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☆ On an October night in Cleveland, the Guardians (and baseball gods) deliver an instant classic
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Zack Meisel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

CLEVELAND — The baseball gods work in the shadows, scripting moments and matchups and sequences that we couldn’t begin to fathom. Take, for instance, the night of June 26, when Matthew Boyd just so happened to flip on a Cleveland Guardians game to gauge the pulse of the team desperate for his services. But in late June, shortly before Noel arrived, he suffered an elbow injury that the Guardians have kept discreet. “I’m like, ‘No, I’m just not hitting well, Dad,’” Fry said. This was the baseball gods working overtime to deliver us October goodness, a beautiful blend of tangled storylines and jaw-dropping momentum shifts.

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☆ MLB playoff viewership surges as big market stars vie for World Series
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Jake Piazza | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

The first game of the American League Championship Series on Monday night between the New York Yankees and Cleveland Guardians saw an uptick of 4% from 2023, grossing 3.9 million viewers, according to a TNT Sports spokesperson. The championship series gains come right after four successful league division series for MLB and its broadcast partners. The American League Division Series averaged 3 million viewers, a more than 20% increase from 2023, according to TNT Sports. Viewership for the National League Division Series rose too, with game four in each series climbing from 2022. The Yankees have a 2-0 game lead against the Guardians, and the Mets-Dodgers series is tied at 1-1.

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Keep reading to learn everything you need to know about how to watch the Dodgers vs. Mets. How to watch the Dodgers vs. Mets in the USGame 3 of the Dodgers vs. Mets match-up will air on Fox Sports 1 (FS1). Cord-cutters can live stream the game through a month-to-month package like Sling TV, DirecTV Stream, or Fubo. Sling TV Subscription For just the essentials without any extra fluff, Sling TV is the streaming service you're looking for. Check price at ExpressVPNHow to watch the Dodgers vs. Mets with a VPNSign up for a VPN if you don't have one.

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One of the nation's most prominent and influential couples shared the spotlight with baseball's postseason Monday night as the New York Yankees opened the American League Championship Series at home. Major League Baseball posted video of pop juggernaut Taylor Swift and boyfriend Travis Kelce, a tight end for the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs, in the stands, after previously announcing they would be in attendance. Swift and Kelce have become a mainstay of high-profile sporting events, particularly in New York City. More recently, Swift was back at Arrowhead Stadium on Oct. 7 to support the Chiefs as they defeated the New Orleans Saints, 26-13, at home. Late last year, the Eras Tour became the highest-grossing tour in history, surpassing $1 billion, according to the concert industry publication Pollstar.

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☆ Aaron Judge hits first HR of playoffs as Yankees take 2-0 ALCS lead over Guardians: Takeaways
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Tyler Kepner | Chris Kirschner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementAaron Judge brought in the Yankees’ first runs in unconventional ways, and their last runs with one big swing. The Yankees’ Gerrit Cole wasn’t much better, leaving with one out in the fifth after giving up six hits and four walks. Aaron Judge finally breaks throughFor just the third time in his career, the hitter before Judge was intentionally walked. Cleveland brought in reliever Cade Smith to face Judge in a situation that could have broken the game open for the Yankees. Judge sent a towering fly ball into Monument Park in straightaway center field for a two-run home run, giving the Yankees a 6-2 lead.

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☆ ALCS Game 1: New York Yankees power past wild Cleveland Guardians
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Homero De La Fuente | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Cantillo threw an AL postseason record four wild pitches, two of which allowed runs to score to hand the Yankees a 3-0 advantage. At the end of the day, it’s a team effort and we showed up today.”Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodón throws against the Guardians in Game 1 of the ALCS. Cleveland threatened to make it a game in the top of the eighth, hitting three consecutive singles off Yankees reliever Tim Hill. With the tying run at the plate, Yankees manager Aaron Boone turned to closer Luke Weaver for the last five outs. After allowing a walk in the top of ninth inning, Weaver struck out the next three batters, securing his fourth save of the postseason and the Yankees victory.

