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Championship Series breaking news, rumors

  • • ESPN Platforms to Exclusively Carry 2023 PLL Championship Series February 22-26
    ESPN platforms will exclusively carry the 2023 PLL Championship Series, Wednesday - Sunday, Feb. 22-26. The four team, five-day, nine-game event will ... - PLL...2023
  • • Spitfires down Bulldogs
    WINDSOR, ONTARIO. Finishing out a back-to-back weekend, the Hamilton Bulldogs made their first trip to the WFCU Centre in Windsor since the 2022 OHL Championship series, looking to pick up another win over a top team in the Ontario Hockey … Continue reading → The post Spitfires down Bulldogs first appeared on Pro Hockey News....2023
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  • • The Linc - Brandon Aiyuk says the Eagles “got extremely lucky” against the 49ers
    Set Number: X164295 TK1 Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 2/5/23. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... Brandon Aiyuk: Chiefs passing game will expose Eagles’ defense - PFT“We have a talented football team,” Aiyuk recently told The SFNiners, via NBCSportsBayArea.com. “We have, hands down, the best football team in the league. Hands down. . . . I’m not going even going to argu...2023
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  • • Ranking Super Bowl 57’s top storylines
    Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images And lots more of your thoughts with Super Bowl LVII a week away. In the aftermath of the Eagles’ 31-7 destruction of the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game, fans around the NFL began speculating that the league was scripted and biased in favor of the Eagles. After all, how could one explain all the penalties that went against San Francisco during tw...2023
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Championship Series injury and suspension

  • • The Linc - Brandon Aiyuk says the Eagles “got extremely lucky” against the 49ers
    Set Number: X164295 TK1 Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 2/5/23. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... Brandon Aiyuk: Chiefs passing game will expose Eagles’ defense - PFT“We have a talented football team,” Aiyuk recently told The SFNiners, via NBCSportsBayArea.com. “We have, hands down, the best football team in the league. Hands down. . . . I’m not going even going to argu...2023
    Visit the page Aaron Nola
  • • Ranking Super Bowl 57’s top storylines
    Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images And lots more of your thoughts with Super Bowl LVII a week away. In the aftermath of the Eagles’ 31-7 destruction of the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game, fans around the NFL began speculating that the league was scripted and biased in favor of the Eagles. After all, how could one explain all the penalties that went against San Francisco during tw...2023
    Check it out Christian Petersen
  • • Eagles and Phillies take different routes to the same destination
    Photo by Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images Both teams are league champions, but achieved it in very different ways. The Philadelphia Phillies went to the World Series. The Philadelphia Eagles are heading to the Super Bowl. There was a time between 1983 and 2008 when writing those words concurrently would have been straight-up insane. The Phillies, outside of 1993, were mostly an also-ran, and...2023
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  • LOS MOCHIS LEADS GUASAVE 2-0 IN LMP TITLE SET
    • LOS MOCHIS LEADS GUASAVE 2-0 IN LMP TITLE SET
    Rodolfo Amador, Los Mochis Caneros    The Los Mochis Caneros continued their surprising quest for a Mexican Pacific League pennant with a pair of weekend home wins over Guasave heading into three scheduled midweek games at the Algodoneros' Estadio Francisco Carranza Limon. The Caneros finished last in the LMP playoff points race in 2020-21 and 2021-22 prior to this winter, where the...2023
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  • • Rays sign RHP Pete Fairbanks to a 3-year extension
    Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images This pleases both Pete and the Rays The Rays continue to work towards both rewarding and securing their core players. Pete Fairbanks and the Rays today agreed to a 3-year contract extension, with a club option for a 4th year. Reliever Pete Fairbanks and the Tampa Bay Rays are in agreement on a three-year, $12 million contract extension, sources tell ES...2023
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  • • BCB 2023 Cubs Top 25 Prospects List: 11 through 15
    Alexander Canario | Dylan Heuer Today’s prospects feature a lot of guys who would be top ten or even top five in a different year. It’s day three of five in our countdown of the Cubs top prospects for 2023 and once again I am struck at how deep the system is. Also, I’ve noticed that I’ve been referring to the 2021 minor leagues by their current name and not the official generic name they ...2023
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  • • From bat flips to back picks, Willson Contreras exceeded everyone’s expectations
    Willson Contreras rounds the bases after a home run against the San Diego Padres in June. | Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The best hitting catcher in baseball has hit free agency. Long time readers of this blog know that I keep score at almost every game I attend, but I don’t know how much I’ve written about how often I go through my old scorecards searching for memories. On July 25...2022
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  • • Four Astros combined on a no-hitter in Game 4 of the World Series, the 19th combined no-no in MLB history
    Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images Houston’s gem was just the second ever in the Fall Classic and only the third in the postseason. Cristian Javier, Bryan Abreu, Rafael Montero and Ryan Pressley of the Astros combined to no-hit the Phillies in Game 4 of the World Series Wednesday in Philadelphia. The four Houston pitchers issued three walks and struck out 14. Here are the three ninth-inn...2022
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  • • Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. hurt elbow in celebration
    Houston Astros right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. had his American League Championship Series start pushed back a day because of a...2022
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  • • Outside The Confines: Houston has no problems
    Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images The Astros are dominating the ALCS and the playoffs in general. The Phillies and Padres are locked in battle—in one case brotherly battle. And more news from around MLB. I’m going to assume you all know the Astros lead the Yankees two games to none in the American League Championship Series and the Phillies and Padres are tied at one win each in the Na...2022
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Championship Series lifestyle

