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…
PHOENIX — The first pitch of the Dodgers’ 2026 season won’t capture the exuberance of the last pitch of 2025. But it will be meaningful in its own right, as the official first step of the team’s quest for a third straight championship. How poetic that the same arm should deliver both pitches. “It’s an honor for…
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> PHOENIX — After a few days away, Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts returned to Camelback Ranch over the weekend, now a father of three after his wife, Brianna, gave birth. The 33-year-old Betts said earlier in camp he was looking to ease into spring training ahead of his 13th major league season in an…
TOKYO (AP) — National team baseball manager Hirokazu Ibata has said he will step down following Japan’s loss to Venezuela 8-5 in Miami in the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic. The newspaper Sports Hochi reported Ibata saying it was his “intention to resign.” Advertisement Japan is the defending champion and had won the event…
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> PHOENIX — It’s only fitting that the pitcher who recorded the Dodgers’ final eight outs of the World Series will take the mound on opening day, as the club tries to pick up where it left off in 2025 and chase a third straight championship in 2026. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Monday…
For the first time in the history of the World Baseball Classic, Japan won’t be in the semifinals. They were out-slugged by Venezuela 8-5 on Saturday night at loanDepot Park in Miami. Venezuela is into the semifinals of the WBC for the first time since 2009, and with the win clinched a berth into the…
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> PHOENIX — Unable to ramp up through the first month of spring training because of lingering shoulder soreness, Dodgers left-hander Blake Snell took a step toward readiness Thursday, throwing his first bullpen session. Two hours before Thursday night’s Cactus League game, Snell threw off the mound in front of a group of reporters…
