8:00 AM ET September is the final full month of the regular season, and, for The Quirkjians, the best was saved for last. We had the first Holland-India at-bat ever, we welcomed Seth Beer, Janson Junk and Kutter Crawford to the big leagues, we had another no-hitter, an inside-the-park home run, a cycle, several notable
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11:09 PM ET Clayton Kershaw exited his final regular-season start early Friday night in Los Angeles after experiencing left forearm discomfort and said afterward that the chances of him pitching in the postseason are “not looking great.” The lefty departed the game with two outs in the second inning after throwing 42 pitches in an
Sep 30, 2021 Associated Press DYERSVILLE, Iowa — Frank Thomas has found his Field of Dreams. The Hall of Famer has headed a venture that bought controlling interest in Go the Distance Baseball’s stake of All-Star Ballpark Heaven and the Field of Dreams Movie Site. The company said Thursday that This is Heaven LLC, a
7:07 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — A small cat scurried through the rafters at Truist Park before the Atlanta Braves tried to clinch their fourth straight NL East title against the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday night. The gray-and-white cat was discovered darting along a beam in the upper deck more than hour before the
1:23 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Shildt named Adam Wainwright as the starter in the wild-card game against either the Los Angeles Dodgers or San Francisco Giants on Wednesday. Wainwright is 17-7 with a 3.08 ERA this season. “He gets better as the game goes, he goes deep
12:58 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Luis Rojas’ fate as New York Mets manager likely will be determined before the team hires a president of baseball operations. With a disappointing 2021 season coming to a close, New York holds an option on Rojas’ contract for next year. The club plans to bring in
10:37 PM ET New York Yankees slugger Joey Gallo is set to undergo X-rays after he was hit by a pitch in the left hand/forearm area in Wednesday night’s 6-5 loss to the Blue Jays in Toronto. Gallo was unable to bat in the ninth inning after being hit by a Tim Mayza pitch in
8:37 PM ET ESPN News Services TORONTO — Blue Jays slugger Marcus Semien set a major league record for home runs by a second baseman when he hit his 44th of the season on Wednesday night against Yankees ace Gerrit Cole. Semien’s homer, a two-run drive into the left field bullpen, broke a tie with
8:14 PM ET ESPN News Services The San Francisco Giants have placed first baseman Brandon Belt placed on the 10-day injured list with a left thumb fracture. The move is retroactive to Monday. Thairo Estrada was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento. Belt exited a 6-2 win at Colorado on Sunday in the seventh inning after getting
8:00 AM ET WHEN SHOHEI OHTANI stands on the mound and stares into his catcher for a sign, his mouth is slightly open and his chin is raised just a little, giving off the impression he’s every bit as curious as we are to discover what might come next. He comes set neck-high and stares