MLB announced the addition of three new minor leagues in 2021. But, the two new college leagues and a new independent league won’t be enough to offset the more than 40 teams the MLB eliminated last year. MLB officially invited only120 of its existing 162 professional minor league teams to join […]
Former Cincinnati Reds player and manager Pete Rose is still seeking reinstatement from Major League Baseball, which banned him from the sport in 1989 for betting on games in which he played and managed. Now, Rose says he still enjoys betting on baseball, though the circumstances of those wagers have […]
Bettors responded to the Miami Marlins’ hiring of Kim Ng as their general manager Friday by improving the team’s odds to win the World Series. The team’s historic announcement makes Ng not only the first female GM in all of North American professional sports. It also signals the long-overdue promotion […]
Winning the World Series doesn’t guarantee that you’ll repeat the feat the next year. But when you’re a perennial favorite like the Los Angeles Dodgers, expectations are high, even before you add a championship to the mix. The Dodgers have opened as the consensus favorites to win the 2021 World […]
Those who took the World Series favorite Dodgers to win in six were rewarded by the thinnest of margins thanks to a critical, mid-game pitching change. Nursing a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the fifth, Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash pulled his starter and dipped into his fatigued […]
The Los Angeles Dodgers survived a strong start from Blake Snell and the forced departure of one of their players due to a late, positive COVID-19 test to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 in Game 6 and win the 2020 World Series. Julio Urias struck out Willy Adames to […]
The World Series began in 1903 and we’ve compiled a complete list of winners who claimed the Major League Baseball championship. The Los Angeles Dodgers won the 2020 World Series to secure the franchise’s seventh title. This year marks the Dodgers’ 21st trip to the World Series with their last […]
The Los Angeles Dodgers need just one more win to capture their first World Series title since 1988 after a 4-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 5 on Sunday. The Dodgers now lead the series three games to two, and will try to close out the Rays […]
Clayton Kershaw made his case for World Series MVP when he picked up a second win with another strong performance in Game 5 on Sunday. Even so, he’ll face strong competition from Dodgers teammate Corey Seager, while breakout star Randy Arozarena could take the honor if the Rays come back […]
Before the 2020 World Series’ first pitch, I predicted the Dodgers would win in six. It wasn’t a tough call. The Dodgers were heavily favored, the best team in the COVID-shortened MLB regular season, and peaking at the right time coming back from a 3-1 deficit to a formidable Atlanta Braves […]
The Los Angeles Dodgers were one out away from taking a commanding 3-1 lead in the World Series. Instead, the Tampa Bay Rays captured a Game 4 win after what will go down as one of the most memorable plays in baseball history. Tampa Bay earned an 8-7 win over […]
Julio Urias has the opportunity to put the Los Angeles Dodgers on the brink of their first championship since 1988 when they take on the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 4 of the World Series on Saturday. The Dodgers come into the game with a 2-1 series lead after beating […]
The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Tampa Bay Rays will each throw their most dependable playoff starters in Game 3 of the World Series on Friday night. The World Series stands tied at one game each after the Rays held on for a 6-4 win in Game 2 on Wednesday. […]
When the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 8-3 in Game 1 of the World Series, most bettors won, too. By and large, the public has been behind the Dodgers since the beginning of the season, leaving sportsbooks rooting for the underdog Rays to pull off an upset […]
Clayton Kershaw gave up just one run on two hits over six innings of work to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to an 8-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 1 of the World Series. Kershaw struck out eight batters before Dodgers manager Dave Roberts pulled him from […]
The pandemic-shortened MLB season accompanied by an expanded roster of teams for the MLB playoff resulted in the top two seeds facing off in the World Series after taking the wildest routes imaginable. The Dodgers came back from a 3-1 series deficit against the Atlanta Braves to clinch the NL […]
The most unusual MLB season in recent memory will conclude with one of the sport’s oldest traditions when the Los Angeles Dodgers meet the Tampa Bay Rays in the World Series beginning on Tuesday. The Dodgers enter the World Series as the consensus favorite and are also the pick to […]
In most seasons, a handful of superstars dominate the World Series MVP discussion. But with the star-studded Los Angeles Dodgers taking on the Tampa Bay Rays – a team that has made a point of not having big names on its roster – the race is wide open heading into […]
The Los Angeles Dodgers needed to stage a heroic comeback to beat the Atlanta Braves in the NLCS, but oddsmakers still like the National League champions to beat the Tampa Bay Rays, according to World Series odds released overnight. The Dodgers came from behind to beat the Braves 4-3 in […]
Walker Buehler shut down the Atlanta Braves in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series to earn the Los Angeles Dodgers one more shot at a World Series berth. The Dodgers won Game 6 by a 3-1 margin to force a decisive Game 7 in the NLCS. Buehler, Early […]
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