7:51 PM ET Padres outfielder Tommy Pham was recovering and in “good condition” after being stabbed during an altercation Sunday night in San Diego. Both Pham and the Padres confirmed the news to the San Diego Union-Tribune. Citing two people who talked to the veteran big leaguer, the newspaper reported Monday that Pham left an
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10:36 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) _ Scott McIlroy reached out with his left hand as a batting practice home run clanged off a railing and hit him in the palm, the ball popping in the air before settling back into his grip as he held a cell phone in his right hand.
9:16 PM ET The Tampa Bay Rays, a team that relies on small contributions from the many rather than large contributions from the few, seem to uncover a new hero with each step along their path to the American League pennant. On Monday, it was Manny Margot‘s turn. Margot was the star of Tampa Bay’s
9:36 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
3:41 PM ET It has been a terrible year for so many people, for all of us, including baseball fans of a certain age. Al Kaline. Tom Seaver. Lou Brock. Bob Gibson. Whitey Ford. They were among our baseball heroes. They showed us how to play the game. I’m 63 years old and they were
11:19 AM ET Hall of Fame second baseman Joe Morgan, a key member of the Cincinnati Reds‘ famed Big Red Machine, died Sunday. He was 77. Morgan died at his home in California, a family spokesman told The Associated Press on Monday. He had struggled with various health issues in recent years, including a nerve
11:23 AM ET The Chicago White Sox and manager Rick Renteria have agreed to part ways, the team announced Monday. Renteria spent the past four seasons as the White Sox’s manager, finishing with a 236-309 record. He guided Chicago to a 35-25 record this past season and the franchise’s first postseason appearance since 2008. The
12:50 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — The Los Angeles Dodgers have added left-hander Alex Wood as an extra pitcher for the National League Championship Series against the Atlanta Braves, while also bringing back infielder Edwin Rios after he missed the last round with a groin injury. Atlanta went with the same 28-player roster
7:00 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 — Every day last week, about 20 Texas Rangers employees fanned out to different parts of their glistening new ballpark, Globe Life Field, armed with what they hope will be
7:00 AM ET MLB InsidersESPN Monday brings us the first of what could be six consecutive days of League Championship Series doubleheaders, which would be an unprecedented run of playoff baseball at the highest stakes. Such are the 2020 MLB playoffs. The action starts with Game 2 of the ALCS, with the Rays already looking