Tyler Kepner
@tylerkepner.bsky.social
Senior MLB writer for The Athletic. Author of “K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches” and “The Grandest Stage: A History of the World Series.” Reporter in quarter-zip, episode 787 of "The Simpsons." Immaculate Grid addict.
The case for 2025: Why the Dodgers and Blue Jays just played the greatest Game 7 in World Series history www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
Why the Dodgers and Blue Jays just played the greatest Game 7 in World Series history
What made it so compelling was not a standout moment or singular performance but a confluence of chaos.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The case for 2025: Why the Dodgers and Blue Jays just played the greatest Game 7 in World Series history www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
Gangster. Gutsy. Greatness. Yoshinobu Yamamoto authors a World Series for the ages
Gangster. Gutsy. Greatness. Yoshinobu Yamamoto authors a World Series for the ages
The Dodger pitcher's three-win MVP effort left his teammates astounded.
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November 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Gangster. Gutsy. Greatness. Yoshinobu Yamamoto authors a World Series for the ages
After missing their Joe Carter moment, these Blue Jays are set for a Game 7 classic www.nytimes.com/athletic/676...
After missing their Joe Carter moment, these Blue Jays are set for a Game 7 classic all their own
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November 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
After missing their Joe Carter moment, these Blue Jays are set for a Game 7 classic www.nytimes.com/athletic/676...
After dominant Game 5, the Blue Jays head home for a moment 32 years in the making
After dominant Game 5, the Blue Jays head home for a moment 32 years in the making
Nobody in the Blue Jays’ lineup for Game 5 of the World Series, an emphatic 6-1 thumping of the Dodgers, was alive in 1993.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
After dominant Game 5, the Blue Jays head home for a moment 32 years in the making
A Game 4 loss leaves the Dodgers no choice: As usual, they’ll have to clinch a title on the road www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...
A Game 4 loss leaves the Dodgers no choice: As usual, they’ll have to clinch a title on the road
The Dodgers may still celebrate again this postseason, but it'll have to be at Rogers Centre this weekend.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
A Game 4 loss leaves the Dodgers no choice: As usual, they’ll have to clinch a title on the road www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...
Will Klein, the Dodgers’ last resort, is their latest World Series hero
Will Klein, the Dodgers’ last resort, is their latest World Series hero
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October 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Will Klein, the Dodgers’ last resort, is their latest World Series hero
In a star-studded Dodgers lineup, ‘silent assassin’ Will Smith quietly gets the job done www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...
In a star-studded Dodgers lineup, ‘silent assassin’ Will Smith quietly gets the job done
Smith, the 32nd pick in the 2016 draft, has provided almost three times as much value as any other first-rounder in his class.
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October 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
In a star-studded Dodgers lineup, ‘silent assassin’ Will Smith quietly gets the job done www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...
Toronto’s Daulton Varsho tries to hit grounders to the pitcher. The Dodgers wish he would.
Toronto’s Daulton Varsho tries to hit grounders to the pitcher. The Dodgers wish he would
The Blue Jays outfielder tied Game 1 with a 109-mph missile over the center-field fence, much higher and farther than its intended target.
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October 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Toronto’s Daulton Varsho tries to hit grounders to the pitcher. The Dodgers wish he would.
Blue Jays’ Don Mattingly, a superstar servant to the players, finally gets his World Series moment
Blue Jays' Don Mattingly, a superstar servant to the players, finally gets his World Series moment
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October 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Blue Jays’ Don Mattingly, a superstar servant to the players, finally gets his World Series moment
How the World Series complete game went missing for a decade – and why the Dodgers might revive it www.nytimes.com/athletic/674...
How the World Series complete game went missing for a decade – and why the Dodgers might revive it
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October 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
How the World Series complete game went missing for a decade – and why the Dodgers might revive it www.nytimes.com/athletic/674...
After reaching new peak, the Mariners find new depth of agony as a pennant slips away www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...
After reaching new peak, the Mariners find new depth of agony as a pennant slips away
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October 21, 2025 at 11:33 AM
After reaching new peak, the Mariners find new depth of agony as a pennant slips away www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...
World Series opportunity knocks, but Mariners can’t break down the door in Game 6 www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...
World Series opportunity knocks, but Mariners can’t break down the door in Game 6
The Mariners now get one final chance this season to advance to win the first American League pennant in World Series history.
