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Good for Andy Pages on getting "championship saving catch" in as a career defining moment before the world heard about "unknowingly foiling gambling plot by swinging at extremely obvious ball"
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Good for Andy Pages on getting "championship saving catch" in as a career defining moment before the world heard about "unknowingly foiling gambling plot by swinging at extremely obvious ball"
Murakami checked in at No. 7. Massive power and swing-and-miss issues. Long-term positional questions, too, but he's young and has middle-of-the-order upside in a weaker free-agent class.
Here's my ranking of this year's top 50 MLB free agents: www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/ran...
MLB free agency: Ranking the top 50 players of the 2025-26 offseason
Kyle Tucker, Alex Bregman, Bo Bichette, Framber Valdez and more top talents are available this winter
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November 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Murakami checked in at No. 7. Massive power and swing-and-miss issues. Long-term positional questions, too, but he's young and has middle-of-the-order upside in a weaker free-agent class.
DePodesta is, undeniably, a trailblazer directly responsible for the modern executive. He has a whale of a challenge in front of him—modernizing that Rockies organization; solving Coors Field; and so on. Tall task for anyone, let alone somebody nearly a decade removed from an MLB front office.
November 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
DePodesta is, undeniably, a trailblazer directly responsible for the modern executive. He has a whale of a challenge in front of him—modernizing that Rockies organization; solving Coors Field; and so on. Tall task for anyone, let alone somebody nearly a decade removed from an MLB front office.
Here's my ranking of this year's top 50 MLB free agents: www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/ran...
MLB free agency: Ranking the top 50 players of the 2025-26 offseason
Kyle Tucker, Alex Bregman, Bo Bichette, Framber Valdez and more top talents are available this winter
www.cbssports.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Here's my ranking of this year's top 50 MLB free agents: www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/ran...
This season had some obvious borderline mythical moments (including Yamamoto last night). But I keep returning to the idea that if a team had given away an owner bobblehead during a disappointing season, say, 50 or 60 years ago, we’d still be referring to that incident by some cutesy name.
November 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This season had some obvious borderline mythical moments (including Yamamoto last night). But I keep returning to the idea that if a team had given away an owner bobblehead during a disappointing season, say, 50 or 60 years ago, we’d still be referring to that incident by some cutesy name.
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who started Game 6, got more outs in Game 7 than starter Shohei Ohtani
November 2, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who started Game 6, got more outs in Game 7 than starter Shohei Ohtani
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This is the sixth straight season in which a Will Smith wins a World Series:
2025: C Will Smith (LAD)
2024: C Will Smith (LAD)
2023: LHP Will Smith (TEX)
2022: LHP Will Smith (HOU)
2021: LHP Will Smith (ATL)
2020: C Will Smith (LAD)
2025: C Will Smith (LAD)
2024: C Will Smith (LAD)
2023: LHP Will Smith (TEX)
2022: LHP Will Smith (HOU)
2021: LHP Will Smith (ATL)
2020: C Will Smith (LAD)
November 2, 2025 at 4:48 AM
This is the sixth straight season in which a Will Smith wins a World Series:
2025: C Will Smith (LAD)
2024: C Will Smith (LAD)
2023: LHP Will Smith (TEX)
2022: LHP Will Smith (HOU)
2021: LHP Will Smith (ATL)
2020: C Will Smith (LAD)
2025: C Will Smith (LAD)
2024: C Will Smith (LAD)
2023: LHP Will Smith (TEX)
2022: LHP Will Smith (HOU)
2021: LHP Will Smith (ATL)
2020: C Will Smith (LAD)
How could you not be romantic about baseball, the only sport that requires rulebook citing to explain why the league’s best player is (likely) starting the season’s biggest game.
November 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
How could you not be romantic about baseball, the only sport that requires rulebook citing to explain why the league’s best player is (likely) starting the season’s biggest game.
Good stat from @mikeaxisa.bsky.social: "The most swings and misses on a splitter in a single game in the pitch tracking era (since 2008) is 20 by Gausman back in 2023. Only 20 times on record has a guy gotten as many as 15 whiffs on the split in a game. Gausman's at 11 through two innings."
November 1, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Good stat from @mikeaxisa.bsky.social: "The most swings and misses on a splitter in a single game in the pitch tracking era (since 2008) is 20 by Gausman back in 2023. Only 20 times on record has a guy gotten as many as 15 whiffs on the split in a game. Gausman's at 11 through two innings."
