It has been a very long week waiting for this World Series to start, right? The last NLCS game was played Sunday; Game 1 of the World Series finally begins Friday. That is too many days without baseball, generally, and it’s definitely too many days waiting for the Yankees and

The two best teams from the National and American Leagues in 2024. The two expected MVPs. The two franchises with the most World Series history against each other. The two largest cities in the country. This is an iconic Fall Classic that’s about to take place between the Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES -- The distance separating the swarm of reporters from a seated Shohei Ohtani was roughly the same as the 90 feet between home plate and first base. And when the time came for the blue crowd control barrier to be pulled to the side to allow the camerapeople

LOS ANGELES -- The Yankees announced their World Series roster prior to Game 1 against the Dodgers on Friday night in Los Angeles, selecting left-hander Nestor Cortes and removing infielder Jon Berti, who was on the ALCS roster. The 29-year-old Cortes has not pitched in a game since Sept. 18

LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers got good news on the injury front as left-hander Alex Vesia and right-hander Brusdar Graterol, two of the best relievers on the team, are back on the World Series roster after missing at least one round earlier this postseason.

In a World Series where all the focus will be on the top sluggers who populate the lineups of both teams, it’s easy to forget that there are other players who are going to make a difference, too. Maybe that’s 20/20 Yankee third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., or 2016 World

LOS ANGELES -- When the Dodgers and Yankees take the field for Game 1 of the World Series on Friday, all of their focus will be on trying to be the first team that wins four games in one of the most anticipated editions of the Fall Classic in recent

LOS ANGELES -- Last summer in San Diego, with the Dodgers in town for a series, Brent Honeywell, then a Padres reliever, got a heads up from pitching coach Ruben Niebla. Fernando Valenzuela was on the warning track in front of the dugout. "He said: 'Fernando's outside,'" Honeywell recalled. "'Go

Birthdays are important. Friday is Juan Soto’s 26th. It’s also Game 1 of the World Series between Soto’s Yankees and the Dodgers.

The last time the Yankees ascended to the World Series spotlight in 2009, Jay-Z was nearly as ubiquitous as Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez. The iconic rapper had just released "Empire State of Mind," his first and only song to reach No. 1 on the Billboard charts, and the team

LOS ANGELES -- Giancarlo Stanton has always loved power hitters. Long before the local product was blasting balls out of big league ballparks, he recalls scrounging for tickets in the Dodger Stadium parking lot, angling for views of stars like Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Mike Piazza during batting practice.

LOS ANGELES -- You can’t blame anyone for asking the question, because Shohei Ohtani has the ability to make anything appear possible. But just one more time, for the record, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts confirmed on the eve of the World Series that Ohtani will not be pitching in this

Shohei Ohtani's speed isn't exactly a secret weapon. But home runs are king, even in a historic 50-50 season, and there's no question Ohtani's light-tower power is what commands the spotlight. Just ask Aaron Judge, who, in the middle of lauding Ohtani as "the best player in the game" ahead

Everybody knows about the stars in the Dodgers' and Yankees' lineups.

With the Yankees and Dodgers squaring off in the 120th Fall Classic, take a look back at the World Series program covers of all 11 previous meetings between the two franchises.

This story was excerpted from Anthony DiComo's Mets Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. NEW YORK -- The baseball calendar leaves little time for reflection. Even before the Mets lost to the Dodgers in the National League Championship

The Dodgers will honor legendary pitcher Fernando Valenzuela with a uniform patch beginning with the World Series and continuing on through the 2025 season. The patch features Valenzuela's first name and his No. 34, which the team retired in August 2023.

The Major League Baseball calendar certainly doesn't end once a World Series champion is crowned. Sure, that's the most coveted trophy across the league, but there is plenty of other hardware left to hand out from Gold Gloves to Silver Sluggers to Rookies of the Year to Cy Young and

LOS ANGELES -- Just about the entirety of Maureen Edman’s family on her father’s side lives in the Los Angeles area, and she has several first cousins with whom she remains as close as siblings -- and boy, were they thrilled when Maureen’s son, Tommy Edman, swapped his Cardinal red

LOS ANGELES -- On this side of the Pacific Ocean, Shohei Ohtani’s stature and unprecedented performances have rewritten the sport’s record books. On the other side of the world, Ohtani’s larger-than-life prominence in his home country has grown so otherworldly that his quest for his first World Series ring will

This story was excerpted from Mandy Bell's Guardians Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. The foundation is set with a core group of talented, young players. So, where will the Guardians go from here? Let’s take a look

LOS ANGELES -- Clarke Schmidt will have the ball when the World Series shifts venues back to New York for Game 3 on Monday night, and his dad has already received a starting nod during this Fall Classic. Dwight Schmidt, a veteran Delta Air Lines pilot of more than 20

Was this World Series matchup inevitable? That question hovered over the postseason from the beginning, and now we have our answer. The Yankees and Dodgers -- classic October rivals -- will meet in Game 1 Friday in Los Angeles, their first Fall Classic battle in 43 years. “Here we go,”

The World Trade Center, in conjunction with Major League Baseball, will host free watch parties for every game of the 2024 World Series -- starting on Friday night when the Yankees face the Dodgers in Game 1 at Dodger Stadium.

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