SAN DIEGO — The sudden end of a season that went unexpectedly deep left the San Diego Padres with questions to answer and holes to fill, as well as a hunger to play further into October next year. They will also begin pondering a long-term deal for 24-year-old superstar Juan Soto, their marquee trade-deadline acquisition …
PHILADELPHIA — Jean Segura has played 11 seasons in the majors, made two All-Star teams and hit .300 three times, but he has never had an inning quite like the fourth inning of Game 3 of the National League Championship Series on Friday night . Playing in his first postseason, the Philadelphia Phillies second baseman …
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SAN DIEGO — A unique and unwieldy strain of anxiety settled into Section 111, Row 36 at Petco Park on Wednesday afternoon. It was mixed with anticipation and pride and something more difficult to define, something that felt contradictory and borderline impossible, like imprisoned joy. AJ Nola arrived in Section 111 for Game 2 of …
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SAN DIEGO — Nights like these, when the weekend arrives and the Los Angeles Dodgers are in town, don’t often feel like a home-field advantage for the San Diego Padres. So many Dodgers fans make the 125-mile drive south that Petco Park is often called “Dodger Stadium South” when the two teams match up. But …
Eight teams remain in the 2022 postseason. After today’s league division series games, that number could be cut almost in half. Three teams trail their best-of-five series and are facing elimination. In the American League, the Seattle Mariners play their first home playoff game in more than 20 years, hoping to avert a sweep against …
MLB division series: Are the Mariners, Dodgers and Braves done? Read More »
MLB’s first-ever wild-card series weekend concludes with just one Game 3: the San Diego Padres at New York Mets. The playoff field expanded to 12 teams for the 2022 postseason — four best-of-three series to determine which teams will advance to the ALDS (against the Houston Astros or the New York Yankees) and NLDS (against …
The City will shake tonight: What you need to know as Mets, Padres meet in Game 3 finale Read More »
MLB’s first-ever wild-card series weekend is in full swing. And as many as four teams could be sent packing today. As the playoff field expands to 12 teams for the 2022 postseason, four best-of-three series will determine which teams will advance to the ALDS (against either the Houston Astros or the New York Yankees) and …
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The Mets are planning to start Max Scherzer in Game 1 of their Wild-Card Series against the Padres and — in their best scenario — are contemplating a strategy not to use Jacob deGrom at all in this round. It harkens to a ploy Buck Showalter used in 1995 when he first made the playoffs …
Mets considering strategy that may delay Jacob deGrom until NLDS Read More »
Only three more weeks remain in the MLB regular season and the postseason races are heating up. The Braves trail the Mets by only half a game in the National League East and the White Sox are just three behind the Guardians in the American League Central. The AL wild-card teams have separated from the …
Bowden: 13 Players who need to step up as the postseason races heat up Read More »
The made-up stories of a PED taken for ringworm and/or a fungus for a “bad haircut” coming out of Fernando Tatis’s camp belies the reality that he never said a word when it mattered. Upon hearing of his failed drug test a few weeks ago, Tatis did not object, did not protest and ultimately did …
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