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  • Washington Nationals news & notes: Stephen Strasburg officially retired; Nats lose 3rd in a row; 2nd straight to Phillies...
    • Washington Nationals news & notes: Stephen Strasburg officially retired; Nats lose 3rd in a row; 2nd straight to Phillies...
    Notes and quotes from Saturday in the nation’s capital... With an update on the Nationals.com Transactions page, news of Stephen Strasburg’s official retirement became public, less than a year after a rumored ceremony ended up getting scrapped when negotiations on how exactly he’d end his career hit a snag. The status update for the now-35-year-old, 2009 No. 1 overall pick comes 667 days after the...2024
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  • The Oakland Athletics’ rich history is being set on fire by John Fisher
    • The Oakland Athletics’ rich history is being set on fire by John Fisher
    Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images The A’s will officially be playing Sacramento in 2025 before a planned move to Vegas. A once-dynastic baseball town has been abandoned. It’s official. At the end of the 2024 campaign, the Oakland Athletics will be dead. They will play at least their next three seasons at Sutter Health Park, home of the minor-league Sacramento River Cats, and aim to move...2024
  • 2024 AL West preview: The tussle in Texas
    • 2024 AL West preview: The tussle in Texas
    Photo by Bailey Orr/Texas Rangers/Getty Images The defending champion Rangers and the relentless Astros dominate the division’s focus, but keep an eye on Seattle. The 2023 American League season came down to a Lone Star State Showdown in the Championship Series. Amazingly, the Houston Astros were back in the LCS for the seventh year in a row, one shy of the record held by the ‘90s Atlanta ...2024
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  • Former MLB Pitcher Believes Dodgers May Be In Tier Of Their Own Around League
    • Former MLB Pitcher Believes Dodgers May Be In Tier Of Their Own Around League
    All eyes are on the Dodgers this year to see if their heavy offseason spending can help them win the World Series. Former Cleveland Guardians pitcher Jensen Lewis believes Los Angeles will be the favorite to win the Fall Classic for years to come. "They're going to be one of, if not the favorite in …...2024
  • Today in White Sox History: March 2
    • Today in White Sox History: March 2
    Moe Berg [left] got his career as a spy started during this All-Star trip to Japan in 1934. Two straight years, two storied catchers 1901 Billy Sullivan of the National League’s Boston Beaneaters jumped to the upstart AL and the White Sox, where he would end up catching for 13 seasons. With a 63 career OPS+, Sullivan was considered a glove-first leader on the field. He was always among th...2024
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  • The next MLB franchise to win its first World Series will be...
    • The next MLB franchise to win its first World Series will be...
    It took the Texas Rangers 63 years to claim their first World Series title in 2023. That leaves five current teams who have yet to win the Fall Classic....2024
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  • • Washington Nationals news & notes: Stephen Strasburg officially retired; Nats lose 3rd in a row; 2nd straight to Phillies...
    2024
  • • 2024 AL West preview: The tussle in Texas
    2024
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  • • Today in White Sox History: March 2
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  • Baseball history unpacked, January 22
    • Baseball history unpacked, January 22
    Brian Dayett, birthday today. | Denver Post via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Brian Dayett, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives ...2024
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  • Outside The Confines: Snakes alive!
    • Outside The Confines: Snakes alive!
    Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images The first two games of the World Series have been completed and the signs are pointing to a classic battle in the Fall Classic. And speaking of signs . . . Plus other news from the Word Series and MLB. Good morning. We’ve got a tied World Series and a really classic Game 1. Game 3 goes tonight. Are the Snakes still alive? Or will the Rangers continue t...2023
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  • Braves News: Ronald Acuña Jr. racks up awards, Wild Card round, and more
    • Braves News: Ronald Acuña Jr. racks up awards, Wild Card round, and more
    Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday While the Atlanta Braves await their National League Division Series opponent, Ronald Acuña Jr. brought home a couple of awards. First up, he was named National League Player of the Month after a monstrous September. He managed a .340 average with eleven home runs and eleven stolen bases. Y...2023
  • Braves News: Matt Olson nominated for Roberto Clemente award, Dylan Dodd to start Saturday, more
    • Braves News: Matt Olson nominated for Roberto Clemente award, Dylan Dodd to start Saturday, more
    Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday Atlanta Braves first baseman Matt Olson has been nominated for the Roberto Clemente Award. Per MLB, the award is given to the “player who best represents the game of Baseball through extraordinary character, community involvement, philanthropy and positive contributions, both on and off the field.” Your 2023 At...2023
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  • What it’s like to lose 110 games, from the fans that lived through it
    • What it’s like to lose 110 games, from the fans that lived through it
    Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Can the Royals learn from the Tigers, Orioles, and Diamondbacks? The Royals have had plenty of terrible seasons in club history, but the 2023 season may take the cake. The team is on pace to lose 111 games, which would easily surpass the club record of 106 losses set in 2005, and would tie for the seventh-most losses by any club since ...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
    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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  • • Cub Tracks’ older, wiser, sadder day
    Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Recent #Cubs,#MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. Happy birthday to me. Welcome to today’s edition of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, and then cold-brewed overnight for maximum flavor. Pity about Alexand...2022
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Fall Classic lifestyle

