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Dodgers Pitcher Is Out for World Series Due to Family Emergency

Team scrambles to fill roster spot as Vesia exits due to 'deeply personal family matter'

(Newser) - Ahead of the World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers will be without pitcher Alex Vesia, who is taking leave to attend to what the organization described as a "deeply personal family matter." The announcement, made Thursday on the Dodgers' social media, did not detail the situation but emphasized...

Baseball's Newest Manager Is a First for the Sport

Tony Vitello of the Giants is the first hired without prior coaching experience in the pros

(Newser) - The San Francisco Giants have the rest of baseball doing a double-take with its hiring of a new manager. The Giants picked Tony Vitello, the big-personality coach who led Tennessee to its first College World Series title, reports ESPN . It's the first time a Major League Baseball team has...

Fan Swore He'd 'Catch the Big Ball.' Then He Did

Michael Angeletti hopes to trade it for World Series tickets from the Toronto Blue Jays

(Newser) - George Springer of the Toronto Blue Jays hit a home run for the ages on Monday night that propelled his team into the World Series . Just ask Michael Angeletti, the fan who caught the ball. "I feel blessed to be a part of Canadian sports history," Angeletti said...

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Blue Jays Headed to World Series

For the first time since before Dodgers' Ohtani was born

(Newser) - When slugger Joe Carter hit the last World Series pitch thrown in Canada over the left-field wall to win the Toronto Blue Jays' second consecutive title, it was 8 1/2 months before Shohei Ohtani was born. The Blue Jays are back in baseball's championship round for the first time...

Dodgers Embrace Charge They're 'Ruining Baseball'

High-payroll team goes to World Series for the fifth time in nine seasons

(Newser) - During the Los Angeles Dodgers' October run to the NL pennant, the team has become the dark eminence that many baseball people have long feared. The Dodgers are 9-1 in the postseason—and they've looked like a juggernaut while doing it, with near-flawless starting pitching and a deep, resilient...

Sandy Alomar Was an All-Star and Father to Two More

Infielder played 15 seasons and coached across multiple organizations

(Newser) - Sandy Alomar, a longtime Major League Baseball player, coach, mentor, and father of two stars—one of them a Hall of Famer—has died. He was 81 and died in Puerto Rico, Cleveland.com reports. The speedy infielder played for six teams from 1964 to 1978, making the American...

One Way or Another, Ohtani Stars in Game 1

Dodgers' two-way star collects nine strikeouts on the mound in his playoffs debut

(Newser) - Being a two-way player does increase the likelihood that you'll have a bad game one way or another. Or it increases the chances that either batting or pitching will go well. Shohei Ohtani could hardly have done worse at the plate in the first game of the Los Angeles...

New York Mets Complete an Epic Collapse

Team with $340M payroll loses on final day to miss the playoffs

(Newser) - Baseball's regular season is over and the playoffs are set—and one of the bigger stories is who didn't get in. Specifically, the New York Mets and their $340 million payroll. The Mets lost to the Miami Marlins 4-0 on Sunday. Had they won, they would have made...

An Elite MLB Club Gets Unlikely New Member

Seattle catcher Cal Raleigh hits 60 home runs

(Newser) - Baseball's elite 60-homer club has an unlikely new member: a catcher nicknamed "Big Dumper." Cal Raleigh of the Seattle Mariners hit his 59th and 60th home runs of the season on Wednesday night, reports ESPN . Until this season, only six major leaguers—with the familiar last...

Cleveland Is on the Brink of Baseball History

Guardians have one-game lead over Detroit and once trailed by 15 1/12 games

(Newser) - The Detroit Tigers are on the verge of a historic collapse. The Cleveland Guardians beat Detroit on Wednesday night to take a one-game lead in the AL Central with just four games left in the season, reports the AP . Back in July, the Guardians were 15 1/2 games behind the...

MLB Players Will Soon Be Able to Challenge Balls, Strikes

'Robot umpires' will be ready when needed, beginning next season

(Newser) - Major League Baseball is now officially set to roll out " robot umpires " for 2026. The league's 11-member competition committee—made up of six owners, four players, and one umpire—gave the green light on Tuesday to an automated strike zone "challenge" system, which Commissioner Rob...

Trump Draws Cheers, Boos at 9/11 Yankees Game

President's entourage included Pam Bondi, EPA chief Lee Zeldin

(Newser) - President Trump attended the New York Yankees' 9-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Thursday night, drawing a mixed reaction from a raucous crowd while marking the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Authorities installed security glass for the president at Yankee Stadium outside the upper-level box suite belonging...

He Led the Mets to Their Stunning '86 World Series Win

MLB manager Davey Johnson, who also won 2 World Series with the Orioles, has died at age 82

(Newser) - Davey Johnson, an All-Star second baseman who won the World Series twice with the Baltimore Orioles as a player and managed the New York Mets to the title in 1986, has died. He was 82. Longtime Mets public relations representative Jay Horwitz said Johnson's wife, Susan, informed him of...

Shohei Ohtani Hits a Homer, Makes Beeline for Heckler

The Dodgers' star even got a high-five from the Padres fan

(Newser) - The weekend series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres was a tough one for three-time MVP Shohei Ohtani, who may be feeling the stress of being sued , but he went out on a high note Sunday. As the National League West rivals faced off at Petco Park,...

Chicago Revels in Its 'Crosstown Classic'

Cubs, White Sox, and nostalgia all go hand in hand each summer

(Newser) - A fierce rivalry between Chicago's North and South Siders comes to life each summer during the "Crosstown Classic," when the Cubs and White Sox face off in their home stadiums. This unique series is loaded with team history and memories for both sets of fans, who hail...

Player Traded From One Team to Other During Doubleheader

Seranthony Dominguez traded from Orioles to Blue Jays between games against each other

(Newser) - Baltimore swept a doubleheader against Toronto, but for Seranthony Dominguez it was a split. The Orioles traded the reliever to the Blue Jays between games. "After the first game, I was in there with the guys, and they call me and they tell me, 'Hey we got you...

MLB Rookie Enjoys a 'Jaw-Dropping Moment'

Nick Kurtz of the Athletics becomes first rookie in MLB history to hit 4 home runs in one game

(Newser) - Nick Kurtz already had three homers and five hits as he began his final at bat with a chance to make history, but none of that was top of mind for the Athletics' rookie slugger—he just didn't want to embarrass himself. The 22-year-old did just fine, lining a...

Baseball's Dirty Secret Is Hiding in Plain Sight

The sport's latest gambling problem is especially difficult to spot

(Newser) - As legal sports betting booms across the US, the threats to game integrity are growing in number—but shrinking in size. A new form of corruption known as spot-fixing is quietly creeping into American sports. Unlike traditional match-fixing, it doesn't involve throwing games—it targets tiny moments like a...

The Curveball Is Getting Thrown, Well, a Curveball

The iconic pitch is declining in baseball, with faster, harder pitches now dominating instead

(Newser) - Curveballs have been thrown a curve by a modern baseball game that apparently values velocity over variety, disappearing from the major leagues by more than 20,000 annually. "You don't really see a lot of people throwing 12-6 curveballs anymore," Tampa Bay pitcher Shane Baz says, per...

Star Left Town for All-Star Game. Burglars Did Not.

Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte was away with team when 'high-dollar' theft took place at Arizona home

(Newser) - A home belonging to Arizona Diamondbacks star Ketel Marte was burglarized during the Major League Baseball All-Star break, reports the AP . Police in Scottsdale, Arizona, confirmed that the department is investigating a "high-dollar residential burglary" that's believed to have happened on Tuesday night, which is when Marte was...

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