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  • Walker Buehler Reveals How Yankees ‘F—ed Up’ With Fat Joe Performance vs Dodgers
    • Walker Buehler Reveals How Yankees ‘F—ed Up’ With Fat Joe Performance vs Dodgers
    Former Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Walker Buehler revealed why the team wasn’t happy with Fat Joe’s performance before Game 3 of the World Series. As the Fall Classic went bi-coastal, Buehler didn’t have the best warmups before the Dodgers’ first game in the Bronx for the series. The right-hander explained why in a recent …...2025
  • The fascinating life story of former Cubs pitcher Moe Drabowsky
    • The fascinating life story of former Cubs pitcher Moe Drabowsky
    Moe Drabowsky and his first wife Liz, while Drabowsky was with the A’s in 1962 | Courtesy David Driver He had quite a life after his family left Poland just before Nazis took over in the 1930s. Sportswriter and author David Driver approached me some time ago with a proposal to post an article here on former major league pitcher Moe Drabowsky, who pitched for the Cubs from 1956-60. In fact,...2025
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  • Today in White Sox History: January 1
    • Today in White Sox History: January 1
    Eleven years before his World Series appearance with the White Sox, Earl Torgeson was attempting defensive wizardry in the Fall Classic with the Boston Braves. | UPI/Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Happy birthday to the Go-Go Sox’s first-sacker 1911 Future general manager of the White Sox, Hank Greenberg, was born in New York City. Greenberg came over to the White Sox from Cleveland, duplica...2025
  • Dodgers Pitcher Expects Walker Buehler to Be a Coach One Day
    • Dodgers Pitcher Expects Walker Buehler to Be a Coach One Day
    Two-time World Series champion Walker Buehler proved his ability to rise above pressure this postseason. The 30-year-old starting pitcher closed out the 2024 Fall Classic to win the Dodgers’ eighth World Series title in franchise history. In an interview with Dodgers Nation’s Doug McKain, Dodgers pitcher Landon Knack explained how the seven-season veteran pitcher would …...2024
  • • Trout vs. Harper in October? No Astros title in 2017? What if every World Series was between No. 1 seeds?
    The 2024 Fall Classic featured the teams with each league's best record. It doesn't happen often -- but what if it ALWAYS did?...2024
  • New book features lesser-known World Series stories, including those featuring the Royals
    • New book features lesser-known World Series stories, including those featuring the Royals
    SetNumber: X32251 TK6 R13 F18 “Shadows of Glory: Memorable and Offbeat World Series Stories” offers stories you may not know about the Fall Classic. For all of the great, wonderful, and well-known stories about the World Series, there are just as many great, wonderful, and lesser-known stories from the Fall Classic, stories of which even diehard baseball fans are unaware. During the playof...2024

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Fall Classic injury and suspension