  • • USA Athletes Eager to Participate in 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles
    Danny Logan is already doing the math in his head. So are Dempsey Arsenault and Tom Schreiber. Established USA athletes are wondering what it will take to represent the United States in the 2028 Olympics. “I’ll be just on the other side of 30,” said Logan, a short-stick defensive midfielder for the gold medal-winning 2023 U.S. men’s national team and part of the 2024 U.S. men’s box national team p...2023
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  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: As Mets and Nationals Race, 23 May Be Lucky Number
    2016
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  • • Royals Fan Will Get Unicorn Tattoo with Players' Faces for World Series Tickets
    2014
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Timeline

  • 2024
    "The prize was a championship in the ‘89 Fall Classic, during which Henderson hit ."

  • 2023
    "Reliever instrumental in three World Series runs, saved decisive game in 2012 Fall Classic"

  • 2022
    "Harper’s two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning erased a one-run deficit and put Philadelphia back in the Fall Classic for the first time since 2009."

  • 2021
    "Greinke became the first pitcher with a pinch hit in the Fall Classic in 98 years"

  • 2020
    "Word about Houston's exploits reached the Nationals before the Fall Classic"

  • 2019
    "The Brewers and Houston Astros both fell just short of the Fall Classic in 2018."

  • 2018
    "And so I've assembled an All-Star squad -- for just this weekend, let's call it the Brady Bunch -- of Fall Classic contributors."

  • 2017
    "The never-say-die Astros -- facing a four-run deficit in a pivotal Game 5 of the World Series with Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw on the mound -- pulled off the unthinkable in an epic game in an unforgettable Fall Classic."

  • 2016
    "Predict 10 Fall Classic outcomes for a shot at a $1,000 MLBshop."

  • 2015
    "But, particularly in the Fall Classic against the Kansas City Royals, he came about as close as any baseball player can to singlehandedly clinching a postseason series."

  • 2014
    "Then he astonished them with tickets to Game 1 of the Fall Classic between the Kansas City Royals and San Francisco Giants at Kauffman Stadium."

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Fall Classic trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • Washington Nationals news & notes: Stephen Strasburg officially retired; Nats lose 3rd in a row; 2nd straight to Phillies...
    2024
  • • The Oakland Athletics’ rich history is being set on fire by John Fisher
    2024
  • • 2024 AL West preview: The tussle in Texas
    2024
  • Braves News: PECOTA projections, prospect promotion incentive, and more
    • Braves News: PECOTA projections, prospect promotion incentive, and more
    Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday We are just over a week away from Atlanta Braves pitchers and catchers reporting to the Spring Training site in Florida. With that being said, time is running out for preseason predictions, but not before PECOTA could release their annual projections. PECOTA favors the Braves as W...2024
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, January 22
    2024
  • • Each Team’s Free Agent Spending Thus Far
    The New Year serves as a symbolic halfway point of the offseason. We’re two months removed from the final game of last year’s Fall Classic and about seven weeks from the first Spring Training contests of 2024. There’s still plenty of offseason to go — only 22 of MLBTR’s Top 50 free agents are off…...2024
  • WWE criticized after Raw World title match comes with short build
    • WWE criticized after Raw World title match comes with short build
    WWE.com Fans fire back at WWE for doing what AEW is accused of. Seth Rollins defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Sami Zayn on Raw (Nov. 6) in a contest worthy of headlining a premium live event. Despite each man’s respective issues with Judgment Day, the match featured a clean finish that saw Rollins retain after rolling up Zayn to score the three-count. But the match wasn’...2023
  • • Outside The Confines: Snakes alive!
    2023
  • A Cubs fan’s guide to the World Series
    • A Cubs fan’s guide to the World Series
    Nathan Eovaldi has been excellent this postseason for the Rangers | Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports Arizona vs. Texas — just like we all drew it up, right? Every February and March baseball prognosticator types get together and make lists for the upcoming season. Who will win the Division? Who will be the Most Valuable Player, Cy Young, or Rookie of the Year winner in each league? And yes, ...2023
  • Ranking top 10 players in 2023 World Series as Rangers, Diamondbacks kick off Fall Classic
    • Ranking top 10 players in 2023 World Series as Rangers, Diamondbacks kick off Fall Classic
    The Rangers and Diamondbacks have, as you would expect, plenty of worthy candidates...2023

