2:08 PM ET Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. — Former New York Yankees star Joe Pepitone has dropped his lawsuit against the Baseball Hall of Fame that sought the return of a Louisville Slugger bat that Mickey Mantle used to hit his 500th career home run. David M. Barshay, a lawyer for Pepitone, filed a notice
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7:00 PM ET For a team that lost 91 games, the Chicago Cubs are having quite an impact on the 2021 MLB playoffs. Everywhere you look, some recent ex-Cub is turning up as the latest October hero. The trend reached a ridiculous proportion with Monday’s National League Division Series contest between the Atlanta Braves and
11:35 PM ET BOSTON — The chants at Fenway Park during this Red Sox playoff run echo in your mind. When Gerrit Cole struggled through the AL Wild Card Game, failing to make it past three innings, Boston fans made chants of “GERRIT!” ring through the crowd. When Rays outfielder Randy Arozarena ran out to
2:23 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Logan Webb pitched one of baseball’s most epic postseason games in Game 1 of the National League Division Series, and he did it by forcing the Dodgers to turn into their own worst enemies. Webb was masterful in his first career postseason start, mixing a diving changeup and a
1:45 AM ET The Red Sox offense knew they needed to pick up Chris Sale after the first inning on Saturday. Their lefty ace — coming off of Tommy John surgery — did not have his best stuff on Friday night allowing four hits and allowing five earned runs in an inning pitched. After scoring
10:15 PM ET MILWAUKEE — Rowdy Tellez said he blacked out at the instant of the biggest moment of his career, but not so long that he couldn’t appreciate what he had done. Tellez, the first baseman the Milwaukee Brewers acquired during the season, unloaded on a seventh-inning fastball from Charlie Morton for a two-run
8:21 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — – MLB Network broadcaster Jim Kaat apologized during Friday’s AL Division Series game between the Astros and White Sox after saying teams should try to “get a 40-acre field full of” players who look like Chicago infielder Yoan Moncada. Kaat, a former All-Star pitcher and longtime commentator for
6:50 PM ET The Boston Red Sox have replaced injured right-hander Garrett Richards with reliever Matt Barnes on their AL Division Series roster, the team announced. Major League Baseball approved the substitution Friday, shortly before Boston was set to face the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 2. Richards, who was diagnosed with a left hamstring
9:34 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Johnny Cueto is not on the San Francisco Giants‘ roster for the NL Division Series as manager Gabe Kapler went with his established bullpen after the right-hander missed time through the season with elbow troubles. San Francisco first baseman Brandon Belt is sidelined by a broken left
3:04 PM ET Welcome to a jam-packed Friday in the 2021 MLB playoffs. The journey to the World Series is here and Friday features a quadruple-header of division series games: Game 2 of Chicago White Sox–Houston Astros; Game 1 of Atlanta Braves–Milwaukee Brewers; Game 2 of Boston Red Sox–Tampa Bay Rays and Game 1 of