  • • BCB After Dark: Make it Happ-en?
    Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if you would sign Ian Happ to a long-term extension. Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the happiest happening for night owls, early-risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. If you’ve spent the evening watching baseball, you’ve come to the right place. Come on in and join us. There are still a few tables a...2022
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  • • Brewers fans flock for free burgers
    George Webb restaurants give away free burgers any time the Brewers win 12 consecutive games. It happened for just the second time in the promotion's history recently when the Brewers won their final eight games of the regular season, including a one-game playoff over the Cubs, before winning three games over the Rockies in the National League Division Series and Game 1 against the Dodgers in the ...2018
  • • Cora's birthday party is one for the ages
    It's difficult to imagine Alex Cora having a happier birthday. The Red Sox manager guided his team to a 4-1 victory over the Astros in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series, winning the franchise's 14th pennant and its first since winning the World Series in 2013....2018
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  • • Delish dozen: Brewers 12th win means free food
    A Wisconsin burger chain restaurant is gearing up for a big giveaway if the Milwaukee Brewers can open the National League Championship Series with another win....2018
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Timeline

  • 2023
    "“Will my son or my wife or you ever forget the details of Inning 8, Game 6 of the National League Championship Series of 2003?"

  • 2022
    "Nestor Cortes and Aaron Civale are expected to start in a do-or-die game that will send one team to the American League Championship Series."

  • 2021
    "After a lackluster start in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series, Houston's Framber Valdez bounced back at Fenway Park Wednesday, silencing the Red Sox bats in a Game 5 victory that put the Astros within one win of a World Series berth."

  • 2020
    "MLB has reached an agreement on a billion-dollar deal with Turner Sports that will allow the network to continue broadcasting a postseason package that includes one League Championship Series, reports Andrew Marchand of the New York Post."

  • 2019
    "Sano prepping for season in Dominican playoffs"

  • 2018
    "But the Dodgers and Cubs enter 2018 with the distinct possibility of doing something unprecedented in the National League -- meeting three straight seasons on the NL Championship Series stage."

  • 2017
    "Aaron Judge homered and delivered a game-tying hit, while Gary Sanchez crushed the go-ahead double in a decisive four-run eighth as the Yankees stunned the Astros with a 6-4 victory in Game 4 on Tuesday to even the American League Championship Series at two games apiece."

  • 2016
    "Slumping Addison Russell and Anthony Rizzo homered in a 10-2 blowout win over the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium to deadlock the best-of-seven National League Championship Series at two games apiece."

  • 2015
    "The Royals advanced to their second straight World Series for the first time in franchise history with a pulsating 4-3 win over the Blue Jays in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series on Friday night at Kauffman Stadium."

  • 2014
    "Mike Moustakas hit a home run in the fourth inning and had a perfect sacrifice bunt in the ninth as the Royals took a commanding 2-0 lead in the American League Championship Series."