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☆ Guardians grand slam their way to a Game 5 victory over Tigers, head to ALCS: Takeaways
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-12 | by ( Zack Meisel | Cody Stavenhagen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

CLEVELAND — Lane Thomas started the ALDS with a three-run homer to the left-field bleachers at Progressive Field in Game 1. Designated hitter David Fry kept Cleveland’s postseason hopes flickering with a two-run shot in the seventh inning of Game 4 at Comerica Park. "Lane Thomas." GO DEEPER Guardians' Lane Thomas hits grand slam off Tarik Skubal in Game 5If the Tigers had to lose, they can take some solace in losing like this. (Top photo of Lane Thomas: Jason Miller / Getty Images)

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☆ Gerrit Cole in control as New York Yankees clinch ALCS spot with win over Kansas City Royals
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Jamie Barton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The New York Yankees clinched an American League Championship Series (ALCS) spot on Thursday night with a 3-1 win over the Kansas City Royals which saw them take the American League Division Series (ALDS) by the same score. Starter Gerrit Cole was the game’s dominant force, giving up just one run and six hits across seven innings, striking out four. The victory sees New York advance to the 19th Championship Series in its history, four more than any other franchise. Kansas City, meanwhile, has now lost its last nine games at Kauffman Stadium. It was the closest Kansas City would come, Aaron Judge recording the final out in the ninth to send New York through.

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☆ With Yankees and Mets both headed to the LCS, ‘a fun time in New York’ awaits
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Tyler Kepner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

They are the second MLB team to earn an invitation to the league championship series and, yes, they’re aware of the other: the New York Mets. In the 55 seasons of LCS play, this will be just the third to feature both the Yankees and Mets. You might remember the others: 1999, when only the Yankees won, and 2000, when New York City had the World Series all to itself. We’re still hungry — at least in New York, where the World Series seemed like a birthright in the years before expansion. From Game 1 in 1949 through Game 2 in 1957, 44 of a possible 48 World Series games took place in New York.

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☆ Yankees ride strong performance from Gerrit Cole over Royals, advance to ALCS: Takeaways
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Rustin Dodd | Tyler Kepner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

The Yankees will host Games 1 and 2 of this ALCS and, if needed, Games 6 and 7. Yankees veterans show upWhen the Yankees needed them most, their veterans finally showed up en masse. Then the baseball fell to earth, dropping harmlessly into the glove of Yankees right fielder Juan Soto, just in front of the fence. According to the official scorer at Kauffman Stadium, the wind was blowing from right field to left field at 6 mph at first pitch. Not at Kauffman Stadium, where the power alleys are 387 feet from home plate and straight-away right field is more than 370 feet away.

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☆ Famed Cuban, MLB pitcher Luis Tiant dies at 83
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( David Close | Thomas Schlachter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Renowned Cuban baseball player Luis Tiant died Tuesday at his home in Maine, according to the Boston Red Sox. Tiant played for Cleveland, Minnesota, Boston, the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh before finishing his career with the California Angels. Rich Pilling/MLB Photos/Getty Images“Luis had the kind of unforgettable presence that made you feel like you were part of his world,” said John Henry, principal owner of the Boston Red Sox, where Tiant played from 1971-78. Tiant was inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 1997 and was a three-time MLB All-Star. My friend and teammate, Luis Tiant, passed away,” Tiant’s former teammate and nine-time All-Star Fred Lynn posted on X, formerly Twitter.

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☆ The Houston Astros will miss the ALCS for the first time since 2016
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Rohan Nadkarni | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The Houston Astros will not appear in the American League Championship Series for the first time since 2016 after being eliminated by the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday. Not including the pandemic-shortened 2020 year, that’s the fewest number of wins the Astros have had since missing the postseason entirely in 2016. From 2017-23, not only did Houston appear in the ALCS every year, it made the World Series four times, winning twice and losing twice. The Astros’ run of championship league series appearances came under the specter of one of Major League Baseball’s most notorious scandals. The Astros were revealed to be using the sign-stealing system from as early as 2016 into the 2018 season — which encompassed their 2017 World Series win.

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☆ CNBC Sport: A responsible look at women's sports exuberance
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Alex Sherman | In Alex-Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +28 min

Media landscape shifts Most of the value in professional sports is propelled by media rights deals, and we're in an unusual sweet spot right now for sports. Still, gaining access to 11 teams' media rights is probably in the league's long-run best interest. You have the WNBA rights term worth $2.2 billion over 11 years with league expansion going from 12 to 15 teams. Media landscape shifts Most of the value in professional sports is propelled by media rights deals, and we're in an unusual sweet spot right now for sports. Still, gaining access to 11 teams' media rights is probably in the league's long-run best interest.