  • • The fascinating life story of former Cubs pitcher Moe Drabowsky
    2025
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  • The best organization in baseball just won another World Series title
    • The best organization in baseball just won another World Series title
    The Dodgers have been the cream of the crop in baseball for a long while, now. There’s no sign of that changing anytime soon, either. For the second time in five seasons, the Los Angeles Dodgers are World Series champions. For the first time since 1988, they’ll actually get to have the full treatment that comes with being World Series — meaning, the team and their fans will actually get to enjoy t...2024
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  • Shohei Ohtani injury: Dodgers star undergoing tests on shoulder, status uncertain for rest of World Series
    • Shohei Ohtani injury: Dodgers star undergoing tests on shoulder, status uncertain for rest of World Series
    Ohtani was hurt while sliding into second base, and it's unclear if he'll play again in the Fall Classic...2024
  • A remembrance of Fernando Valenzuela’s first game at Wrigley Field
    • A remembrance of Fernando Valenzuela’s first game at Wrigley Field
    Fernando Valenzuela pitching against the Cubs at Wrigley Field, June 6, 1981 | Getty Images It was at the height of Fernandomania in 1981. As you have likely heard, Dodgers legend Fernando Valenzuela passed away late Tuesday, far too young at 63. If you’re too young to remember Fernandomania, I hope this anecdote gives you an idea of how big a thing it was. He was called up by the Dodgers ...2024
  • Dodgers-Yankees has all the makings of a classic World Series
    • Dodgers-Yankees has all the makings of a classic World Series
    Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Dodgers, Yankees matchup looks like a true Fall Classic For the 12th time in history and the fifth time since one of the teams moved across the country, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees are set to clash in the World Series. Despite the fact that these are quite possibly the two most popular baseball teams in MLB, they’re also the two teams ...2024
  • This Day in Braves History: Atlanta is eliminated by the Dodgers in Game 4 of the NLDS
    • This Day in Braves History: Atlanta is eliminated by the Dodgers in Game 4 of the NLDS
    Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1958 - The New York Yankees even the series at 3-3 against the Milwaukee Braves as Hank Bauer hits his fourth home run to help New York to a 4-3 win in 10 innings. 2018 - The Braves are eliminated by the Dodgers in Game 4 of the NLDS as Los Angeles rallies for a 6-2 win. 2020 - The Braves toss their fourth shutout in five games to c...2024
  • Outside The Confines: Snakes alive!
    • Outside The Confines: Snakes alive!
    Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images The first two games of the World Series have been completed and the signs are pointing to a classic battle in the Fall Classic. And speaking of signs . . . Plus other news from the Word Series and MLB. Good morning. We’ve got a tied World Series and a really classic Game 1. Game 3 goes tonight. Are the Snakes still alive? Or will the Rangers continue t...2023
  • Braves News: Ronald Acuña Jr. racks up awards, Wild Card round, and more
    • Braves News: Ronald Acuña Jr. racks up awards, Wild Card round, and more
    Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday While the Atlanta Braves await their National League Division Series opponent, Ronald Acuña Jr. brought home a couple of awards. First up, he was named National League Player of the Month after a monstrous September. He managed a .340 average with eleven home runs and eleven stolen bases. Y...2023
  • Braves News: Matt Olson nominated for Roberto Clemente award, Dylan Dodd to start Saturday, more
    • Braves News: Matt Olson nominated for Roberto Clemente award, Dylan Dodd to start Saturday, more
    Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday Atlanta Braves first baseman Matt Olson has been nominated for the Roberto Clemente Award. Per MLB, the award is given to the “player who best represents the game of Baseball through extraordinary character, community involvement, philanthropy and positive contributions, both on and off the field.” Your 2023 At...2023
  • What it’s like to lose 110 games, from the fans that lived through it
    • What it’s like to lose 110 games, from the fans that lived through it
    Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Can the Royals learn from the Tigers, Orioles, and Diamondbacks? The Royals have had plenty of terrible seasons in club history, but the 2023 season may take the cake. The team is on pace to lose 111 games, which would easily surpass the club record of 106 losses set in 2005, and would tie for the seventh-most losses by any club since ...2023
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Fall Classic lifestyle

  • • The best organization in baseball just won another World Series title
    2024
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  • • USA Athletes Eager to Participate in 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles
    Danny Logan is already doing the math in his head. So are Dempsey Arsenault and Tom Schreiber. Established USA athletes are wondering what it will take to represent the United States in the 2028 Olympics. “I’ll be just on the other side of 30,” said Logan, a short-stick defensive midfielder for the gold medal-winning 2023 U.S. men’s national team and part of the 2024 U.S. men’s box national team p...2023
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  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: As Mets and Nationals Race, 23 May Be Lucky Number
    2016
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  • • Royals Fan Will Get Unicorn Tattoo with Players' Faces for World Series Tickets
    2014
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Timeline

  • 2025
    "Eleven years before his World Series appearance with the White Sox, Earl Torgeson was attempting defensive wizardry in the Fall Classic with the Boston Braves."

  • 2024
    "The Fall Classic was billed as Ohtani vs."

  • 2023
    "Reliever instrumental in three World Series runs, saved decisive game in 2012 Fall Classic"

  • 2022
    "Harper’s two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning erased a one-run deficit and put Philadelphia back in the Fall Classic for the first time since 2009."

  • 2021
    "Greinke became the first pitcher with a pinch hit in the Fall Classic in 98 years"

  • 2020
    "Word about Houston's exploits reached the Nationals before the Fall Classic"

  • 2019
    "The Brewers and Houston Astros both fell just short of the Fall Classic in 2018."