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Championship Series Trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • The Linc - Brandon Aiyuk says the Eagles “got extremely lucky” against the 49ers
    Set Number: X164295 TK1 Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 2/5/23. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... Brandon Aiyuk: Chiefs passing game will expose Eagles’ defense - PFT“We have a talented football team,” Aiyuk recently told The SFNiners, via NBCSportsBayArea.com. “We have, hands down, the best football team in the league. Hands down. . . . I’m not going even going to argu...2023
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  • • Eagles and Phillies take different routes to the same destination
    Photo by Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images Both teams are league champions, but achieved it in very different ways. The Philadelphia Phillies went to the World Series. The Philadelphia Eagles are heading to the Super Bowl. There was a time between 1983 and 2008 when writing those words concurrently would have been straight-up insane. The Phillies, outside of 1993, were mostly an also-ran, and...2023
    Continue with Philadelphia Phillies
  • • LOS MOCHIS LEADS GUASAVE 2-0 IN LMP TITLE SET
    Rodolfo Amador, Los Mochis Caneros    The Los Mochis Caneros continued their surprising quest for a Mexican Pacific League pennant with a pair of weekend home wins over Guasave heading into three scheduled midweek games at the Algodoneros' Estadio Francisco Carranza Limon. The Caneros finished last in the LMP playoff points race in 2020-21 and 2021-22 prior to this winter, where the...2023
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  • • Rays sign RHP Pete Fairbanks to a 3-year extension
    Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images This pleases both Pete and the Rays The Rays continue to work towards both rewarding and securing their core players. Pete Fairbanks and the Rays today agreed to a 3-year contract extension, with a club option for a 4th year. Reliever Pete Fairbanks and the Tampa Bay Rays are in agreement on a three-year, $12 million contract extension, sources tell ES...2023
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  • • BCB 2023 Cubs Top 25 Prospects List: 11 through 15
    Alexander Canario | Dylan Heuer Today’s prospects feature a lot of guys who would be top ten or even top five in a different year. It’s day three of five in our countdown of the Cubs top prospects for 2023 and once again I am struck at how deep the system is. Also, I’ve noticed that I’ve been referring to the 2021 minor leagues by their current name and not the official generic name they ...2023
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  • • From bat flips to back picks, Willson Contreras exceeded everyone’s expectations
    Willson Contreras rounds the bases after a home run against the San Diego Padres in June. | Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The best hitting catcher in baseball has hit free agency. Long time readers of this blog know that I keep score at almost every game I attend, but I don’t know how much I’ve written about how often I go through my old scorecards searching for memories. On July 25...2022
    Check it out Willson Contreras
  • • A Cubs fan’s guide to the World Series
    Kyle Schwarber and Nick Castellanos celebrate their NLCS victory over the Padres | Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports All in for Red October I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about this piece since MLB’s postseason schedule and the quick victories by the Phillies and Astros in their respective Championship Series has given all of us four long days without baseball in October. We’ll dive into ...2022
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  • • BCB After Dark: A postseason winner?
    Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks what you think about the new playoff format now that you’ve seen it. Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the swingin’ spot for night owls, early-risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Thanks for stopping by on this quiet evening. Let’s try to jazz things up while you are here. No cover charge. There are...2022
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 1918: Call Off the Search for the Secret Sauce
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley review the results of the 2022 minor league free agent draft, discuss Gold Glove finalists and a study about the lack of special ways to win in the postseason, recap the first few Championship Series games (and banter about José Alvarado and same-named athletes in multiple sports), and answer listener […]...2022
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  • • Outside The Confines: Houston has no problems
    Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images The Astros are dominating the ALCS and the playoffs in general. The Phillies and Padres are locked in battle—in one case brotherly battle. And more news from around MLB. I’m going to assume you all know the Astros lead the Yankees two games to none in the American League Championship Series and the Phillies and Padres are tied at one win each in the Na...2022
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Championship Series stats and results

