6:25 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Former major league umpire Chuck Meriwether, who was behind the plate when the Boston Red Sox ended their championship drought in 2004, died Saturday. He was 63. Commissioner Rob Manfred made the announcement hours before Game 4 of the World Series. Meriwether had been ill with cancer and
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9:05 AM ET The Houston Astros‘ win in Game 3 of the World Series stymied any shot at a sweep the Washington Nationals might have had in mind. The victory sets up a Game 4 showdown Saturday involving Patrick Corbin for Washington and a bullpen game from Houston to see if the Nats can get
3:05 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 115th World Series became a series Friday night. The Houston Astros, AWOL for the first two games, served notice they were no happy-to-be-here pushovers. The Washington Nationals, winners of
7:14 PM ET WASHINGTON — MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said that the league office would continue conversations with the Houston Astros regarding the incident last weekend that resulted in the termination of a member of the team’s front office. Speaking before Game 3 of the World Series after a photo session with Indians pitcher Carlos
7:24 AM ET I was born and raised in Bethesda, Md., and attended Walter Johnson High School, named after the greatest pitcher of all time. I wrote for the school newspaper, The Pitch, and I did some work for the yearbook, The Windup. It was a privilege and a thrill to wear a baseball and
11:00 PM ET Tampa Bay Rays executive Chaim Bloom is the favorite to become the next general manager of the Boston Red Sox, a source tells ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Bloom, 36, is the Rays’ senior vice president of baseball operations. He has spent 15 years with the team in capacities including minor league operations, player
5:53 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he is planning to attend the World Series on Sunday if it goes to a Game 5. The Washington Nationals and the Houston Astros are playing in the World Series with Game 5 scheduled for Sunday in Washington. The Nationals have a 2-0 lead
10:20 AM ET The San Diego Padres have hired Jayce Tingler of the Texas Rangers as their next manager, a source told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Tingler, 38, was the Rangers’ major league player development field coordinator this season and currently is managing Leones del Escogido in the Dominican winter league. He replaces Andy Green, who
3:26 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” HOUSTON — The Houston Astros did something Wednesday night that for any other team would have registered as benign. Juan Soto, the 20-year-old wunderkind who hits cleanup for the Washington Nationals, was
6:49 PM ET HOUSTON — George Springer set a World Series record in Game 1 with a home run in his fifth consecutive World Series game, but in the wake of the Houston Astros‘ 5-4 loss to the Washington Nationals, Springer’s failure to sprint out of the batter’s box in the eighth inning became a