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Dodgers Get a Parade This Time
Dodgers Get a Parade This Time
Nov 1, 2024 5:20 PM CDT

Dodgers Get a Parade This Time

Denied a celebration by pandemic in 2020, Los Angeles turns out to cheer World Series champions

(Newser) - A blue-and-white crowd estimated by police at 225,000 flooded downtown Los Angeles on Friday to celebrate the Dodgers' World Series victory . A parade that included players waving from the top of double-decker buses was followed by a party at Dodger Stadium, the Los Angeles Times reports. "Everybody loves...

Yankees' Fate Was Sealed by a Fielding Gaffe

Error with 2 outs 'opened the floodgates' for the Dodgers

(Newser) - The Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series Wednesday night in a wild 7-6 comeback in Game 5, and Chris Branch of the Athletic writes that the victory came down to a single play—a "simple error."
  • The play: Watch it here .
  • The details: The Yankees led 5-0
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Los Angeles Dodgers Win Their 8th World Series

Dodgers best the New York Yankees in game 5

(Newser) - The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Yankees in Game 5 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium Wednesday night to win the whole thing, USA Today reports. While the Yankees led 5-0 by the third inning, in the fifth inning, the Dodgers rallied with five runs to tie...

Yankees Give Interfering Fans' Tickets to Ill Child

Friends had talked before about taking the ball from an opposing player

(Newser) - Two New York Yankees fans who were ejected from Game 4 of the World Series for interfering with Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts have been barred from Game 5 on Wednesday night. Betts leaped at the retaining wall in foul territory and caught Gleyber Torres' pop fly in...

Freddie Freeman's Incredible World Series Continues

Los Angeles Dodger set not one but two records Tuesday, though Yankees won the game

(Newser) - One day, Freddie Freeman will look back on this World Series tear and shake his head in disbelief. Just like everyone else. Freeman broke a pair of Series records Tuesday when he homered yet again for the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4 against the New York Yankees, the AP...

Only One MLB Team Has Overcome a Playoff Deficit This Big

Dodgers beat Yankees in the first 3 games of the 2024 World Series

(Newser) - Freddie Freeman homered for the third straight game and Walker Buehler pitched another World Series gem as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Yankees 4-2 on Monday night for a 3-0 lead in the Fall Classic, the AP reports. Just one Major League Baseball team has ever overcome...

Dodgers Win, but Their Superstar Is Injured
Dodgers Win, but Their
Superstar Is Injured
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Oct 27, 2024 3:40 PM CDT

Dodgers Win, but Their Superstar Is Injured

Shohei Ohtani is cleared to play in Game 3 after scare

(Newser) - The Los Angeles Dodgers won again Saturday night to take a 2-0 lead in the World Series over the New York Yankees. But the Dodgers will head to New York uncertain about the health of their biggest star after Shohei Ohtani partially dislocated his left shoulder on a slide when...

Dodgers Hero Delivers on World Series' Promise
Dodgers' Winning Hit Is
a World Series First
video
Oct 26, 2024 12:30 PM CDT

Dodgers' Winning Hit Is a World Series First

Freddy Freeman gives baseball the moment it was looking for

(Newser) - Freddy Freeman had the winning hit in Game 1 of the World Series, but he delivered more than that to Dodgers, baseball fans, the Fox network, and MLB. He ensured that the Los Angeles-New York matchup lived up to the hype from the beginning, while evoking one of Dodgers' fans...

Dodgers Pitcher Who Inspired 'Fernandomania' Dies at 63
Dodgers Phenom
Fernando Valenzuela
Dies at 63
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Oct 23, 2024 9:45 AM CDT

Dodgers Phenom Fernando Valenzuela Dies at 63

Pitcher inspired 'Fernandomania,' was first to win Cy Young, Rookie of the Year awards in same year

(Newser) - Fernando Valenzuela, the Mexican-born phenom for the Los Angeles Dodgers who inspired "Fernandomania" while winning the Cy Young and Rookie of the Year awards in 1981, has died. He was 63, reports the AP . The team said he died Tuesday night at a Los Angeles hospital but didn't...

Yankees, Dodgers to Meet in World Series for First Time in 43 Years

Los Angeles wins NLCS a day after New York won ALCS

(Newser) - Broadway vs. Hollywood. Subway vs. Freeway. Judge vs. Ohtani. New York neighbors who became cross-country rivals, the Yankees and Dodgers will renew their starry struggle in the World Series for the first time in 43 years, the AP reports. The Los Angeles Dodgers beat New York's other team, the...