Fall Classic stats and results

  • • 2024 AL West preview: The tussle in Texas
    2024
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, January 22
    2024
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  • • Outside The Confines: Snakes alive!
    2023
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  • The Rockies and White Sox are two sides of the same coin
    • The Rockies and White Sox are two sides of the same coin
    Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports These two teams, despite wildly different expectations at season’s beginning, are seemingly on similar courses now Major League Baseball is experiencing a wave of change. Perennial losing teams such as the Orioles, Reds, and Rays are now finding success in their youth movements. Clubs like the Padres, Yankees, and Guardians, teams that have owned playoff...2023
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  • • Atlanta Braves are second on The Athletic’s ‘Wild-Card Era’ franchise rankings
    Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images An interesting list. The Athletic released a franchise rankings for MLB teams during the “Wild-Card Era” Monday and the Atlanta Braves came in second behind only the New York Yankees. It is an interesting system that assigns points for World Series wins, playoff appearances and division titles. The Braves of course have 19 playof...2023
  • • Mid Penn Blaze dominate 2024 division at @Victory_Events Fall Classic
    By Chris GoldbergPhillylacrosse.com, Posted 10/31/22 It’s hard to ignore the Mid Penn Blaze’s dominance. The stats are indeed impressive: a 3-0 record and a 44-8 goal differential Sunday at the Victory Events Fall Classic at the Proving Grounds, and in the past two tournaments the Blaze is 7-0 with a 109-18 advantage. Mid Penn doesn’t […] The post Mid Penn Blaze dominate 20...2022
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  • • Cub Tracks’ older, wiser, sadder day
    2022
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  • • Poll: Who’s Going To Win The World Series?
    Baseball’s new expanded playoff format has resulted in a unique David vs. Goliath matchup in the World Series.  In the first year of a sixth playoff team, the Phillies immediately became the first sixth seed to reach the Fall Classic, scoring upsets over the Cardinals, Braves, and Padres along the way to claim the National…...2022
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  • • Meet the 23 Members of the U.S. Under-21 Men's National Team
    At long last, the U.S. under-21 men’s national team has arrived in Ireland. The team practiced Saturday at USA Lacrosse, traveled Sunday out of Philadelphia and practiced Monday in Limerick. Last week, we asked head coach Nick Myers to say something about each of the 23 players who will compete in the World Lacrosse Men’s U21 Championship. Most of them had yet to play beyond the high school level ...2022
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  • • Fearless Freshman Walker-Welch Already Shining on Defense at UNC
    When then-No. 1 Boston College took on then-No. 2 North Carolina on March 20, there were three 2021 Tewaaraton finalists on the field. But it was a freshman who didn’t play field lacrosse until junior high who made the play of the game. With under 30 seconds left and UNC up by one, the ball was inevitably in Charlotte North’s stick. Fifth-year All-American Emma Trenchard had the match-up. When she...2022
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Fall Classic parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend

  • • The Oakland Athletics’ rich history is being set on fire by John Fisher
    2024
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  • • 2024 AL West preview: The tussle in Texas
    2024
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  • • Today in White Sox History: March 2
    2024
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  • • Outside The Confines: Snakes alive!
    2023
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  • • USA Athletes Eager to Participate in 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles
    2023
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  • Today in White Sox History: October 9
    • Today in White Sox History: October 9
    On this day, young White Sox executive Chuck Comiskey made what would go down in history as a brilliant move to restore the fortunes of the franchise: Hiring Frank Lane. | Chicago Sun-Times A big hire, a huge upset — and a sad ending 1906 With flurries in the air, baseball’s third World Series (and first-ever intracity Series in baseball) kicked off at West Side Park. The 116-win Chicago ...2023
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  • • What it’s like to lose 110 games, from the fans that lived through it
    2023
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  • • Meet the 23 Members of the U.S. Under-21 Men's National Team
    2022
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  • • Fearless Freshman Walker-Welch Already Shining on Defense at UNC
    2022
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  • 2021 World Series Game 5: Best moments from Houston Astros vs. Atlanta Braves
    • 2021 World Series Game 5: Best moments from Houston Astros vs. Atlanta Braves
    One. More. Win. That's all it's going to take for the Braves to claim a World Series title. That's also all the Astros are focused on as they enter a win-or-go-home Game 5. We've got you covered with all the Fall Classic action....2021
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Top Fall Classic news

