LOS ANGELES -- As Mets players filtered out of the clubhouse late Sunday evening at Dodger Stadium, boarding a bus back to the team hotel, Pete Alonso sat at his locker and added his signature to a bat. At various intervals, teammates and members of the Mets’ traveling party filed

LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers have more than $1 billion invested in Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman. Teoscar Hernández hit 33 home runs this season and started the All-Star Game. Kiké Hernández has as many postseason home runs on his resume as Babe Ruth. It goes on and

LOS ANGELES -- When Shohei Ohtani took his first free agent visit to Dodger Stadium last November, the Dodgers wanted to make sure they left quite the impression. After all, Ohtani was the top target for the organization. He had been for a long time. The Dodgers welcomed Ohtani with

LOS ANGELES -- After a second consecutive exit in the National League Division Series last year, president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman, general manager Brandon Gomes and the rest of the Dodgers' front office laid out their offseason plan.

LOS ANGELES -- Mets left-hander Sean Manaea tried fighting back the tears as he reflected on all his ballclub had accomplished during a surprise run to the National League Championship Series. Manaea, who played a prominent role in the Mets defying expectations, appeared to run out of gas and went

LOS ANGELES -- A little less than five months ago, the Mets gathered in their clubhouse, locked the doors and resolved to make something of their season. They preached accountability during that players-only meeting, of holding each other to a higher standard. And for the next five months, they did.

LOS ANGELES -- As he battles through a badly sprained right ankle, Dodgers star first baseman Freddie Freeman continues to struggle at the plate in the National League Championship Series -- and the Dodgers have adjusted their plans accordingly.

The Mets surprised a lot of people by sending the NLCS back to Los Angeles for Game 6, but that’s what they’ve been doing all year. Why should now be any different? The Dodgers are one win away from the World Series … but they’re also one loss away from

LOS ANGELES -- With their lack of starting pitching options, the Dodgers entered the postseason knowing that they were going to lean on their bullpen heavily. The unit was the team’s biggest strength throughout the regular season. So far this postseason, the Dodgers have done just that. Instead of going

NEW YORK -- Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor and outfielder Jesse Winker are more than teammates trying to advance to the World Series. They have also been friends dating back to their high school days in Orlando, Fla. They were 15 years old when they played for Team Mizuno on the

NEW YORK – Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez watched dejectedly from inside the dugout as his teammates hit during the eighth inning of an eventual 8-0 loss to the Dodgers on Wednesday night at Citi Field. It was becoming even harder for Alvarez, who had struck out for the third time

LOS ANGELES -- Come to Dodger Stadium for a ballgame, stay for a ballpark tour in Japanese or a bite of Takoyaki -- a fritter described by purveyor Tsukiji Gindaco as “crispy on the outside and creamy inside, with carefully selected octopus with springy palatability in the middle.” This is

This all really started for the Mets, this big baseball story they’re still trying to write, the first week of April, when they were 0-5 and playing the second game of a doubleheader against the Tigers at a mostly empty Citi Field that was as dead as they looked at

NEW YORK -- With the Mets in need of a timely knock, Pete Alonso dug deep on Friday at Citi Field.

The Mets faced elimination on Friday night at Citi Field as they took on the Dodgers in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series. Not only did New York avoid an end to its exciting postseason run, but it did so in historic fashion.

NEW YORK -- Less than 24 hours earlier, the final question posed to Dodgers manager Dave Roberts centered around his club’s intention to close out the National League Championship Series against the Mets in Queens. At the time, Roberts acknowledged one play could turn a series. In this case, only

NEW YORK -- National League Championship Series Game 5 was still in its infancy when those in the home bullpen began mentally piecing together the same puzzle as manager Carlos Mendoza. The Mets had already built a strong lead -- that was good. But starting pitcher David Peterson was throwing

NEW YORK -- The Dodgers know what can happen when momentum shifts in a postseason series. They experienced that for themselves en route to their 2020 World Series title, erasing a 3-1 series deficit against the Braves in the National League Championship Series.

NEW YORK -- In a lineup stacked with superstars, it was a rookie hitting in the nine-hole who gave the Dodgers a glimmer of hope in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series.

NEW YORK -- I've got sunshine on a cloudy day. When it's cold outside, I've got the month of May. After two cold nights that put the Mets on the brink of elimination, they welcomed not only warmer weather but also special guests on Friday afternoon at Citi Field. The

NEW YORK -- They grind you down, these Dodgers.

NEW YORK – Before Brandon Nimmo could hobble back out to left field for the fourth inning on Thursday night at Citi Field, Mets teammate Francisco Lindor gave him a hug and a pat on the chest. “I told him, ‘I appreciate what you're doing for us,’” Lindor said. “It's

NEW YORK -- By the time Mookie Betts hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning of National League Championship Series Game 4 on Thursday, a sold-out crowd at Citi Field was distressed. The Dodgers had already spent much of the evening thoroughly outplaying the Mets, relying on Betts and

NEW YORK -- Breaking news: Shohei Ohtani got a hit with nobody on base. A big one.

NEW YORK -- After Game 3 of the National League Championship Series, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts called star first baseman Freddie Freeman to let him know that they’d be sitting him as he continues to nurse a badly sprained right ankle. For most teams, losing one of their best players,