In These Playoffs, an Incredible Streak Is Unfolding

Dodgers have pitched 33 straight scoreless innings (and counting), tying the MLB record

(Newser) - If you had bet on the Los Angeles Dodgers setting records this postseason, chances are the bets would revolve around superstar designated hitter Shohei Ohtani . Instead, it's the team's relatively unheralded pitching staff that has entered the record books:
  • 33 straight: With their 9-0 win over the Mets
...

Cops: Muggers Ripped Off Dodger Pitcher's Watch

Walker Buehler was surrounded by thieves outside horse racing track

(Newser) - Thieves surrounded Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Walker Buehler last month outside a horse racing track in a Los Angeles suburb and ripped an expensive watch off his arm, police said Tuesday. Buehler was not threatened during the mugging Sept. 28 at the Santa Anita Park horse racing track in...

Angry Fans Toss Balls at Fielder During Dodgers-Padres Playoff Game

Padres ended up winning a game that got 'ugly' at times

(Newser) - Tempers flared on the field and in the stands at Dodger Stadium, with rowdy fans tossing baseballs, apparently at San Diego left fielder Jurickson Profar, and then trash that caused a 12-minute wait between pitches during the seventh inning of the Padres' 10-2 win in NL Division Series Game 2...

Ohtani Becomes the First With 50 Homers, 50 Steals
Baseball Has First 50-50 Player
Sep 19, 2024 7:20 PM CDT

Baseball Has First 50-50 Player

Shohei Ohtani homers three times, steals two bases to reach milestone

(Newser) - Shohei Ohtani became the first major league player to have 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a season during the most spectacular game of a history-making career for the Los Angeles Dodgers star. Ohtani went deep three times and swiped two bags on Thursday against the Miami Marlins...

Shohei Ohtani Hits an Epic Home Run
Shohei Ohtani
Hits an Epic
Home Run
video
Jul 22, 2024 10:05 AM CDT

Shohei Ohtani Hits an Epic Home Run

It travels 473 feet, comes within a whisker of leaving Dodger Stadium

(Newser) - Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani became the first National League player to hit 30 home runs this season on Sunday, and he did so in a way that had teammates and sportscasters searching for superlatives. The designated hitter's solo homer in the fifth inning against the Boston Red Sox traveled...

Diamondbacks Game Delayed for 2 Hours by Bees

Thousands swarmed the netting above home plate

(Newser) - Mother Nature can certainly cause game delays, but not often in such a buzzy way. Tuesday night's game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers started nearly two hours later than scheduled because a bee colony showed up behind home plate about five minutes before the first pitch...

Report: Ohtani's Ex-Interpreter Wants Plea Deal

Sources say Ippei Mizuhara may have stolen more than $4.5M from Dodgers star

(Newser) - The Los Angeles Dodgers and superstar Shoehei Ohtani might soon be able to put a major league gambling scandal behind them. Sources tell the New York Times that Ippei Mizuhara is in talks to plead guilty to federal charges in connection with the scandal. Mizuhara, Ohtani's longtime friend and...

'Saddened' Ohtani Says He Was Lied to, Stolen From

Dodgers star insists he hasn't bet on sports

(Newser) - Shohei Ohtani said Monday that he never bet on sports or knowingly paid any gambling debts accumulated by his longtime interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara. Instead, the Los Angeles Dodgers star claims his close friend lied to him for years and stole millions from the two-time MVP, the AP reports. Ohtani gave...

For Baseball, What a Stunning Mess


For Baseball,
What a
Stunning
Mess
the rundown
Mar 21, 2024 11:50 AM CDT

For Baseball, What a Stunning Mess

Phenom Shohei Ohtani is embroiled in scandal involving his interpreter's gambling

(Newser) - Baseball fans are trying to make sense of the surprise scandal that enveloped one of the game's biggest stars on the very first day of the season. Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers has not been accused of any wrongdoing himself, but the Japanese player's interpreter has...

This Could Be MLB's Biggest Gambling Scandal Since 1989

Shohei Ohtani's interpreter has been fired over alleged gambling, theft

(Newser) - Shohei Ohtani's interpreter and close friend has been fired by the Los Angeles Dodgers following allegations of illegal gambling and theft from the Japanese baseball star, the AP reports. Interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, 39, was let go from the team Wednesday following reports from the Los Angeles Times and ESPN...

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