BY J.A. SCHWARTZ The Los Angeles Dodgers are the two-time champions of baseball, giving them a chance to do something that hasn’t been done this century: Win three straight titles. The last team to do so was the 1998-2000 New York Yankees. Before the Yankees dynasty, the Oakland A’s won …
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BY RICK PORCARO Jung Hoo Lee’s walk-off single with one out in the ninth inning scored Christian Koss with the winning run as the Giants scored a 4-3 win over the Chicago Cubs to finish off a three game sweep of the NL Wild Card leaders Thursday afternoon. Willy Adames …
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BY HELEN LAME’ Robbie Ray struck out nine in seven innings and newcomer Dominic Smith had three hits and two RBI’s to help lead the Giants to a 3-2 win over the Padres Thursday afternoon to salvage a split of their four game series. Ray (8-1, 2.44) held San Diego …
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BY J.A. SCHWARTZ The Minnesota Twins won their eighth straight game in dramatic fashion on Sunday, sweeping the Giants by a score of 7-6 in 10 innings on a walk off single by DeShawn Keirsey Jr. to sweep the weekend series at Target Field. San Francisco took the lead in …
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BY J.A. SCHWARTZ The Yankees are the defending American League Champions, and currently have the second best odds to win the title in 2025. After losing the World Series to Los Angeles in five games, the Yankees had to endure some trash talk from Dodgers reliever Joe Kelly. On a …
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BY J.A. SCHWARTZ Following up yesterday’s AL Preview, here’s our evaluation of the National League’s postseason picture: National League West Champions:-Los Angeles Dodgers #1 seed Los Angeles clinched their third straight NL West title, assuring them a twelfth consecutive postseason berth, leading the majors in wins with 98 that will …
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BY J.A. SCHWARTZ The NL Central has been a two team race between the Cardinals and Brewers in recent seasons and will likely be again in 2023, with the rebuilding Cubs probably still a year away and the frugal Reds and Cubs barely competitive. This is the third of six …
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BY J.A. SCHWARTZ The Cubs were the last team to represent the National League Central in the fall classic in 2016, bringing home the World Series trophy for its long-suffering fans for the first time in 108 years. In the five seasons since, no Central team has managed to win …
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BY J.A. SCHWARTZ Following yesterday’s American League preview, we now turn our focus to the National League, with the 106 win Los Angeles Dodgers hosting the St. Louis Cardinals, winners of 19 of their last 22 games (including a franchise record 17 in a row), Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium. …
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