  • 2018
    "And so I've assembled an All-Star squad -- for just this weekend, let's call it the Brady Bunch -- of Fall Classic contributors."

  • 2017
    "The never-say-die Astros -- facing a four-run deficit in a pivotal Game 5 of the World Series with Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw on the mound -- pulled off the unthinkable in an epic game in an unforgettable Fall Classic."

  • 2016
    "Predict 10 Fall Classic outcomes for a shot at a $1,000 MLBshop."

  • 2015
    "But, particularly in the Fall Classic against the Kansas City Royals, he came about as close as any baseball player can to singlehandedly clinching a postseason series."

  • 2014
    "Then he astonished them with tickets to Game 1 of the Fall Classic between the Kansas City Royals and San Francisco Giants at Kauffman Stadium."

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Fall Classic trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • The fascinating life story of former Cubs pitcher Moe Drabowsky
    2025
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  • • Today in White Sox History: January 1
    2025
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  • • New book features lesser-known World Series stories, including those featuring the Royals
    2024
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  • • The best organization in baseball just won another World Series title
    2024
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  • Braves News: Freddie Freeman makes history, Yankees avoid sweep, and more
    • Braves News: Freddie Freeman makes history, Yankees avoid sweep, and more
    Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images News and notes from Tuesday. Fan-favorite Freddie Freeman has had a remarkable World Series, and that trend continued during Tuesday’s game four. The Los Angeles Dodgers were taken down by the New York Yankees 11-4, but Freeman still found a way to make history Freddie Freeman has now homered in six consecutive World Series games. pic.tw...2024
  • A Cubs fan’s guide to the World Series
    • A Cubs fan’s guide to the World Series
    Anthony Rizzo and Juan Soto celebrate winning the ALCS | David Dermer-Imagn Images A Fall Classic made for the media The World Series is here and the broadcast networks are getting exactly what they dream about each year — a battle between the two largest media markets in the country. It’s sure to draw a lot of viewers. I’ll certainly be tuned in despite the fact that I’m already groaning ...2024
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  • • Dodgers-Yankees has all the makings of a classic World Series
    2024
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  • Today in White Sox History: October 14
    • Today in White Sox History: October 14
    Jon Garland tossed a complete-game masterpiece in Game 3 of the ALCS, 19 years ago today. | Jeff Gritchen/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images Jon Garland keeps the rotation’s roll going 1906 The White Sox beat the Cubs, winning the World Series four games to two, behind the pitching of Doc White. The South Siders clinched the title by winning the sixth game, 8-3. Th...2024
  • The Oakland Athletics’ rich history is being set on fire by John Fisher
    • The Oakland Athletics’ rich history is being set on fire by John Fisher
    Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images The A’s will officially be playing Sacramento in 2025 before a planned move to Vegas. A once-dynastic baseball town has been abandoned. It’s official. At the end of the 2024 campaign, the Oakland Athletics will be dead. They will play at least their next three seasons at Sutter Health Park, home of the minor-league Sacramento River Cats, and aim to move...2024
  • • Each Team’s Free Agent Spending Thus Far
    The New Year serves as a symbolic halfway point of the offseason. We’re two months removed from the final game of last year’s Fall Classic and about seven weeks from the first Spring Training contests of 2024. There’s still plenty of offseason to go — only 22 of MLBTR’s Top 50 free agents are off…...2024
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Fall Classic stats and results