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“F the players,” Murray responded, according to the MLBPA documents. “I’m still so pissed off I can’t see straight.”
“We need them to be kissed (sic) off at their leadership,” Courtney replied.
“Believe me, it is priority for me,” Murray said.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/676...
“We need them to be kissed (sic) off at their leadership,” Courtney replied.
“Believe me, it is priority for me,” Murray said.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/676...
Inside the text messages of the agent who became a ‘mole’ for Rob Manfred and MLB
The MLB Players Association says that in 2020 negotiations, agent Jim Murray “acted as a ‘mole’” for Manfred and his top lieutenants.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
“F the players,” Murray responded, according to the MLBPA documents. “I’m still so pissed off I can’t see straight.”
“We need them to be kissed (sic) off at their leadership,” Courtney replied.
“Believe me, it is priority for me,” Murray said.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/676...
“We need them to be kissed (sic) off at their leadership,” Courtney replied.
“Believe me, it is priority for me,” Murray said.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/676...
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Only 4 pitchers have recorded a Pitcher’s Cycle — striking out every batter in the opposing lineup — in the World Series:
Trey Yesavage, 2025 G5
Randy Johnson, 2001 G2
Bob Gibson, 1968 G1
Jesse Barnes, 1921 G6
Trey Yesavage, 2025 G5
Randy Johnson, 2001 G2
Bob Gibson, 1968 G1
Jesse Barnes, 1921 G6
Trey Yesavage struck out all 9 Dodgers at least once tonight, a feat that Herm Krabbenhoft dubbed a “pitcher’s cycle”
sabr.org/journal/arti...
sabr.org/journal/arti...
The Pitcher’s Cycle: Definition and Achievers (1893–2023) – Society for American Baseball Research
sabr.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Only 4 pitchers have recorded a Pitcher’s Cycle — striking out every batter in the opposing lineup — in the World Series:
Trey Yesavage, 2025 G5
Randy Johnson, 2001 G2
Bob Gibson, 1968 G1
Jesse Barnes, 1921 G6
Trey Yesavage, 2025 G5
Randy Johnson, 2001 G2
Bob Gibson, 1968 G1
Jesse Barnes, 1921 G6
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We, as a society, have not solved much recently. But take heart: Blake Snell no longer gets pulled too early in World Series games.
October 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
We, as a society, have not solved much recently. But take heart: Blake Snell no longer gets pulled too early in World Series games.
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Twins are hiring Derek Shelton as the new manager.
Shelton served as the Twins' bench coach under both Paul Molitor and Rocco Baldelli before leaving after the 2019 season to become the Pirates' manager.
Shelton had a 306-440 (.410) record during six seasons in Pittsburgh and was fired in mid-May.
Shelton served as the Twins' bench coach under both Paul Molitor and Rocco Baldelli before leaving after the 2019 season to become the Pirates' manager.
Shelton had a 306-440 (.410) record during six seasons in Pittsburgh and was fired in mid-May.
October 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Twins are hiring Derek Shelton as the new manager.
Shelton served as the Twins' bench coach under both Paul Molitor and Rocco Baldelli before leaving after the 2019 season to become the Pirates' manager.
Shelton had a 306-440 (.410) record during six seasons in Pittsburgh and was fired in mid-May.
Shelton served as the Twins' bench coach under both Paul Molitor and Rocco Baldelli before leaving after the 2019 season to become the Pirates' manager.
Shelton had a 306-440 (.410) record during six seasons in Pittsburgh and was fired in mid-May.
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If they're giving Ohtani the full Bonds treatment, at the top of maybe the best lineup in baseball, I think Pedro Feliz, Bengie Molina, Edgardo Alfonzo and J.T. Snow are off the hook
October 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
If they're giving Ohtani the full Bonds treatment, at the top of maybe the best lineup in baseball, I think Pedro Feliz, Bengie Molina, Edgardo Alfonzo and J.T. Snow are off the hook
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The Dodgers are in the World Series, McCarthyism is back, and there isn't nearly enough housing to go around—all of which makes this a good time to read Stealing Home. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/eric-...
Stealing Home
The "scrupulously detailed" (Los Angeles Times) story of how the fight to build Dodgers Stadium, and transform Los Angeles into a big league city, ...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The Dodgers are in the World Series, McCarthyism is back, and there isn't nearly enough housing to go around—all of which makes this a good time to read Stealing Home. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/eric-...
