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Brewers eliminate Padres with 3-1 win in Game 4, advance to NLCS rematch with Dodgers — SAN DIEGO — Garrett Mitchell tripled and scored the tiebreaking run in the fifth inning before making a pivotal catch on Manny Machado's drive to the wall in the eighth, and the Milwaukee Brewers advanced …
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Andy Pages single beats Braves, Dodgers win NLDS in 4 games — It took until the seventh inning of the fourth game of the National League Division Series for the Dodgers to get their first hit with a runner in scoring position. But Andy Pages made it count, with a two-run single to break …
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Gracelyn N. / Battery Power:
Braves end 2026 campaign at home with NLDS exit
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Sonja Chen / MLB.com:
Yamamoto (10 K's) dazzles, putting Dodgers 1 win from return to NLCS
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The Ringer:
It's Never Going to Happen With Aaron Boone … The New York Yankees will never win a World Series with Aaron Boone as their manager. We know this as a fact, a truism on par with the sky being blue and the sun rising each morning and the worst people on earth rushing to the aisle immediately after an airplane lands.
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Ian O'Connor / The Athletic:
The Yankees should move on from Aaron Boone. Just don't expect them to do it — NEW YORK — Ben Rice finished the season on deck with a man on in a one-run game. The most terrifying hitter in the New York Yankees lineup did not get a chance to save the season with two outs in the bottom …
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Brendan Kuty / The Athletic:
Jazz Chisholm Jr. doesn't understand why Yankees fans booed him. But he wants to return — NEW YORK — Jazz Chisholm Jr. didn't understand. The New York Yankees second baseman's pinch-hit attempt to lead off the seventh inning ended in a popout to first base.
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Evan Drellich / The Athletic:
Weddings in. Holiday cards out. Internal MLB memo sets rules for lockout — While Major League Baseball publicly celebrates its postseason this month, the league's central office is internally laying out exactly what the looming lockout will look like, including a plan to once again scrub player images …
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Associated Press:
Fan interference denies Anthony Volpe a tying homer for Yankees against Rays in Game 3 of ALDS — NEW YORK — Anthony Volpe was denied a tying home run for the New York Yankees in Game 3 of their AL Division Series against the Tampa Bay Rays when umpires ruled a fan interfered with his drive to deep left field Wednesday night.
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Yankees turn to Fried to save season when ALDS resumes in Bronx
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Kennedi Landry / MLB.com:
Rangers' 5 biggest offseason questions — This story was excerpted from Kennedi Landry's Rangers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. — ARLINGTON — Unlike last October, the Rangers enter this offseason …
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The Athletic:
Phillies' Sam Fuld, Cubs' Jared Banner among candidates for A's top executive job — As the Athletics establish Las Vegas as their new headquarters, the search for their next top executive includes Philadelphia Phillies president of business operations Sam Fuld and Chicago Cubs assistant …
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The Athletic:
Phillies' manager search might land on Don Mattingly after Alex Cora opts to sit out 2027: Sources — As the Philadelphia Phillies continued to assess the wreckage from last week's postseason exit, league sources said their initial managerial search started with one person: Alex Cora.
Sonja Chen / MLB.com:
‘October Kiké’ remains a constant in Dodgers' chase for three-peat — LOS ANGELES — What do Jim Thome, David Ortiz, Aaron Judge and Kiké Hernández have in common? — They have all hit exactly 17 postseason home runs. — One of those four names is not quite like the others.
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
MLB proposes shorter regular season, best-of-7 division series — Major League Baseball has proposed shortening its regular season to 154 games starting in 2029 and expanding the division series to a best-of-seven format. — The proposals came Thursday as part of negotiations …
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Associated Press:
Star closer Mason Miller goes on paternity list before Padres face Brewers in Game 3 of NLDS — SAN DIEGO — Padres closer Mason Miller went on the postseason paternity list Tuesday night with San Diego facing elimination in the NL Division Series. — The intimidating All-Star reliever …
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Padres Place Mason Miller On Paternity List
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