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Despite nearly 200 years of history and more than 235,000 MLB games played, baseball continues to find ways to surprise fans. One very clear instance of bizarre baseball history was made Tuesday night, during the eighth inning of the Marlins’ 6–4 win at the Mets, when Richard Bleier faced Pete Alonso. After surrendering […]

TORONTO (AP) — Aaron Judge walked four times and stayed at 60 home runs, one shy of Roger Maris’ American League record, as the New York Yankees clinched the AL East title by beating the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2 Tuesday night. The Yankees celebrated their 20th division championship, tied for second-most with the Dodgers behind Atlanta’s […]

September has turned scary again for the Phillies. In the driver’s seat for a wild-card spot with the opportunity to put away the Brewers, Philadelphia has lost seven of its past 10 games, including one to Atlanta on Sunday that bore the haunting similarities of Septembers past. The Phillies were four outs away from […]

With the White House hosting the Braves in honor of their 2021 World Series victory, the topic of the team’s name and controversial “tomahawk chop” was raised while press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre fielded questions from a pool of reporters. When asked about her and president Joe Biden’s stance on the topic, […]

Another week, another team removed from our eliminator power rankings. This time, it’s the White Sox who join the ranks of the dearly departed. When the week began, Chicago had won eight of its past 11 games and trailed the first-place Guardians by just four games in the American League […]

They had waited five days—41½ innings, 21 plate appearances, 81 pitches—and then the rain came, and baseball fans waited some more. Aaron Judge, who hit his 60th home run of the season Tuesday and has not hit one since, has been the center of a metaphorical storm all week. He […]

Recently ’Smile’ actors showed up at numerous MLB games to promote the new horror movie. The promotion seemed to work as images spread all across social media. Recently ’Smile’ actors showed up at numerous MLB games to promote the new horror movie. The promotion seemed to work as images spread […]

Imagine living in a world where a prime Barry Bonds spurned the Giants for the opportunity to wear the iconic Yankees’ pinstripes. According to the MLB legend, New York had a real chance to make that outlandish scenario a reality back in the ’90s. Bonds shared the eyebrow-raising story on ESPN’s KayRod simulcast during […]

After the MLB season ends, the Marlins will have a new manager. Marlins insider Craig Mish reports Miami and manager Don Mattingly have “mutually agreed” that Mattingly will not manage the team after this year. After five winning seasons as the Dodgers manager, Mattingly took over the Marlins in 2016 and is by far […]

Yankees star Aaron Judge hit his 60th home run of the 2022 season on Tuesday night, and he is now tied with Babe Ruth for the second-most home runs by a Yankee in a single season. Yankees star Aaron Judge hit his 60th home run of the 2022 season on […]