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Yasiel Puig sued for sexual assault at 2018 Lakers game

News broke late Thursday afternoon that free-agent outfielder Yasiel Puig is being sued for sexual assault....

White Sox fill manager slot by exhuming corpse of Tony La Russa

It is impossible to accurately describe how confounding the White Sox hiring of Tony La Russa as manager is. That adjective is not even close to properly illustrating the shock, confusion, and anger of just about anyone around the club today. It’s like staring at a car crash, but both vehicles were ...

MLB billionaires have waited years to screw working-class staff at altar of profit, & here it is

It’s no accident that before the World Series came to its conclusion, MLB was getting it out there just how much of a financial disaster this season was for the owners. You’ve got to lay the groundwork, and MLB wants all its fans to know why its owners will be non-tendering some pretty big names to ...

Rob Manfred does what he does best: Pass off responsibility

Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrongIt’s an oldie, but still true. Perhaps it’s unfair to the Dodgers that perhaps the enduring image of their World Series win will be Justin Turner returning to the field to celebrate after testing positive for COVID-19. Maybe that’s what Turner and the Dodgers deser...

Missing out on a title must sting, but Price was right to sit out after Turner COVID mess

David Price already got his World Series ring in 2018 with the Red Sox, so it’s not as emotionally wrenching as it could be that, after opting out of this season, the lefthander wasn’t part of the Dodgers’ first championship since 1988....

Kevin Cash broke baseball, or baseball broke him, take your pick with the pitching change that will haunt Rays for years

There is no winning the argument. Having the argument is probably the point. It’s been dominating baseball for the past 20 years. What the spreadsheets say, what baseball logic says....

Banning the shift isn’t a fix for what’s wrong with baseball

In tight World Series spot, Clayton Kershaw finally delivers for the Dodgers

ARLINGTON, Texas — There are baseball stories. There are Hollywood stories. This is both....

Dave Roberts was let down by his players as much as he let them down, but that won’t save him

Let’s face it. Dave Roberts’s job is pretty simple, while also being impossible. In normal times, he doesn’t really have to do much over six months. The roster is turn-key, and as long as he or someone else doesn’t sneak peyote into his coffee before the game, he can’t really abuse it in any way to ...

After the Dodgers' latest choke, here are some other guys who absolutely sucked at fielding

In appreciation of the Los Angeles Dodgers losing Game 4 of the 2020 World Series in spectacular fashion, reminding us all that defense — bad defense — can decide baseball games, we thought we’d take a look back at the worst fielders we’ve ever seen....

Livid Yadier Molina only has his season to blame for Gold Glove diss, not MLB

Yadier Molina is one of the best defensive catchers of all time, his nine Gold Gloves ranking third in baseball history at the game’s most challenging position, behind Ivan Rodriguez’s 13 and Johnny Bench’s 10....

Minor League Baseball players are justifiably sick of earning ‘$4 an hour’

For many hardcore baseball fans (like me, before I began researching this story), the idea of playing in Minor League Baseball is like the dream before the dream comes true. Sure, we know there are long bus rides, the pay is lousy and there’s a good chance you can end up at Sears selling Lady Kenmor...

How much should Cubs fans care about their team's horrendous owners?

Todd Ricketts is a petulant child, and he’s mad because his awful brother, Tom, gets all the attention as chairman of the Chicago Cubs. Todd and his sister, Laura, also run the franchise, but Todd doesn’t care about Laura. He just wants you to know that he’s one of the people who owns the team....

Bellinger and Dodgers’ Kid ’n Play footsie is adorable alternative to hazardous homer celebrations

You could see the playfulness right from the first tap, as Cody Bellinger crossed home plate and morphed into the “Kid” to Max Muncy’s “Play.” Belli just kept on tapping toes the whole way back to the dugout. It was a gloriously fun moment for baseball fans (though decidedly not actual Rays fans) to...

Ex-Astros GM Jeff Luhnow assures you: I did all the good stuff, but none of the cheating

Jeff Luhnow, the disgraced, suspended, and fired general manager of the Astros, has finally spoken publicly, giving a 37-minute interview to Houston NBC affiliate KPRC. And the man who ran the team responsible for baseball’s biggest scandal in a century would like the world to know that it wasn’t hi...

Choker or Champion? Why the 2020 World Series will define Clayton Kershaw

For sure, a legacy hangs in the balance of this World Series....

Dodgers and Rays are like mirror images of each other ... sorta

It’s tired as shit, and if you’ve spent more than six consecutive minutes on Twitter you’ve already seen the two Spider-men pointing at each other at least 14 times. And yet, these types of things tend to be borne out of truth before they approach and then surpass the saturation point....

Don't ever call it Hot-lanta again... it's Choke-lanta

It’s a Trash Talking Tuesday, and today I’m trashing Atlanta as a sports town. ...

The villainy doesn’t end with the Astros

There was a visceral joy in watching the Rays, on their fourth attempt, finally put the Astros to the sword last night. ...

'Emotional roller coaster' ride ends & Rays bettor wins $300K on AL pennant [UPDATED]

This story has been updated...