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☆ MLS partners with OneFootball in push to expand global audience
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Lillian Rizzo | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Major League Soccer is teaming up with German digital media platform OneFootball to provide highlights, stats and other content to a global audience. As part of the deal OneFootball will have access to highlights of hundreds of MLS matches each season. Since joining Inter Miami, Messi has fueled MLS' attendance and audience, and there has been an increase in sponsorship revenue, according to data from the league. Global social media engagement has also increased substantially for MLS, particularly on YouTube and TikTok, according to data from the league. For OneFootball, adding MLS made sense as the U.S. has become one of the fastest-growing markets for soccer, said OneFootball CEO Patrick Fischer.

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☆ Pete Rose, Major League Baseball’s all-time hit king, has died
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Jason Hanna | Michelle Watson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Rose was one of baseball’s greats – a winning-obsessed sparkplug who topped MLB’s all-time hit list with 4,256 over a 24-season career. It wasn’t until 2004 that Rose publicly admitted betting on baseball and the Reds, though he denied ever betting against his own team. Sometimes, on the weekend of baseball Hall of Fame inductions in Cooperstown, New York, he also would hold autograph sessions at a nearby bookstore. While Cooperstown didn’t admit him into its Hall of Fame, the Reds got him into theirs with the commissioner’s permission. That was the perfect way to capture Rose, said Johnny Bench, the Hall of Fame catcher.

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☆ Chicago White Sox lose 121st game this season, most in baseball history
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Rohan Nadkarni | Rohan Nadkarni Is A Sports Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

The Chicago White Sox fell 4-1 to the Detroit Tigers on Friday for their 121st loss of the season, the most in MLB history. Chicago won 93 games and the American League Central division in 2021 but has been in a steady decline since. The White Sox won 81 games in 2022 and 61 last season. The White Sox began the season 3-22, the worst 25-game start in franchise history. After winning nine games each in May and June, the team won seven games combined in July and August.

Persons: They've, Andrew Vaughn Organizations: Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, MLB, New York Mets, Chicago, American League Central, White Sox

☆ MLB Friday round-up: Tigers and Royals clinch playoff berth, Ohtani chases Triple Crown
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Thomas Schlachter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —As the MLB season nears its conclusion, the playoff picture continues to get clearer with each passing game. But until it did, you just didn’t know.”Ohtani continues Triple Crown pursuitWhile teams were clinching playoff berths, Shohei Ohtani was continuing his incredible season. Ohtani hit another home run, stole another base and kept his chances of winning the Triple Crown alive. Shohei Ohtani continues his incredible season for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Japanese superstar now needs to chase down the San Diego Padres’ Luis Arraez’s batting average to secure the first Triple Crown since 2012.

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☆ Chicago White Sox become the worst team in modern MLB history
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( David Close | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —By losing to the Detroit Tigers 4-1, the 2024 White Sox entered the record books as one of the most inept teams in sports history. hold the overall record for losses when the then National League team finished with an abysmal 20-134 record. The signs of a historically bad year started at the beginning of this season when the White Sox opened with just three wins in the first 25 games. The team would later lose 14 straight games and then suffer a 21-game skid, tying the American League record with the 1998 Baltimore Orioles. Ahead of the undesired deed, infielder Nicky Lopez, who grew up a White Sox fan as a kid, told MLB.com, “It obviously sucks.

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☆ White Sox lose 121st game of season, most by any team in modern baseball history
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Sam Blum | Cody Stavenhagen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

This was, perhaps, the closest thing the White Sox have had to a prideful moment all season. As The Athletic’s Jayson Stark noted, the White Sox have used 29 position players this season. After their most recent downturn — a 12-game skid — the White Sox besting the Mets for worst ever became a matter of when, not if. Getz insisted the White Sox are on the right trajectory and even said ownership will “potentially” invest more in the organizational infrastructure. Now members of this White Sox team will shoulder the burden of 121 losses and counting into an uncertain future.

