4:10 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” HOUSTON — Finally, a baseball game worthy of these two teams. Five times over the past week, the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals, two teams fat with transcendent talent, had played one

10:26 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” HOUSTON — Forget the bat flip. The newest innovation in baseball celebrations is the bat carry. After hitting a first-inning, go-ahead home run in Game 6 of the World Series on Tuesday

8:03 AM ET HOUSTON — When Stephen Strasburg made his first major league start for the Washington Nationals, on June 8, 2010, fans lined up outside Nationals Park hours before the game — some waiting since morning for the Tuesday night game. Team officials referred to the game as “Strasmas,” the highly anticipated debut of

7:22 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Joe Girardi hit a grand slam after putting on the red pinstripes for the first time. Girardi was charming, engaging and entertaining in his introductory news conference as the 55th manager of the Philadelphia Phillies. Already popular among fans, Girardi said all the right things Monday. “It means

6:36 PM ET As the World Series shifts back to Houston, the Astros are one win away from becoming champions. But since the visiting team has won every game so far, the Nationals have things right where they want them, right? We asked three of our national baseball writers — Jeff Passan, David Schoenfield and

12:53 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — The two women who flashed their breasts from behind the backstop during Game 5 of the World Series at Nationals Park on Sunday night have been banned from major league stadiums. Major League Baseball sent the women a letter shortly after their escapade. Julia Rose and Lauren Summer

11:36 PM ET WASHINGTON — It’s not the way you want a World Series game to be decided. You want Gerrit Cole, maybe the best pitcher in the game in 2019, battling Max Scherzer, maybe the best pitcher over the past several seasons, in an epic duel for the ages. Instead we got Cole versus

8:50 PM ET Associated Press President Donald Trump is attending his first major league game as president, arriving Sunday night at Nationals Park just before the first pitch of Game 5 of the World Series. The Washington Nationals and Houston Astros are tied at two games apiece. Trump emerged from his motorcade wearing a dark

8:35 AM ET WASHINGTON — In a sense, we’ve circled back to where we were when the series began just five days ago. The World Series is starting fresh, but the margin of error for both the Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals has shrunk considerably. With Houston’s 8-1 drubbing of Washington in Game 4

3:25 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” WASHINGTON — The pimp job lasted 11 steps. The first five, methodical and languorous, allowed Alex Bregman to admire his work. His left arm extended, his blonde maple bat pointing at the