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MLB Power Rankings: Where every team stands entering June
Move over, Atlanta — Texas has entered the top three! Yes, that means the Rangers and Orioles are for real — and not to mention the Rays, whose hot start, thought by some to be the result of an easy early schedule, has proven to be no fluke. Can these teams keep up this level […]
Continue readingBring on the World Series! Why we’re so excited for the final round
After almost a week without baseball, the World Series starts today! With all its storylines — the Houston Astros’ attempt to win a clean title, the Philadelphia Phillies’ hot streak continuing — it promises to be memorable. And if it isn’t? If we get a dud of a series or a sweep? It won’t matter […]
Continue readingAstros sweep Yankees to reach 4th World Series in 6 years
NEW YORK — The Houston Astros made going to the World Series look easy. This is October, after all, the time of year when it’s easy to pencil in the Astros for making a deep postseason run — and 2022 marked their sixth straight trip to the American League Championship Series. And somehow, this year’s […]
Continue readingAnthony Rizzo to lead off as Yankees shuffle lineup for Game 3
Facing Houston Astros right-hander Cristian Javier, New York will lead off with first baseman Anthony Rizzo, move Harrison Bader down from the leadoff spot to No. 6, start Oswaldo Cabrera at shortstop, shift Giancarlo Stanton to left field and slide Matt Carpenter into the designated hitter role. Astros 1. Jose Altuve, 2B 2. Jeremy Pena, […]
Continue readingMLB championship series Saturday: Live updates, highlights, takeaways
The 2022 MLB playoffs are down to just four teams, each vying for a spot in this year’s World Series. The American League Championship Series shifted to the Bronx for Game 3 but saw similar results as the Houston Astros pushed the New York Yankees to the brink of elimination with a 5-0 win. After […]
Continue readingYankees’ bats fall silent as unbeaten Astros dominate Game 3
NEW YORK — The New York Yankees clubhouse went silent. During the regular season — win or loss — New York always played music over the speakers after games. But that pattern died Saturday after the Yankees lost 5-0 in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series, putting them in a 3-0 deficit to […]
Continue readingJustin Verlander K’s 11 to lead Astros to win in ALCS opener
HOUSTON — The Astros quickly ran out of superlatives in describing Justin Verlander‘s performance in their 4-2 victory over the New York Yankees in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series on Wednesday night. Echoes of “first-ballot Hall of Famer” and “ace” were heard throughout the Astros clubhouse after Verlander struck out 11 batters […]
Continue readingWho will rule the ALCS? Preview, predictions for Yankees-Astros
Would you like a little chalk with your chaos? While the fifth-seeded San Diego Padres and sixth-seeded Philadelphia Phillies are playing in the NLCS, the American League gives us the two teams that carried the conversation all season in the junior circuit: The 106-56 Houston Astros, playing in their sixth straight ALCS, and the 99-63 […]
Continue readingYankees eliminate Guardians to set up ALCS showdown vs. Astros
NEW YORK — Houston, here come the Yankees. Riding off a strong start from lefty Nestor Cortes, the New York Yankees booked a ticket to the American League Championship Series with a 5-1 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday. The Game 5 victory capped a back-and-forth series in which the Yankees faced elimination in […]
Continue readingA winner-take-all playoff game in the Bronx? This is what Harrison Bader has been waiting for
WHEN HARRISON BADER found out that his childhood dream was coming true, his first reaction was unexpected: disappointment. St. Louis, where he’d spent the past five and a half seasons as a member of the Cardinals, had become home. The team drafted Bader out of Florida in 2015, and when he was called up in […]
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