  • • The Linc - Brandon Aiyuk says the Eagles “got extremely lucky” against the 49ers
    Set Number: X164295 TK1 Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 2/5/23. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... Brandon Aiyuk: Chiefs passing game will expose Eagles’ defense - PFT“We have a talented football team,” Aiyuk recently told The SFNiners, via NBCSportsBayArea.com. “We have, hands down, the best football team in the league. Hands down. . . . I’m not going even going to argu...2023
    Check it out Aaron Nola
  • THUNDER STRUCK: CANEROS WIN MEX PAC PENNANT
    • THUNDER STRUCK: CANEROS WIN MEX PAC PENNANT
    Los Mochis RHP Nick Struck    A superb performance by pitchers Nick Struck and Fabian Cota and a bases-loaded double by Most Valuable Player Yasmany Tomas on Saturday keyed a 5-0 Los Mochis win at home over Guasave to give the Caneros a 4-games-to-2 Mexican Pacific League championship series win, the fourth pennant since the city's entry into winterball in 1947 and the first since 2002-0...2023
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  • • LOS MOCHIS LEADS GUASAVE 2-0 IN LMP TITLE SET
    Rodolfo Amador, Los Mochis Caneros    The Los Mochis Caneros continued their surprising quest for a Mexican Pacific League pennant with a pair of weekend home wins over Guasave heading into three scheduled midweek games at the Algodoneros' Estadio Francisco Carranza Limon. The Caneros finished last in the LMP playoff points race in 2020-21 and 2021-22 prior to this winter, where the...2023
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  • • From bat flips to back picks, Willson Contreras exceeded everyone’s expectations
    Willson Contreras rounds the bases after a home run against the San Diego Padres in June. | Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The best hitting catcher in baseball has hit free agency. Long time readers of this blog know that I keep score at almost every game I attend, but I don’t know how much I’ve written about how often I go through my old scorecards searching for memories. On July 25...2022
  • • A Cubs fan’s guide to the World Series
    Kyle Schwarber and Nick Castellanos celebrate their NLCS victory over the Padres | Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports All in for Red October I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about this piece since MLB’s postseason schedule and the quick victories by the Phillies and Astros in their respective Championship Series has given all of us four long days without baseball in October. We’ll dive into ...2022
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  • • Yankees’ exceptional postseason pitching resulted in ALCS appearance
    The New York Yankees have advanced to the American League Championship Series, which is underway. They’re going up against the league villain, the Houston Astros. How did we get here? Aside from a productive offense, the arms did their job! The young and striving Guardians unexpectedly took the Yankees the full distance in the American […] Yankees’ exceptional postseason pitching...2022
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  • • Yankees’ exceptional postseason pitching resulted in ALCS appearance
    The New York Yankees have advanced to the American League Championship Series, which is underway. They’re going up against the league villain, the Houston Astros. How did we get here? Aside from a productive offense, the arms did their job! The young and striving Guardians unexpectedly took the Yankees the full distance in the American […] Yankees’ exceptional postseason pitching...2022
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 1918: Call Off the Search for the Secret Sauce
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley review the results of the 2022 minor league free agent draft, discuss Gold Glove finalists and a study about the lack of special ways to win in the postseason, recap the first few Championship Series games (and banter about José Alvarado and same-named athletes in multiple sports), and answer listener […]...2022
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  • • Minor League Wrap: South Bend pitching can’t hold a 5-0 lead, fall to Captains 11-8 in game 1 of title series
    BJ Murray | Chloe Trofatter / USA TODAY NETWORK South Bend can’t hold on to a 5-0 lead and fall in game one of the Midwest League Championship Series. I’m glad the I-Cubs didn’t decide to wait out the storm last night like the Iowa Hawkeyes and Nevada Wolf Pack did in Iowa City. Of course, that meant a doubleheader for Iowa today. Not good news from South Bend as they try to win another Mi...2022
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  • • So You're Saying There's a Chance? How Last-Place Teams Cope
    Week 9 of the Premier Lacrosse League schedule opened with Redwoods and Cannons squaring off, two teams battling for their playoff lives. While the Redwoods scored first and held onto that lead for over 30 minutes, the Cannons fought back in the third quarter. A goal by All-Star Lyle Thompson – his fourth of the game – with 8:21 remaining briefly tied the game at 12 before three unanswered goals f...2022
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Championship Series parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend

  • • The Linc - Brandon Aiyuk says the Eagles “got extremely lucky” against the 49ers
    2023
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  • • A personal remembrance and appreciation of Lin Brehmer
    The longtime morning host at WXRT was also a huge Cubs fan. I don’t often post photos of myself here but, after we all received the sad news of the passing of WXRT’s Lin Brehmer Sunday, far too young at 68, I wanted to share this one with you. It’s of Lin, and me, and my friend Jessica Lee, taken March 14, 2019 at a game at Sloan Park in Mesa. In case you care, the Cubs won the game that afternoon...2023
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  • • BCB 2023 Cubs Top 25 Prospects List: 11 through 15
    2023
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  • • From bat flips to back picks, Willson Contreras exceeded everyone’s expectations
    2022
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  • • A Cubs fan’s guide to the World Series
    2022
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  • • BCB After Dark: A postseason winner?
    2022
    Visit the page Justin Verlander
  • • Outside The Confines: Houston has no problems
    2022
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  • • BCB After Dark: Make it Happ-en?
    2022
    See more articles Dylan Buell
  • • A Cubs fan’s guide to the American League Championship Series
    Cubs World Series Champion Anthony Rizzo reacts to the Yankees’ win in the Division Series | Photo by Elsa/Getty Images The battle of the evil empires To be perfectly candid, the scheduling issues due to rain postponements was the main reason for splitting the Championship Series guides. However, with the Yankees victory over the Guardians yesterday, the contrast between these two series c...2022
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  • • A Cubs fan’s guide to the National League Championship Series
    Nick Castellanos and Kyle Schwarber will both be in the NLCS | Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images I’m not sure I can choose who I want to win this series In the Division Series version of this guide I highlighted that the postseason had a real David vs. Goliath vibe to it with the super teams and their 100+ win seasons entering the playoff picture to face off against a slew of Wild Card t...2022
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Top Championship Series news

