Baseball News
Handcuffed by a New Rule, Rays Manage to Escape
The New York Times - 12 Oct 2020 14:10
The three-batter-minimum rule gives managers a different set of variables, and the decisions can be just as intriguing.
Takeaways: Rays eke out their kind of win to beat Astros in Game 1
ESPN - 12 Oct 2020 06:45
A workmanlike Blake Snell start, lockdown bullpen work and a Randy Arozarena homer gave the Rays the edge.
Dodgers and Braves Have Won With the Home Run. Can They Win Without It?
The New York Times - 12 Oct 2020 01:08
They were the top two teams in hitting the long ball. But Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, which will host the N.L.C.S., has proved to be stingy.
Dodgers add LHP Wood to roster ahead of NLCS
ESPN - 12 Oct 2020 19:53
The Dodgers are going with 15 pitchers in the NLCS by adding lefty Alex Wood to their roster ahead of Game 1 against the Braves.
Joe Morgan, Hall of Famer and Big Red Machine legend, dies at 77
NY Daily News - 12 Oct 2020 19:40
Joe Morgan, the two-time National League Most Valuable Player who, along with Pete Rose, Johnny Bench and Tony Perez, led the Big Red Machine Cincinnati Reds to successive world championships in 1975-76, Monday became th...
CC Sabathia didn't like Yankees 'opener' idea with Deivi Garcia, J.A. Happ in ALDS
NY Daily News - 12 Oct 2020 18:53
The former Yankees ace called out the Yankees for trying to be too smart in the American League Division Series against the Rays.
Baseball world mourns death of Hall of Famer Joe Morgan
NY Daily News - 12 Oct 2020 18:38
Joe Morgan, the Hall of Fame second baseman who played most notably for the Reds has died. He was 77.
Passan: Inside MLB's plan to have fans in the stands starting with NLCS opener
ESPN - 12 Oct 2020 15:18
So far in 2020, baseball has been played to audiences of cardboard cutouts. That will change Monday night with Braves-Dodgers Game 1.
Rays rely on bullpen depth in another 1-run win
ESPN - 12 Oct 2020 08:56
After his team locked up yet another one-run win by beating the Astros 2-1 in Game 1 of the ALCS on Sunday, Rays manager Kevin Cash wouldn't attribute that success to anything but bullpen depth.
Yanks broadcaster Curry says he had COVID-19
ESPN - 12 Oct 2020 04:54
YES Network broadcaster Jack Curry missed the Yankees' postseason after contracting COVID-19, he said in a video tweeted Sunday.