  • • David Ortiz Surprises Military Members with Tickets to 2014 World Series
    2014
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  • • Minute Maid madness! Astros win wild G5 in 10
    They were down but never out. They were bruised but not beaten. The never-say-die Astros -- facing a four-run deficit in a pivotal Game 5 of the World Series with Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw on the mound -- pulled off the unthinkable in an epic game in an unforgettable Fall Classic. Alex Bregman shot a walk-off single into left field off Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen in the 10th inning to put an en...2017
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  • • World Series Pick 'Em
    Predict 10 Fall Classic outcomes for a shot at a $1,000 MLBshop.com card & 2017 Opening Day tickets....2016
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  • • Two great teams, one final showdown
    That this World Series will deliver a Game 7 just feels right. This is how this baseball season had to end. The Royals and Giants have already given us a compelling six games, transforming the Fall Classic into a showcase for two gifted teams that have done themselves proud....2014
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  • • Astros win 1st AL pennant! Date with LA next
    The Astros are headed to their first Fall Classic as an American League team, and second overall, after taking a 4-0 victory over the Yankees in Game 7 of the AL Championship Series presented by Camping World on Saturday night at Minute Maid Park....2017
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  • • Yanks' run ends with Game 7 loss to Astros
    The Astros are headed to their first Fall Classic as an American League team, and second overall, after taking a 4-0 victory over the Yankees in Game 7 of the AL Championship Series presented by Camping World on Saturday night at Minute Maid Park....2017
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  • • H-Town is title town after Game 7 win in LA
    The Astros are World Series champions for the first time in club history after their 5-1 win over the Dodgers in Game 7 of the Fall Classic on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium....2017
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  • • Madison Bumgarner, Giants Flashing October Form Right Now
    2015

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Fall Classic fantasy rankings and news

  • • 1st-Place Indians Make AL Central Statement with Sweep of Defending Champ Royals
    2016
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  • • Royals Still Have All the Ingredients of Their Championship Formula in 2016
    2016
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  • • Unsung Heroes Power Up in Time to Launch Giants Into World Series
    2014
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  • • Can Royals Become 1st Undefeated Champion in Modern MLB Postseason History?
    2014
  • • Should the Dodgers Bench Yasiel Puig If He Keeps Up Vanishing Act?
    2014

Fall Classic schedule, game

  • • Washington Nationals news & notes: Stephen Strasburg officially retired; Nats lose 3rd in a row; 2nd straight to Phillies...
    2024
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  • • The Oakland Athletics’ rich history is being set on fire by John Fisher
    2024
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  • • 2024 AL West preview: The tussle in Texas
    2024
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  • • Today in White Sox History: March 2
    2024
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  • • Braves News: PECOTA projections, prospect promotion incentive, and more
    2024
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  • Washington Nationals news & notes: Davey Martinez on playing a hunch which paid off...
    • Washington Nationals news & notes: Davey Martinez on playing a hunch which paid off...
    Notes and quotes ... a short one today. Something will happen again any day now. Any day... In his media availability at 2023’s Winter Meetings early last month, Washington Nationals’ manager Davey Martinez was asked if he could recall a favorite story of a time he played a hunch, went against the book, and had it pay off? “I’ll tell you what was crazy, you guys probably thought I was crazy, but w...2024
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  • • Hazen: Diamondbacks Looking To Add Another Bat
    The Diamondbacks have had a fairly busy offseason in the aftermath of their surprising playoff run that saw them reach the Fall Classic for the first time since the club’s lone championship in 2001. The club made a big addition to its rotation via free agency by landing left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez on a four-year pact…...2023
  • Braves News: Jorge Soler lawsuit, Rangers near World Series title, more
    • Braves News: Jorge Soler lawsuit, Rangers near World Series title, more
    Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday Former Atlanta Braves outfielder Jorge Soler is facing a lawsuit after an event during Game 3 of the 2021 World Series. A couple stated that a woman was struck by a baseball that Soler threw “with great force, speed and intensity.” Former #Braves OF Jorge Soler is the subject of a lawsuit alleging he threw a ball ...2023
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  • • Outside The Confines: Snakes alive!
    2023
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  • • A Cubs fan’s guide to the World Series
    2023
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Fall Classic rumors, scandals

  • • 2024 AL West preview: The tussle in Texas
    2024
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  • • Today in White Sox History: October 9
    2023
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  • • Cub Tracks’ older, wiser, sadder day
    2022
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  • • Rain Delay Speech Helps End Drought as Chicago Cubs Win Historic World Series
    2016
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  • • Alex Rodriguez-Joe Girardi Drama Making Yankees 'Farewell Tour' a Rocky Affair
    2016
  • • PETA Comments on Yoenis Cespedes' Decision to Have $7K Pig Sent to Butcher
    2016
  • • World Series MVP Salvador Perez Is Heart and Soul of Royals' Comeback Machine
    2015
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  • • Carlos Martinez Loss May Finally Be the Injury That Bites the Cardinals
    2015
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  • • Tim Hudson's 1st World Series Ring of 16-Year Career Rests on His Own Shoulder
    2014
  • • Barry Bonds Chills with Kanye West and Kim Kardashian at Game 5 of World Series
    2014
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