  • • Judge helps Yanks rise in 8th to even ALCS
    These "Baby Bombers" just don't quit. Aaron Judge homered and delivered a game-tying hit, while Gary Sanchez crushed the go-ahead double in a decisive four-run eighth as the Yankees stunned the Astros with a 6-4 victory in Game 4 on Tuesday to even the American League Championship Series at two games apiece....2017
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  • • Judge helps Yanks rise in 8th to even ALCS
    These "Baby Bombers" just don't quit. Aaron Judge homered and delivered a game-tying hit, while Gary Sanchez crushed the go-ahead double in a decisive four-run eighth as the Yankees stunned the Astros with a 6-4 victory in Game 4 on Tuesday to even the American League Championship Series at two games apiece....2017
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  • • Yanks, Judge make Astros CC sick in G3
    Aaron Judge crushed a three-run homer and made several splendid defensive plays, including a fearless crash into the right-field wall, as he made his presence felt by powering the Yankees' surge in an 8-1 victory over the Astros in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series presented by Camping World....2017
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  • • Yanks, Judge make Astros CC sick in G3
    Aaron Judge crushed a three-run homer and made several splendid defensive plays, including a fearless crash into the right-field wall, as he made his presence felt by powering the Yankees' surge in an 8-1 victory over the Astros in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series presented by Camping World....2017
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  • • Rise! Judge leads way as Yanks make it 2-1
    Aaron Judge crushed a three-run homer and made several splendid defensive plays, including a fearless crash into the right-field wall, as he made his presence felt by powering the Yankees' surge in an 8-1 victory over the Astros in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series presented by Camping World....2017
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  • • Rise! Judge leads way as Yanks make it 2-1
    Aaron Judge crushed a three-run homer and made several splendid defensive plays, including a fearless crash into the right-field wall, as he made his presence felt by powering the Yankees' surge in an 8-1 victory over the Astros in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series presented by Camping World....2017
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  • • Hollywood & Vines: LA wins NLCS at Wrigley!
    Enrique Hernandez smacked three home runs, including a grand slam in the third inning, and had seven RBIs to back Clayton Kershaw and power the Dodgers to an 11-1 victory in Game 5 of the NL Championship Series presented by Camping World and eliminate the defending World Series champion Cubs....2017
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  • • Hollywood & Vines: LA wins NLCS at Wrigley!
    Enrique Hernandez smacked three home runs, including a grand slam in the third inning, and had seven RBIs to back Clayton Kershaw and power the Dodgers to an 11-1 victory in Game 5 of the NL Championship Series presented by Camping World and eliminate the defending World Series champion Cubs....2017
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  • • Throwback jack! Turner HR in 9th wins Game 2
    The Dodgers maintained home-field advantage in the National League Championship Series with a walk-off 4-1 win over the Cubs in Game 2 on Sunday at Dodger Stadium....2017
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  • • Throwback jack! Turner HR in 9th wins Game 2
    The Dodgers maintained home-field advantage in the National League Championship Series with a walk-off 4-1 win over the Cubs in Game 2 on Sunday at Dodger Stadium....2017
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  • • Dodgers' Gm. 1 win Puig-powered, Taylor-made
    Dealt a pregame blow when injured shortstop Corey Seager was left off the roster and an in-game setback when Albert Almora Jr. took Clayton Kershaw deep, the Dodgers rallied to beat the Cubs, 5-2, behind home runs from Chris Taylor and Yasiel Puig in Game 1 of the best-of-seven National League Championship Series presented by Camping World on Saturday night at Dodger Stadium....2017
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  • • Dodgers' G1 win Puig-powered, Taylor-made
    Dealt a pregame blow when injured shortstop Corey Seager was left off the roster and an in-game setback when Albert Almora Jr. took Clayton Kershaw deep, the Dodgers rallied to beat the Cubs, 5-2, behind home runs from Chris Taylor and Yasiel Puig in Game 1 of the best-of-seven National League Championship Series presented by Camping World on Saturday night at Dodger Stadium....2017
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  • • LA sweep? Yu got it! Dodgers return to NLCS
    With Cody Bellinger driving in runs and Yu Darvish and the bullpen preventing them, the Dodgers completed their three-game sweep of the National League Division Series presented by T-Mobile on Monday with a 3-1 victory over the D-backs at Chase Field to reach the NL Championship Series for the second consecutive year....2017
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  • • Dodgers zap Greinke, sweep way into NLCS
    With Cody Bellinger driving in runs and Yu Darvish and the bullpen preventing them, the Dodgers completed their three-game sweep of the National League Division Series presented by T-Mobile on Monday with a 3-1 victory over the D-backs at Chase Field to reach the NL Championship Series presented by Camping World for the second consecutive year....2017
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Championship Series fantasy rankings and news

