago, it looked like we would have a wild final day of the MLB season. Even heading into Saturday, we still
Associated Press Oct 1, 2023, 12:05 AM ET TORONTO — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Toronto Blue Jays are going to the playoffs for the second straight year. Toronto lost 7-5 to Taylor Walls and the Tampa Bay Rays in 10 innings on Saturday, but the Blue Jays clinched an American League wild card when