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October 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
World Series opportunity knocks, but Mariners can’t break down the door in Game 6 www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...
Grand slams always have special resonance in Seattle. When Geno Suarez connected in Game 5, there was only one place to be — with the great Rick Rizzs, the trident and the fans. On a team that’s one win from the World Series: www.nytimes.com/athletic/672...
Eugenio Suárez’s ‘Grand salami’ puts Mariners one win from World Series
Eugenio Suárez made everyone in the Seattle area a little more hungry in Game 5 of the ALCS.
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October 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Grand slams always have special resonance in Seattle. When Geno Suarez connected in Game 5, there was only one place to be — with the great Rick Rizzs, the trident and the fans. On a team that’s one win from the World Series: www.nytimes.com/athletic/672...
A ‘cruel’ homecoming for the Mariners, whose pitchers are meeting their match www.nytimes.com/athletic/672...
A ‘cruel’ homecoming for the Mariners, whose pitchers are meeting their match
The Mariners’ vaunted rotation has an 8.04 ERA because the aggressive Blue Jays are pouring it on in the ALCS.
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October 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A ‘cruel’ homecoming for the Mariners, whose pitchers are meeting their match www.nytimes.com/athletic/672...
Smacked down in Seattle, the Mariners reinforce an October truth: There’s no place like road
Smacked down in Seattle, the Mariners reinforce an October truth: There’s no place like road
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October 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Smacked down in Seattle, the Mariners reinforce an October truth: There’s no place like road
Mr. October? Maybe not. But the Mariners’ Jorge Polanco is Mr. Go-Ahead Hit
Mr. October? Maybe not. But the Mariners’ Jorge Polanco is Mr. Go-Ahead Hit
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October 14, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Mr. October? Maybe not. But the Mariners’ Jorge Polanco is Mr. Go-Ahead Hit
For Mariners, a fresh Miller is plenty filling in Game 1 www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...
For Mariners, a fresh Miller is plenty filling in Game 1
After giving up a home run on the first pitch he threw, Miller gave up just one more hit in his six innings of work.
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October 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
For Mariners, a fresh Miller is plenty filling in Game 1 www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...
‘It just continues’: A new generation of Mariners heroes craft a baseball classic in Seattle
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‘It just continues’: A new generation of Mariners heroes craft a baseball classic in Seattle
Still seeking the first pennant in team history, the Mariners are headed to the ALCS for the first time since 2001.
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October 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
‘It just continues’: A new generation of Mariners heroes craft a baseball classic in Seattle
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Ghosts of bullpens past haunt the Mariners, who missed an anniversary but still have life www.nytimes.com/athletic/670...
Ghosts of bullpens past haunt the Mariners, who missed an anniversary but still have life
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October 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Ghosts of bullpens past haunt the Mariners, who missed an anniversary but still have life www.nytimes.com/athletic/670...
How J.P. Crawford, and a dose of reality, brought the Mariners to the verge of the ALCS www.nytimes.com/athletic/669...
How J.P. Crawford, and a dose of reality, brought the Mariners to the verge of the ALCS
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October 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
How J.P. Crawford, and a dose of reality, brought the Mariners to the verge of the ALCS www.nytimes.com/athletic/669...
For Mariners, September sprint hits an October obstacle www.nytimes.com/athletic/669...
For Mariners, September sprint hits an October obstacle
The Mariners, the team with the most one-run wins in the majors this season, lost by that margin in their first game of the playoffs.
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October 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
For Mariners, September sprint hits an October obstacle www.nytimes.com/athletic/669...
With pitching and power, the pennant-less Mariners are dreaming big www.nytimes.com/athletic/668...
With pitching and power, the pennant-less Mariners are dreaming big
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October 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
With pitching and power, the pennant-less Mariners are dreaming big www.nytimes.com/athletic/668...
Had fun on this one with @jaysonst.bsky.social — Presenting the All-Quarter Century Postseason Team!
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Presenting the MLB Postseason All-Quarter Century Team — just in time for October
To finish off our season-long All-Quarter Century Team series, here are our picks for the best postseason performers since 2000.
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September 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Had fun on this one with @jaysonst.bsky.social — Presenting the All-Quarter Century Postseason Team!
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Today the mayor of Ambler proclaimed it Bobby Shantz day. I believe your article served as source material. He’s such a great guy.
September 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today the mayor of Ambler proclaimed it Bobby Shantz day. I believe your article served as source material. He’s such a great guy.