MLB

HOUSTON — Major League Baseball, we know, is governed by both a comprehensive set of official rules and a vague code of unwritten ones. The latter have been so frequently, thoroughly and convincingly decried in […]

LOS ANGELES — It wasn’t the sort of dominant inning that Jeremy Jeffress delivered time after time during the regular season. Far from it. But when the zero appeared on the Dodger Stadium scoreboard, it […]

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — For 10 years, ever since they bonded over baseball at work, Franlet Bencomo and Elbert Albarran haven’t missed an opening day game together. This year, however, they left their kids behind […]

The 2018 Fort Wayne TinCaps missed the playoffs for just the second time in the last decade, but the talent on the field transcended wins and losses. At the plate, outfielder Tirso Ornelas showed power […]

Red Sox hitters know Fenway Park better than anyone. Sure, there’s knowing how to play balls off the Green Monster and just how deep right-center field can get, but as Jackie Bradley Jr. proved in […]

A look at what’s happening around the majors Monday: CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ Milwaukee Brewers star Christian Yelich is heading home for Game 3 of the NL Championship Series with the matchup against the Dodgers tied at […]

BOSTON — At the outset of every series, major league officials and umpires usually meet with the managers and general managers of each team to review ground rules and other special circumstances, and to open […]

BOSTON — If a pitcher with 143 career wins in the majors, including 16 in 2018, needs a boost of confidence, maybe Alex Cora gave just that to David Price immediately following Game 4 of […]

BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox ace Chris Sale and manager Alex Cora both made early exits in Game 1 of the AL Championship Series against the Houston Astros. Sale lasted just four innings Saturday night, […]

Guess what? We’re not alone on this planet. Other intelligent life lives here, but you have to wait for it. You can’t summon or chase it. Fox’s mild-mannered analyst, John Smoltz, went off last week. […]