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The Los Angeles Dodgers took care of business at home in the first two games of the 2024 World Series, and now the New York Yankees will try to stay in the series and avoid a 3-0 hole in Game 3. The middle three games of the series — if the Yankees extend the series

Salvador Perez NEW YORK — Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez has been named the winner of Major League Baseball’s Roberto Clemente Award for character, community involvement and philanthropy. The award is to be presented to the nine-time All-Star and 2015 World Series MVP before Game 3 of the World Series. Perez and his family

Jeff Passan, ESPNOct 27, 2024, 12:55 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — The New York Yankees came into the World Series carrying themselves like dawgs and have spent the first two games playing like dogs.

Defining Moments: Pesky and the ’04 Red Sox bring a title to Boston originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Exactly 20 years ago, the Boston Red Sox completed a sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2004 World Series to end their 86-year championship drought. One man was with the Red Sox for more

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterOct 26, 2024, 10:52 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani appeared to suffer an injury to his left shoulder while sliding into second

LOS ANGELES — As Shohei Ohtani bolted toward second base, the Dodger Stadium crowd readied for another electric moment on a night that had already featured plenty for the home fans to cheer about. Home runs from Tommy Edman, Teoscar Hernández and Freddie Freeman had the ballpark buzzing in the early going of the a

Some notes about the lineups: It’s the exact same lineup as yesterday for the Yankees, while the Dodgers did some rearranging to prepare for left-handed NYY starter Carlos Rodón after facing the right-handed Gerrit Cole. Tommy Edman, a lefty masher, moves up from ninth to fifth in the lineup and also moves to center field,

The last time the Dodgers were in the World Series, it was in the thick of the pandemic. So all the games were played at a neutral site in Arlington, Texas, and the capacity was capped at 25% of capacity. The big ‘fit that year was face masks. Which is to say, Dodger fans weren’t

ESPN Oct 25, 2024, 07:15 PM ET Email Print Open Extended Reactions It’s time for Game 1 of the World Series! The highly anticipated showdown between two of MLB’s most storied franchises begins Friday at 8:08 p.m. ET when Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees take the field against Shohei Ohtani and the Los

The New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers have announced their World Series rosters, revealing the 26-man squads ahead Friday’s Game 1. The Yankees dropped their roster first, followed by the Dodgers. New York will have 13 pitchers and 13 position players for the series, with only three infielders. Oswaldo Cabrera and Jazz Chisholm Jr.

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Jeff Passan, ESPNOct 24, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions WHATEVER FINALLY BROUGHT Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge together, be it fate or kismet or financial might or a lucky draw or some combination therein, understands

He has been in pain for so long, but that pain is slowly subsiding. He has been silenced for nearly a year, but he finally feels like shouting. A day after Los Angeles was rejoicing over the arrival of the World Series, a voice of the city was celebrating two different words. Cancer remission. Dodgers

Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterOct 23, 2024, 11:38 AM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions The days off between the ALCS and the World Series have been especially helpful for New York Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo as he continues to recover from two

And then there were two. Dodgers vs. Yankees. With potentially seven more games to win it all. The star-studded, bicoastal World Series begins Friday at Dodger Stadium. Let’s break it down. How they got here Yankees: The Yankees went big last winter by sending a haul to San Diego to acquire star slugger Juan Soto

The video is grainy, but Dave Roberts’ thin mustache and Aaron Boone’s peach fuzz are discernible. The year was 1992 and the future managers of the Dodgers and New York Yankees were 19-year-old freshmen immersed in a rousing chapter of Los Angeles’ prominent college rivalry. Now 52, Roberts and Boone will lead Major League titans

LOS ANGELES — Most every postseason, a team’s success or failure hinges on the production of its starting pitching. And while this postseason is no different, the World Series matchup between the Dodgers and Yankees presents a stark contrast between two teams with very different rotation strategies and circumstances. One of the postseason’s nuances when

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterOct 22, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers had spent three years coveting Tommy Edman, which, when you think