9:00 AM ET LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers, in desperation mode as the World Series shifts to their ballpark, don’t need to look very far for comfort as they face a 2-0 deficit. They can get it from their manager, Dave Roberts, whose celebrated stolen base sparked a 2004 Boston Red Sox team that became
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10:57 PM ET Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts has long provided heroics on the field, and now the likely American League MVP is an All-Star off the field as well after being identified in a tweet performing a simple act of kindness for Boston’s hungry and homeless. Hours after Betts and the Red Sox took
3:26 PM ET The Toronto Blue Jays will hire Charlie Montoyo to be their new manager, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Marly Rivera, becoming the second member of the Tampa Bay Rays coaching staff to land a managerial position on Thursday. The 53-year-old Montoyo has been with the Rays since their inaugural season in 1998,
7:31 AM ET The Minnesota Twins are expected to hire Rocco Baldelli as their next manager, according to multiple reports. Baldelli has spent the past four seasons as a coach for the Tampa Bay Rays. At 37, he will become the youngest manager in the majors. FOX 9 Sports first reported that Baldelli would be
11:25 PM ET BOSTON — Two frigid games in Boston left Fenway fans feeling plenty warm. Now the Dodgers have to hope they can thaw quickly back in sunny California. J.D. Martinez capped yet another Red Sox two-out rally with a two-run single in the fifth inning, lifting Boston to a 4-2 win over Los
3:37 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays have agreed to a $2.61 million signing bonus with 16-year-old Cuban pitching prospect Sandy Gaston, pending a physical. The hard-throwing right-hander is considered one of the top international free-agent prospects and had attracted interest from several major league teams, including the Miami
3:29 AM ET BOSTON — You would be hard-pressed to create a more alluring World Series Game 1 pitching matchup than Chris Sale versus Clayton Kershaw. You might also be hard-pressed to understand why, as the game unfolded, the pedigrees of the starting pitchers felt so irrelevant. A slow double-play turn here. A missed pop-up
7:35 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Padres manager Andy Green says Mark McGwire won’t return as San Diego’s bench coach next season so he can spend more time with his family. McGwire, who hit 583 home runs during his big league career, spent three seasons on the Padres’ staff. “He wants to watch
3:34 PM ET Associated Press If hired as general manager of the New York Mets, Doug Melvin likely would keep Mickey Callaway as manager. The former Texas and Milwaukee GM has his second interview Tuesday with the Mets, meeting with owner Fred Wilpon and his son, chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon. Agent Brodie Van Wagenen
8:00 AM ET We’re here. The World Series. The best sporting event in the country. If we’re lucky, we’ll have seven games of intense drama over nine days. It will be hard to match last year’s World Series or the Chicago Cubs’ historic win in 2016 or even the Kansas City Royals’ little-engine-that-could title in