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Yankees' Fate Was Sealed by a Fielding Gaffe

Error with 2 outs 'opened the floodgates' for the Dodgers

(Newser) - The Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series Wednesday night in a wild 7-6 comeback in Game 5, and Chris Branch of the Athletic writes that the victory came down to a single play—a "simple error."
  • The play: Watch it here .
  • The details: The Yankees led 5-0
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Los Angeles Dodgers Win Their 8th World Series

Dodgers best the New York Yankees in game 5

(Newser) - The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Yankees in Game 5 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium Wednesday night to win the whole thing, USA Today reports. While the Yankees led 5-0 by the third inning, in the fifth inning, the Dodgers rallied with five runs to tie...

Yankees Give Interfering Fans' Tickets to Ill Child

Friends had talked before about taking the ball from an opposing player

(Newser) - Two New York Yankees fans who were ejected from Game 4 of the World Series for interfering with Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts have been barred from Game 5 on Wednesday night. Betts leaped at the retaining wall in foul territory and caught Gleyber Torres' pop fly in...

Freddie Freeman's Incredible World Series Continues

Los Angeles Dodger set not one but two records Tuesday, though Yankees won the game

(Newser) - One day, Freddie Freeman will look back on this World Series tear and shake his head in disbelief. Just like everyone else. Freeman broke a pair of Series records Tuesday when he homered yet again for the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4 against the New York Yankees, the AP...

Only One MLB Team Has Overcome a Playoff Deficit This Big

Dodgers beat Yankees in the first 3 games of the 2024 World Series

(Newser) - Freddie Freeman homered for the third straight game and Walker Buehler pitched another World Series gem as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Yankees 4-2 on Monday night for a 3-0 lead in the Fall Classic, the AP reports. Just one Major League Baseball team has ever overcome...

Dodgers Win, but Their Superstar Is Injured
Dodgers Win, but Their
Superstar Is Injured
updated
Oct 27, 2024 3:40 PM CDT

Dodgers Win, but Their Superstar Is Injured

Shohei Ohtani is cleared to play in Game 3 after scare

(Newser) - The Los Angeles Dodgers won again Saturday night to take a 2-0 lead in the World Series over the New York Yankees. But the Dodgers will head to New York uncertain about the health of their biggest star after Shohei Ohtani partially dislocated his left shoulder on a slide when...

Dodgers Hero Delivers on World Series' Promise
Dodgers' Winning Hit Is
a World Series First
video
Oct 26, 2024 12:30 PM CDT

Dodgers' Winning Hit Is a World Series First

Freddy Freeman gives baseball the moment it was looking for

(Newser) - Freddy Freeman had the winning hit in Game 1 of the World Series, but he delivered more than that to Dodgers, baseball fans, the Fox network, and MLB. He ensured that the Los Angeles-New York matchup lived up to the hype from the beginning, while evoking one of Dodgers' fans...

Yankees, Dodgers to Meet in World Series for First Time in 43 Years

Los Angeles wins NLCS a day after New York won ALCS

(Newser) - Broadway vs. Hollywood. Subway vs. Freeway. Judge vs. Ohtani. New York neighbors who became cross-country rivals, the Yankees and Dodgers will renew their starry struggle in the World Series for the first time in 43 years, the AP reports. The Los Angeles Dodgers beat New York's other team, the...

Yankees Exec's Wife Found Dead at Home

Circumstances of Rachel Minaya's death 'do not appear suspicious'

(Newser) - The wife of New York Yankees executive Omar Minaya died Saturday after authorities were called to the couple's New Jersey home. Rachel Minaya, 55, was "unconscious and unresponsive" in a bathroom of the home when first responders arrived, according to the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office. They were...

It's One of the Strangest Baseball Ejections in a While

Ump tosses Yankees manager Aaron Boone, but it was a fan who did the heckling

(Newser) - Yankees manager Aaron Boone has been tossed from plenty of games, but the way he got ejected Monday is one for the books—an apparent case of mistaken identity. It seems that ump Hunter Wendelstedt got heckled by a fan but thought it was Boone, reports USA Today . There's...