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This is Kiké Hernández's 86th postseason game with the Dodgers, which is tied for most in franchise history
I enjoyed his reaction to finding that out last week
www.truebluela.com/los-angeles-...
I enjoyed his reaction to finding that out last week
www.truebluela.com/los-angeles-...
Kiké Hernández will break Dodgers postseason record in World Series
Kiké Hernández in the World Series is about to break the Dodgers postseason career record for games played, and reflected on the milestone during the NLCS.
www.truebluela.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
This is Kiké Hernández's 86th postseason game with the Dodgers, which is tied for most in franchise history
I enjoyed his reaction to finding that out last week
www.truebluela.com/los-angeles-...
I enjoyed his reaction to finding that out last week
www.truebluela.com/los-angeles-...
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I have a soft spot for Don Mattingly because he's on the record as 1994 being his best last chance at a World Series, but deciding the more important thing was to support a strike authorization vote and strike if necessary that year, as the game the young guys would inherit mattered more.
October 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I have a soft spot for Don Mattingly because he's on the record as 1994 being his best last chance at a World Series, but deciding the more important thing was to support a strike authorization vote and strike if necessary that year, as the game the young guys would inherit mattered more.
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At 22 years and 88 days old, Trey Yesavage will be the second-youngest Game 1 starting pitcher in World Series history, older than only:
1947 Ralph Branca: 21y 267d
1947 Ralph Branca: 21y 267d
October 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
At 22 years and 88 days old, Trey Yesavage will be the second-youngest Game 1 starting pitcher in World Series history, older than only:
1947 Ralph Branca: 21y 267d
1947 Ralph Branca: 21y 267d
Notable for the obvious reason—college coach to MLB—but also because Vitello never played pro ball. Rightly or not, teams generally prioritize individuals with some level of experience, in the minors or above.
October 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Notable for the obvious reason—college coach to MLB—but also because Vitello never played pro ball. Rightly or not, teams generally prioritize individuals with some level of experience, in the minors or above.
Make that "to homer thrice in a single playoff game."
Per CBS Sports' research, Ohtani is the first starting pitcher to ever homer twice in a single playoff game.
All these years later, it’s still hard to believe Ohtani exists. Preposterous as a concept and yet.
October 18, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Make that "to homer thrice in a single playoff game."
Per CBS Sports' research, Ohtani is the first starting pitcher to ever homer twice in a single playoff game.
All these years later, it’s still hard to believe Ohtani exists. Preposterous as a concept and yet.
October 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Per CBS Sports' research, Ohtani is the first starting pitcher to ever homer twice in a single playoff game.
All these years later, it’s still hard to believe Ohtani exists. Preposterous as a concept and yet.
October 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM
All these years later, it’s still hard to believe Ohtani exists. Preposterous as a concept and yet.
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New A HOLLYWOOD ENDING excerpt up at @theathletic.com on the 2019 AD trade.
Highlights:
• Pelinka telling David Griffin that Jeanie doesn’t know what pick swaps are.
• Linda Rambis' role in negotiations.
• Klutch leveraging a Pelinka cap error into a KCP deal.
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/672...
Highlights:
• Pelinka telling David Griffin that Jeanie doesn’t know what pick swaps are.
• Linda Rambis' role in negotiations.
• Klutch leveraging a Pelinka cap error into a KCP deal.
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/672...
Inside the Lakers’ Anthony Davis pursuit in 2019 — and the confusion over pick swaps
An excerpt from the upcoming book "A Hollywood Ending" by Yaron Weitzman details potential confusion during the Lakers' superstar trade.
www.nytimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
New A HOLLYWOOD ENDING excerpt up at @theathletic.com on the 2019 AD trade.
Highlights:
• Pelinka telling David Griffin that Jeanie doesn’t know what pick swaps are.
• Linda Rambis' role in negotiations.
• Klutch leveraging a Pelinka cap error into a KCP deal.
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/672...
Highlights:
• Pelinka telling David Griffin that Jeanie doesn’t know what pick swaps are.
• Linda Rambis' role in negotiations.
• Klutch leveraging a Pelinka cap error into a KCP deal.
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/672...
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October 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Do you want to work in Sports at the San Francisco Chronicle? Our summer internship application has opened up & we'd love to see yours. The previous 4 sports interns all landed jobs in the industry; we gear this internship to help make sure you will too! eevd.fa.us6.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...