Astros Staffer's Outburst at Female Reporters Illustrates MLB's Forgive-and-Forget Attitude Toward Domestic Violence  —  After the Astros clinched the AL pennant, a staffer looked at female reporters and shouted “Thank God we got Osuna!  I'm so f—  glad we got Osuna!

TV audience for World Series' Game 1 falls 11.4% from 2018  —  MLB, Houston Astros, Washington Nationals  —  The World Series opener between the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros narrowly averted setting a record low.  —  Washington's 5-4 victory Tuesday night averaged 12,194,000 television viewers …

MLB looking into longtime umpire Rob Drake's tweet  —  Major League Baseball is looking into a since-deleted tweet by longtime major league umpire Rob Drake, according to a league spokesman.  —  Drake tweeted late Tuesday that he planned to buy an assault rifle “because if you impeach MY PRESIDENT this way …

Travis Williams as Pirates president makes plenty of sense  —  There has been no shortage of Gerrit Cole and Tyler Glasnow jokes made at the Pirates' expense this postseason, with fans pointing out a variety of personnel decisions the club has made recently, ones that have gone horribly wrong.

Stephen Strasburg: A King of the Hill Becomes a Lord of the Dance  —  The Nationals' scheduled starter for Game 2 of the World Series has been a star for a long time, but he seems to be cutting loose and having more fun than ever before.  —  HOUSTON — When the Washington Nationals won …

Phillies hire new scouting director Brian Barber away from Yankees  —  Phillies new director of amateur scouting.  —  The team announced the appointment on Tuesday afternoon.  —  Barber, 46, pitched in the major leagues with the  —  St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals.

Olney: What scenes from Astros' celebration, Yankees' exit tell us about both teams  —  The titans of the AL parted with gestures of respect, but the Bombers head into the offseason trying to level up to get past Houston.

Martinez has ‘small procedure’ to address recurring shoulder soreness  —  Cardinals closer Carlos Martinez, who moved into a relief role this past season because of recurring soreness and weakness in his right shoulder that he felt limited him as a starter, had a procedure last last week …