Category: Baseball
Derek Jeter Reflects on His Career and Reveals the One Regret He Has
(Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Fanatics) The 2024 World Series has officially begun. This has turned into one of the most highly-anticipated World Series in quite some time, mainly because it’s a battle of two historical MLB teams. The New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers might be the two biggest brands in the…
Freeman’s Walk-off Grand Slam Gives Dodgers Game 1 Victory over Gibby
LOS ANGELES — The injured star made his way to the plate. Bases loaded, two outs, bottom of the 10th inning, down a run in the first game of the World Series. It all happened so fast. A first-pitch fastball fired inside, elevated, square in the lefty happy zone. A short, powerful swing beat it…
Max Muncy Shares Game 1 World Series Preparations
(Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) Game one of the World Series between the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers will take place on Friday. It took six games for the Dodgers to defeat the New York Mets in the National League Championship Series, while it only took five for the Yankees…
Dave Roberts Shares Whether Shohei Ohtani Will Pitch in the World Series
(Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) The Los Angeles Dodgers are preparing for game one of the World Series against the New York Yankees on Friday. After defeating the New York Mets in six games in the National League Championship Series, the Dodgers will have a home-field advantage against the Yankees in the World Series….
Dodgers reveal their starting lineup for Game 1 of the World Series
(Photo by Katharine Lotze/Getty Images) The 2024 Major League Baseball World Series is set to begin on Friday between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees. This World Series matchup contains two of the best offensive teams in all of baseball along with two historic franchises. Neither team has won the World Series…
Jack Flaherty Pays Tribute to Dodgers Legend Before Game 1
(Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images) The Los Angeles Dodgers are preparing for game one of the World Series against the New York Yankees on Friday. After an offensive explosion in the National League Championship Series against the New York Mets, the Dodgers have some momentum going with the bats. Jack Flaherty will take the mound…
CC Sabathia Delivers Brief Message Before Game 1 of World Series
(Photo by Rebecca Noble/Getty Images) On Friday, game one of the World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees is set to begin. Both teams have had a few days off to prepare for the biggest series of the year. The Yankees are looking for their first World Series title…
Analysis of the 2024 World Series Preview on Effectively Wild Episode 2236
Meg Rowley and guest co-host Craig Goldstein, editor-in-chief of Baseball Prospectus, discuss the passing of Fernando Valenzuela, and his importance to both the Dodgers and baseball. Then they preview the 2024 World Series between the Dodgers and the Yankees. They detail the relative strengths and weaknesses of both teams, breaking down the lineups, rotations, and…
Tarik Skubal Provides Insight on Tigers’ Postseason Aspirations in 2021
(Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images) The Detroit Tigers are arguably the biggest Cinderella story to come out of this Major League Baseball postseason. At one point in the regular season, the Tigers were eight games under the .500 mark, and it appeared their postseason hopes were dead. Not only did the Tigers sneak their way…
Walker Buehler Seeks Dominant Victory
Here is an embarrassing sentence: After reading the newest Sally Rooney novel, I started playing a lot of chess. I’m not good, but I have been spending a lot of time trying to get better (tips are appreciated). All this chess got me thinking about the cliché that the batter-pitcher duel is like a chess…