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Cody Bellinger back in center field for Los Angeles Dodgers in World Series Game 5
The roof will be closed Sunday night because of dreary conditions and an increasing chance of rain into the night. Bellinger, a National League Gold Glove finalist, was listed in center field for Game 5 after he was a late switch to designated hitter a night earlier because of back stiffness. The wild game-ending play […]
Continue readingClayton Kershaw beats Tampa Bay Rays again as Los Angeles Dodgers move one win away from Series
ARLINGTON, Texas — As Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts strolled to the mound with two outs in the top of the sixth inning, a chorus of boos rained down from the crowd at Globe Life Field. Even though this was Game 5 of Major League Baseball’s first neutral-site World Series, Dodgers fans have overrun […]
Continue readingWorld Series Daily: Will Julio Urias, Dodgers push Rays to brink in Game 4?
After all the oddities of the MLB regular season and postseason, the 2020 World Series pits baseball’s top two teams against each other, which doesn’t happen every year. And while we’ve grown accustomed to seeing the Dodgers playing for the championship, this is the first Fall Classic for the Rays since 2008 and only the […]
Continue readingWorld Series 2020: Game 3 win proof Walker Buehler is baseball’s reigning October ace
ARLINGTON, Texas — Just look at the names. Sandy Koufax. Randy Johnson. Clayton Kershaw. Curt Schilling. Orel Hershiser. Madison Bumgarner. Josh Beckett. Walker Buehler is 26 years old. He is in his third full season in the major leagues. To put him alongside two Hall of Famers, another shoo-in, a likely entrant and three more […]
Continue readingWorld Series 2020: How valuable is Mookie Betts? 25 ways he has helped the Los Angeles Dodgers win
ARLINGTON, Texas — Let’s begin with a thought that has been conveyed — directly and indirectly — so often by prominent members of the Los Angeles Dodgers that it might as well be considered a statement of fact: Mookie Betts has exceeded expectations. Now let’s consider why that seems so outrageous: Andrew Friedman, the Dodgers’ […]
Continue readingWorld Series 2020: Dodgers’ small-ball attack, Buehler’s gem give Los Angeles 2-1 Series lead
ARLINGTON, Texas — Charlie Morton entered Game 3 of the World Series with a 0.70 ERA in the 25⅔ innings of his postseason career with the Tampa Bay Rays, but the Los Angeles Dodgers’ offense — appreciably better at manufacturing runs than in postseasons past — went off against him and forced his exit before […]
Continue readingLos Angeles Dodgers’ Walker Buehler first with 10 K’s in 6 innings of World Series
ARLINGTON, Texas — Every start he makes, every time he dominates, Walker Buehler burnishes a resume that’s beginning to resemble those of the best postseason pitchers ever. All he did in Game 3 of the World Series on Friday was bolster his case. Buehler became the first pitcher in World Series history to record double-digit […]
Continue readingCody Bellinger in Game 1 starting lineup for Dodgers vs. Tyler Glasnow, Rays
Bellinger is batting sixth and playing center field Tuesday night, two days after knocking his right shoulder out of whack during his emphatic celebration after hitting a go-ahead homer in the clinching Game 7 of the National League Championship Series. Tampa Bay first baseman Yandy Diaz is in the leadoff spot with the Rays, facing […]
Continue readingWorld Series 2020: Ranking all 56 players in the Los Angeles Dodgers-Tampa Bay Rays Fall Classic
Some years the World Series comes down to the most famous player on the roster, and some years it comes down to the least famous. If we knew which it would be this year, we could narrow our attention to that one part of the field. But the nature of baseball is just the opposite: […]
Continue readingMLB playoffs 2020: Ranking 35 trades that shaped the Rays, Astros, Dodgers and Braves
You can sign a great player, but that’s just about writing a bigger check than anybody else. You can draft a great player, but that’s just about your pick coming before somebody else’s pick. The true connoisseurs know that the fun is in trades. In a trade, it isn’t enough to spot the talent or […]
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