  • • The case for the Nationals to win it all
    Once again, the Washington Nationals resemble as much of an impressive fantasy baseball draft as they do a ballclub that actually exists in real-life. They are a stunning collection of mostly mid-prime talent that has sent 12 representatives to the All-Star Game over the past three years. Led by a former MVP winner in Bryce Harper and the two-time reigning NL Cy Young recipient in Max Scherzer, th...2018
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Championship Series schedule, game

  • • The Linc - Brandon Aiyuk says the Eagles “got extremely lucky” against the 49ers
    2023
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  • • Eagles and Phillies take different routes to the same destination
    2023
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  • • THUNDER STRUCK: CANEROS WIN MEX PAC PENNANT
    2023
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  • • LOS MOCHIS LEADS GUASAVE 2-0 IN LMP TITLE SET
    2023
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  • • BCB 2023 Cubs Top 25 Prospects List: 11 through 15
    2023
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  • • Four Astros combined on a no-hitter in Game 4 of the World Series, the 19th combined no-no in MLB history
    2022
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  • • Phenomenal Astros starting pitching toyed with Yankees lineup in ALCS
    The New York Yankees are officially into offseason mode, as the team was gruesomely defeated in a four-game sweep in the American League Championship Series by the Houston Astros. The Astros move on to the Fall Classic. As the Yankees clear out their lockers, questions linger in the minds of team members and the front […] Phenomenal Astros starting pitching toyed with Yankees lineup in ALCS ...2022
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  • • A Cubs fan’s guide to the World Series
    2022
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  • • BCB After Dark: A postseason winner?
    2022
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  • • The Astros Are Baseball’s Most Business-like Buzzsaw
    Nobody has won a World Series without losing a postseason game since 1976. Of course, Major League Baseball’s playoffs were smaller back then: The ’76 Cincinnati Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies in a three-game National League Championship Series, then swept the New York Yankees in a four-game World Series. The playoffs were an even more […]...2022
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Championship Series rumors, scandals

  • • BCB After Dark: Make it Happ-en?
    2022
    Read about Dylan Buell
  • • A Cubs fan’s guide to the American League Championship Series
    2022
    Read about Anthony Rizzo
  • • Outside The Confines: The Championship Series are set (and started)
    Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Rain delays extended the series, but we finally know how things will stack up. Blame it on the rain if you want, but we had to wait right up to the bitter end to see which team would be the final one to move on to the AL Championship Series, and after plenty of upsets with 100-win teams so far in the postseason, it was never a sure thing for the Yankees. But at t...2022
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  • Yankees left to watch ALCS with rivals back on top after cheating scandals
    • Yankees left to watch ALCS with rivals back on top after cheating scandals
    After all, could anything be more offensive, more nightmarish, to the Yankees and their fans than an Astros-Red Sox AL Championship Series?...2021
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  • • The Astros, Suddenly Dominant at the Plate, Are Back in the A.L.C.S.
    A team that looked ordinary during the regular season has caught fire in the postseason, reaching the American League Championship Series and enraging those still upset over their 2017 cheating scandal....2020
  • • Kevin Durant will be ‘honest’ in free agency
    The Golden State Warriors have won two consecutive NBA championships. Of course, it’s no coincidence that they’re two-for-two since signing Kevin Durant. After all, he has taken MVP honors in both championship series. But after this season, free agency hits. And that means Durant could hit the open market again.When the questions come, though, Durant is going to keep it simple. He’s going to be ho...2018
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  • • Twitter reacts to Dodgers advancing to World Series for first time since 1988
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