  • • New book features lesser-known World Series stories, including those featuring the Royals
    2024
  • • The best organization in baseball just won another World Series title
    2024
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  • • Outside The Confines: Snakes alive!
    2023
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  • The Rockies and White Sox are two sides of the same coin
    • The Rockies and White Sox are two sides of the same coin
    Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports These two teams, despite wildly different expectations at season’s beginning, are seemingly on similar courses now Major League Baseball is experiencing a wave of change. Perennial losing teams such as the Orioles, Reds, and Rays are now finding success in their youth movements. Clubs like the Padres, Yankees, and Guardians, teams that have owned playoff...2023
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  • • Atlanta Braves are second on The Athletic’s ‘Wild-Card Era’ franchise rankings
    Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images An interesting list. The Athletic released a franchise rankings for MLB teams during the “Wild-Card Era” Monday and the Atlanta Braves came in second behind only the New York Yankees. It is an interesting system that assigns points for World Series wins, playoff appearances and division titles. The Braves of course have 19 playof...2023
  • • Mid Penn Blaze dominate 2024 division at @Victory_Events Fall Classic
    By Chris GoldbergPhillylacrosse.com, Posted 10/31/22 It’s hard to ignore the Mid Penn Blaze’s dominance. The stats are indeed impressive: a 3-0 record and a 44-8 goal differential Sunday at the Victory Events Fall Classic at the Proving Grounds, and in the past two tournaments the Blaze is 7-0 with a 109-18 advantage. Mid Penn doesn’t […] The post Mid Penn Blaze dominate 20...2022
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  • • Cub Tracks’ older, wiser, sadder day
    Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Recent #Cubs,#MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. Happy birthday to me. Welcome to today’s edition of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, and then cold-brewed overnight for maximum flavor. Pity about Alexand...2022
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  • • Poll: Who’s Going To Win The World Series?
    Baseball’s new expanded playoff format has resulted in a unique David vs. Goliath matchup in the World Series.  In the first year of a sixth playoff team, the Phillies immediately became the first sixth seed to reach the Fall Classic, scoring upsets over the Cardinals, Braves, and Padres along the way to claim the National…...2022
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  • • Meet the 23 Members of the U.S. Under-21 Men's National Team
    At long last, the U.S. under-21 men’s national team has arrived in Ireland. The team practiced Saturday at USA Lacrosse, traveled Sunday out of Philadelphia and practiced Monday in Limerick. Last week, we asked head coach Nick Myers to say something about each of the 23 players who will compete in the World Lacrosse Men’s U21 Championship. Most of them had yet to play beyond the high school level ...2022
  • • Fearless Freshman Walker-Welch Already Shining on Defense at UNC
    When then-No. 1 Boston College took on then-No. 2 North Carolina on March 20, there were three 2021 Tewaaraton finalists on the field. But it was a freshman who didn’t play field lacrosse until junior high who made the play of the game. With under 30 seconds left and UNC up by one, the ball was inevitably in Charlotte North’s stick. Fifth-year All-American Emma Trenchard had the match-up. When she...2022
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Fall Classic parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend

  • • The fascinating life story of former Cubs pitcher Moe Drabowsky
    2025
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  • • New York vs. L.A. (via Brooklyn): A history of Yankees-Dodgers World Series rivalry
    The storied franchises have met 11 times before in the Fall Classic -- creating some of MLB's most iconic postseason moments....2024
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  • • A remembrance of Fernando Valenzuela’s first game at Wrigley Field
    2024
  • • Poll: Who Wins The World Series?
    The most common rivalry in World Series history is being renewed for the first time since 1981, as the Dodgers and Yankees will meet for a record 12th time in the Fall Classic.  New York holds an 8-3 lead in the previous matchups, which included such iconic baseball moments as Jackie Robinson’s steal of home,…...2024
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  • • Today in White Sox History: October 14
    2024
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  • • The Oakland Athletics’ rich history is being set on fire by John Fisher
    2024
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  • • Outside The Confines: Snakes alive!
    2023
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  • • USA Athletes Eager to Participate in 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles
    2023
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  • Today in White Sox History: October 9
    • Today in White Sox History: October 9
    On this day, young White Sox executive Chuck Comiskey made what would go down in history as a brilliant move to restore the fortunes of the franchise: Hiring Frank Lane. | Chicago Sun-Times A big hire, a huge upset — and a sad ending 1906 With flurries in the air, baseball’s third World Series (and first-ever intracity Series in baseball) kicked off at West Side Park. The 116-win Chicago ...2023
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  • • What it’s like to lose 110 games, from the fans that lived through it
    2023
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Top Fall Classic news