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☆ With 120 losses, White Sox join ’62 Mets for most defeats in modern MLB history
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Sam Blum | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

By contrast, the White Sox are charter members of the American League. AdvertisementBorderline cartoonish moments like those are what have defined the White Sox season. “I think if you ask all 50 guys in this org, yeah, we’re not going to be happy about it,” said Lee, the White Sox catcher. It’s obviously hard, but you’ve got to focus on one day at a time.”For the White Sox, this day brought history. (Photo of White Sox players looking out from their dugout on Sunday: Denis Poroy / Getty Images)

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☆ Shohei Ohtani’s 50-50 is just the latest chapter in an extraordinary season for the Los Angeles Dodgers star
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —It was perhaps fitting that Shohei Ohtani should achieve one of baseball’s most remarkable feats with an out-of-this-world performance. But despite being kept away from the mound, Ohtani has had a phenomenal debut season with the Dodgers. Ohtani smacks his 50th home run of the season, and with it, earns the first 50/50 in MLB history. Megan Briggs/Getty ImagesEven without pitching this season, Ohtani is still the odds-on favorite to win the NL MVP award, potentially the first to do so having played solely as a designated hitter (DH). A betrayal off the fieldAll the while, Ohtani’s record-breaking season on the diamond has come against the backdrop of off-field challenges.

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☆ Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani becomes first player to join 50/50 club
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Homero De La Fuente | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani etched his name in Major League Baseball history on Thursday, becoming the inaugural member of the 50-50 club on Thursday against the Miami Marlins. A 50-50 season consists of 50+ home runs and 50+ stolen bases in a single season. The historic accomplishment comes after Ohtani faced a personally difficult start to his time in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani (17) celebrates after hitting his 50th home run of the season during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Miami. With the win against Miami, the Dodgers are guaranteed a spot in the playoffs and give Ohtani his first chance to shine in October.

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☆ Paul DeJong: MLB player walks across field to new team after being traded in middle of series
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Samuel Joseph | Sam Joseph | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Major League Baseball (MLB) players often have long journeys to link up with their new squads when they are traded. The 30-year-old infielder was traded from the Chicago White Sox to the Kansas City Royals, three hours before the two teams were scheduled to play each other on Tuesday. “I’m just happy to be on a great team. The win moved Kansas City to 60-49 on the season as it seeks to remain in postseason contention. Meanwhile, the White Sox remain rooted to the bottom of the American League with a 27-84 record, the worst in MLB.

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Learn moreIt's an epic New York vs. New York match-up this week at the Mets and Yankees go head to head. We've compiled everything you need to know about how to watch the Mets vs. Yankees, including local and national broadcasting options. Whether you're a Mets or Yankees fan, we'll show you how to tune into the game from home. How to watch Mets vs. Yankees in the USThe first Mets vs. Yankees game will air on Tuesday, July 23, at 7:05 p.m. Check price at FuboHow to watch Mets vs. Yankees from anywhereIf you'll be traveling away from home during the game, you can still access your viewing options via VPN (virtual private network).

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☆ Jamie Raskin, a Key Democrat, Urged Biden to Reconsider Campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Reid J. Epstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland, a key member of the House committee that investigated the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, sent President Biden a four-page letter this month that compared the 81-year-old commander in chief to a tiring baseball pitcher and urged him to consult with fellow Democrats about whether to continue his campaign. Mr. Raskin opened his letter, which was dated July 6 and was obtained by The New York Times, by writing that he shared Mr. Biden’s “mad love for American democracy and freedom.”The letter, the authenticity of which Mr. Raskin confirmed on Thursday, begins with nearly three pages of lavish praise for Mr. Biden. Mr. Raskin writes that he wishes to “remind you of your true greatness as a leader” and spends several paragraphs recounting Mr. Biden’s legislative achievements and defense of democracy. But the crux of the letter is a four-paragraph metaphor comparing the president to the Boston Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martínez, a Hall of Famer who was left on the mound for the eighth inning of Game Seven of the 2003 American League Championship Series despite being tired. Mr. Martínez allowed three runs, tying the game before the Yankees won with a walk-off home run in the 11th inning that denied the Red Sox a trip to the World Series, which they had not won in 85 years.

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