Wife of Yankees Exec Killed When Tree Falls on Car

Cathy Tusiani was driving as storm lashed New York

(Newser) - The woman killed in New York Wednesday night amid an intense East Coast storm has been identified as Catherine Tusiani, the 50-year-old wife of a New York Yankees executive. She was driving on Route 128 in Armonk when a tree fell on her car, killing her. No one else was...

Darryl Strawberry Suffers Heart Attack

Former MLB star posts that 'all is well' after stent procedure before his 62nd birthday

(Newser) - Darryl Strawberry suffered a heart attack and underwent an emergency stent procedure on Monday, but People reports that it didn't keep the former MLB All-Star down for long. "Praising God for His amazing grace and loving mercy in saving my life this evening from a heart attack,"...

Pitcher's Game Is One 'I'm Going to Remember Forever'

New York Yankees' Domingo German pitches perfect game in 11-0 victory over Athletics

(Newser) - Since arriving in the big leagues six years ago, Domingo German has been anything but perfect—until now. The New York Yankees right-hander pitched the 24th perfect game in major league history Wednesday night, retiring every Oakland batter in an 11-0 victory over the Athletics. It was the first perfect...

Brazilians Love Yankees Caps, but It's Not Like They're Fans

The look is sophisticated and cool, say buyers, some of whom have heard of baseball

(Newser) - An art director in Rio de Janeiro shopping for a baseball cap tried to relate Brazil's attitude toward baseball, a sport many people there say they don't understand. "We can't even understand how a sport like this is so successful," João Ricardo Santos said,...

Fan Who Caught Judge's HR Ball Gets a Huge Offer

Calif. auction house owner says he's willing to pay Cory Youmans $2M for the record-setting ball

(Newser) - The fan who caught the ball from Aaron Judge's 62nd home run of the season—a slam that propelled the 30-year-old slugger for the New York Yankees into the record books, breaking Roger Maris' number for most home runs in a season for the American League—has a big...

A Yankee Makes Historic Swing
A 61-Year-Old Baseball
Record Has Been Broken
UPDATED
Oct 4, 2022 8:44 PM CDT

A 61-Year-Old Baseball Record Has Been Broken

Aaron Judge breaks Roger Maris' record with 62nd home run of the season

(Newser) - Update: Aaron Judge hit his 62nd home run of the season Tuesday night, breaking Roger Maris’ American League record and setting what some fans consider baseball’s “clean” standard, the AP reports. The 30-year-old Yankees slugger drove a 1-1 slider from Texas right-hander Jesús Tinoco into the first...

Baseball Is Captivated by This Run
Baseball Is
Captivated
by This Run
Sep 6, 2022 2:37 PM CDT

Baseball Is Captivated by This Run

Aaron Judge of the Yankees has 54 home runs and counting, on track for a coveted record

(Newser) - Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees hit his 54th home run of the season Monday night, and the New York Times explains the context: Judge is now on track to surpass the coveted American League record of 61 homers set by the legendary Roger Maris in 1961. It's...

During MLB Matchup, a Most Unusual Twitter Stream

During Thursday's game between Yankees, Rays, teams live-tweeted stats on gun violence

(Newser) - MLB fans looking to keep up with the game Thursday night between the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays got quite the surprise when they logged on to Twitter. Instead of stats and play-by-plays, the two teams instead used their accounts to tweet out facts on gun violence. In...

Player Gets Fine, 1 Game for Calling Opponent 'Jackie'
Yankees Player
Broadens His
Apology 
updated
May 26, 2022 6:17 PM CDT

Yankees Player Broadens His Apology

Josh Donaldson tells Rachel Robinson he holds her Hall of Famer husband 'in the highest regard'

(Newser) - Update: Josh Donaldson, the Yankees player suspended by Major League Baseball after addressing an opponent as "Jackie," has apologized to Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson's family. In a statement issued Thursday, CBS Sports reports, Donaldson reiterated that he had meant no disrespect and had already apologized to...

White Sox Win 'Breathtaking' Field of Dreams Game

Kevin Costner says setting for MLB's first Iowa game was 'perfect'

(Newser) - Tim Anderson recently admitted he has never watched Field of Dreams. Well, he just submitted a pretty good script for a sequel. Anderson hit a two-run homer with one out in the ninth inning into the cornfield to end the Field of Dreams game in cinematic fashion, as the Chicago...

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