  • • David Ortiz Surprises Military Members with Tickets to 2014 World Series
    2014
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  • • Minute Maid madness! Astros win wild G5 in 10
    They were down but never out. They were bruised but not beaten. The never-say-die Astros -- facing a four-run deficit in a pivotal Game 5 of the World Series with Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw on the mound -- pulled off the unthinkable in an epic game in an unforgettable Fall Classic. Alex Bregman shot a walk-off single into left field off Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen in the 10th inning to put an en...2017
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  • • World Series Pick 'Em
    Predict 10 Fall Classic outcomes for a shot at a $1,000 MLBshop.com card & 2017 Opening Day tickets....2016
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  • • Two great teams, one final showdown
    That this World Series will deliver a Game 7 just feels right. This is how this baseball season had to end. The Royals and Giants have already given us a compelling six games, transforming the Fall Classic into a showcase for two gifted teams that have done themselves proud....2014
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  • • Astros win 1st AL pennant! Date with LA next
    The Astros are headed to their first Fall Classic as an American League team, and second overall, after taking a 4-0 victory over the Yankees in Game 7 of the AL Championship Series presented by Camping World on Saturday night at Minute Maid Park....2017
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  • • Yanks' run ends with Game 7 loss to Astros
    The Astros are headed to their first Fall Classic as an American League team, and second overall, after taking a 4-0 victory over the Yankees in Game 7 of the AL Championship Series presented by Camping World on Saturday night at Minute Maid Park....2017
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  • • H-Town is title town after Game 7 win in LA
    The Astros are World Series champions for the first time in club history after their 5-1 win over the Dodgers in Game 7 of the Fall Classic on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium....2017
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  • • Madison Bumgarner, Giants Flashing October Form Right Now
    2015

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Fall Classic fantasy rankings and news

  • • 1st-Place Indians Make AL Central Statement with Sweep of Defending Champ Royals
    2016
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  • • Royals Still Have All the Ingredients of Their Championship Formula in 2016
    2016
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  • • Unsung Heroes Power Up in Time to Launch Giants Into World Series
    2014
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  • • Can Royals Become 1st Undefeated Champion in Modern MLB Postseason History?
    2014
  • • Should the Dodgers Bench Yasiel Puig If He Keeps Up Vanishing Act?
    2014
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Fall Classic schedule, game

  • • Walker Buehler Reveals How Yankees ‘F—ed Up’ With Fat Joe Performance vs Dodgers
    2025
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  • • The fascinating life story of former Cubs pitcher Moe Drabowsky
    2025
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  • • Today in White Sox History: January 1
    2025
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  • • Dodgers Pitcher Expects Walker Buehler to Be a Coach One Day
    2024
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  • • New book features lesser-known World Series stories, including those featuring the Royals
    2024
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  • • The best organization in baseball just won another World Series title
    2024
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  • How New York sports teams made some brutal history Monday night
    • How New York sports teams made some brutal history Monday night
    Kevin R. Wexler-NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Monday was a bad night to be a New York sports fan Monday was a bad day to be a New York-area sports fan. A historically bad day. We can start in the NFL, where Brian Daboll and the New York Giants made the short trip across Pennsylvania to take on the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday Night Football. Daboll and company lost...2024
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  • • A Cubs fan’s guide to the World Series
    2024
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  • • 2024 World Series preview: Yankees or Dodgers? Who will be MVP? Predictions, inside intel and odds
    Here's everything you need to know for this year's Fall Classic, from who has the edge to how many games the Series will go....2024
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  • • A remembrance of Fernando Valenzuela’s first game at Wrigley Field
    2024

Fall Classic rumors, scandals

  • • Today in White Sox History: October 9
    2023
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  • • Cub Tracks’ older, wiser, sadder day
    2022
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  • • Rain Delay Speech Helps End Drought as Chicago Cubs Win Historic World Series
    2016
  • • Alex Rodriguez-Joe Girardi Drama Making Yankees 'Farewell Tour' a Rocky Affair
    2016
  • • PETA Comments on Yoenis Cespedes' Decision to Have $7K Pig Sent to Butcher
    2016
  • • World Series MVP Salvador Perez Is Heart and Soul of Royals' Comeback Machine
    2015
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  • • Carlos Martinez Loss May Finally Be the Injury That Bites the Cardinals
    2015
  • • Tim Hudson's 1st World Series Ring of 16-Year Career Rests on His Own Shoulder
    2014
  • • Barry Bonds Chills with Kanye West and Kim Kardashian at Game 5 of World Series
    2014
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  • • Should the Dodgers Bench Yasiel Puig If He Keeps Up Vanishing Act?
    2014

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