Diamondbacks’ late-inning relief remains franchise joke originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Leading 8-0 Monday night at Chase Field, players on the Arizona Diamondbacks’ bench smiled, laughed and cracked jokes. Their problems were behind them, right? Advertisement They should have known. Once starter Michael…
Typically, a hug in a baseball game draws attention around the MLB trade deadline when a player being embraced by teammates means that he’s been dealt to another club. In Saturday’s game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers, a hug on the basepaths had no such implications. The only consequence was the final…
Only two franchises in the history of Major League Baseball have won three consecutive World Series titles, and the feat has yet to be accomplished this century. The Los Angeles Dodgers begin their quest to join the exclusive club on Thursday. The Dodgers start the defense of their second straight championship when they host the…
The 2026 Major League Baseball season gets underway on Wednesday night. While traditional Opening Day is Thursday, when most teams will play their first game of the season, Wednesday night occasions a single contest between the New York Yankees and San Francisco Giants that launches the 2026 regular season. Here are the essentials … How…
Dodgers prospects play White Sox prospects on Saturday afternoon at Camelback Ranch, and on Wednesday all teams finalized their rosters for these spring breakout games. This game on Saturday will be in the big league stadium at Camelback Ranch, and was originally slated for 3:30 p.m., after the Dodgers play the A’s. But due to…
An entertaining World Baseball Classic comes to an end tonight from loanDepot park in Miami – the only important baseball game that stadium will host for a while – with Team USA turning to young New York Mets righty Nolan McLean in the championship game vs. Venezuela. The U.S. is -295 and the total is…
The United States and Canada have had some epic hockey games in recent memory, but I can’t recall a substantial baseball game between the countries. That changes tonight in the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic. Team USA is -4.5 on the run line with a total of 9.5 for the 8 ET first pitch…
