1:18 PM ET The Los Angeles Angels have granted the Chicago White Sox permission to interview Tony La Russa for their managerial opening, a source told ESPN on Wednesday, confirming a report from USA Today. La Russa, 76, hasn’t served as a major league manager since ending a 16-year run with the St. Louis Cardinals
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2:33 PM ET Pedro GomezMLB Close ESPN’s Pedro Gomez covered the Oakland A’s home and away nearly every day from 1992-97 for the San Jose Mercury News and Sacramento Bee and then became the national baseball writer and later a general columnist at the Arizona Republic before becoming an ESPN bureau reporter in 2003. SAN
5:19 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Not much is wrong with the New York Yankees in the view of manager Aaron Boone and general manager Brian Cashman. While stung by a five-game loss to the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL Division Series, the Yankees leadership does not appear to anticipate large-scale changes
4:31 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Clayton Kershaw coming back to start Game 4 is “a likely possibility” but still uncertain, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Wednesday, two hours before Game 3 of the National League Championship Series. The Dodgers will wait to see how Kershaw’s back responds Thursday morning ahead of that
7:00 AM ET Pedro GomezMLB Close ESPN’s Pedro Gomez covered the Oakland A’s home and away nearly every day from 1992-97 for the San Jose Mercury News and Sacramento Bee and then became the national baseball writer and later a general columnist at the Arizona Republic before becoming an ESPN bureau reporter in 2003. SAN
7:00 AM ET MLB InsidersESPN It’s Wednesday in league championship series week in the 2020 MLB playoffs, and two teams have yet to notch their first wins. With one more win, the Rays could complete a sweep of the Astros and earn their first pennant since 2008. The Braves are aiming for an upset, having
2:50 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” ARLINGTON, Texas — For a National League Championship Series that seems to relish bringing the improbable to life, even this was outlandish. It was the ninth inning of Game 2, and Atlanta
11:46 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Jose Altuve was the American League MVP in 2017 when his Houston Astros sometimes knew exactly what pitches were coming. Now, he doesn’t even know where his own throws are going. Altuve committed his fourth throwing error this postseason and third of the AL Championship Series on
12:20 AM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Eight days ago, before the first of what the Los Angeles Dodgers hope are three postseason rounds at Globe Life Field, Justin Turner and Mookie Betts gathered the team in right field to talk about the challenge that awaited them. Turner and Betts had planned the meeting in advance.
11:52 PM ET Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Kevin Kiermaier exited in the sixth inning of Game 2 of the American League Championship Series against Houston after being hit by a pitch and suffering a left hand contusion Tuesday night. The team announced that X-rays were negative and he is day-to-day. “My hand feels like it