After 162 games, the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees finished with identical 92-70 records. That set up a one-game wild-card playoff between the AL East rivals at Fenway Park on Tuesday, with the loser exiting the playoffs. The Yankees will head into Boston as a slight favorite and […]
Five teams are still contending for two AL wild-card berths with less than a week remaining in the regular season. But the last few days have brought a small amount of clarity, making it seem more like three teams are battling for one spot in the playoffs. The New York […]
2021 has been the year of Shohei Ohtani. The two-way star has accomplished things on the mound and at the plate that no player has approached since Babe Ruth more than 100 years ago. Yet there’s still at least a touch of drama in the AL MVP race as Vladimir […]
Gerrit Cole and Robbie Ray have emerged as the two clear favorites to win the AL Cy Young Award this year. But both aces struggled in their last starts, potentially opening the door for a dark horse to join the race down the stretch. Ray went just 4.2 innings for […]
Bryce Harper and Fernando Tatis Jr. are currently focused on the National League playoff race, as both the Phillies and the Padres are still in contention for a wild card spot, while the Phillies could also win the NL East. But the two superstars are also engaged in their own […]
The San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers have both clinched playoff spots. Barring a complete collapse, each will easily win more than 100 games in the regular season. Yet, only one team can win the NL West, while the other faces a dangerous one-game, wild-card playoff if it wants […]
Topps released another round of sports NFTs on Thursday, porting its Inception baseball series to the company’s proprietary blockchain website that previously hosted drops for Bazooka Joe and Bundesliga products. The ToppsNFTs.com website uses Avalanche (AVAX) to power its sports NFT drops, as opposed to the WAX-powered MLB Series 1 […]
The New York Yankees appeared headed to another devastating loss on Monday when they fell behind 5-0 early to the Minnesota Twins. But an Aaron Judge homer in the eighth inning tied the game, and Gary Sanchez knocked in the winning run in the 10th for a 6-5 victory that […]
For the entirety of the 2021 season, conventional wisdom has held that only one NL East team could make the playoffs, with nobody outside the eventual division winner holding any hope of grabbing a wild-card spot. But, as the stretch run comes into focus, the cream of the division’s crop […]
NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo attended a Milwaukee Brewers game on Tuesday. And, while Antetokounmpo has attended many Brewers games, this was his first as the team’s newest minority owner. Antetokounmpo’s investment is hardly unique, however, as professional athletes, actors, and private equity firms continue to pour money into professional sports. […]
Earlier this summer, the New York Yankees were struggling to string wins together, and it remained an open question as to whether the loaded roster would even make it to the postseason. But the team has put together a run of 11 straight wins to take command of the American […]
Panini America continued its foray into sports NFTs on Monday, as it began dropping its 2021 Prizm Baseball NFT packs for collectors. Each $10 pack contains three cards of varying rarity, with inserts saved for later pack drops. Panini baseball NFTs attract tepid prices The first of those inserts appeared […]
The hottest team in baseball beat the second-hottest team in baseball last night when the New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves met in a game between two teams with nine-game winning streaks. The Bronx Bombers prevailed and the Yankees have now won 10 games in a row, extending their streak […]
When the San Francisco Giants jumped out to a fast start and never looked back, conventional wisdom dictated that three NL West teams would make the playoffs: the winner of the battle between the Giants and the Dodgers would take the division, while the other would join the San Diego […]
The bat Mickey Mantle used to launch his 500th home run has been in the Baseball Hall of Fame for decades, but a recent lawsuit filed by Joe Pepitone claims he’s the bat’s rightful owner. Granted, the bat does have his name on it. The dispute over the bat’s ownership […]
The sizzling New York Yankees completed a three-game sweep of the Boston Red Sox and moved into second place in the AL East after winning 28 out of 39 games. The Yankees won six games in a row and now lead the Red Sox by a full game, while currently […]
The New York Yankees are the hottest team in baseball right now with a 22-8 clip. They’re also super excited about the auspicious debut of their rookie starting pitcher, Luis Gil, who hurled three scoreless outings over 15.2 innings in his first three big-league starts. Gil is 1-0 with a […]
This year’s inaugural Field of Dreams Game between the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox was a huge hit, so the MLB will stage another matchup in an Iowa cornfield with the Chicago Cubs hosting the Cincinnati Reds in 2022. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred hinted that the next Field […]
The New York Yankees have been on a tear since the trade deadline and have seen their postseason odds vastly improve. According to a playoffs prop bet by DraftKings, the Yankees are -140 odds that they’ll make the postseason, presumably as an AL wild-card team. You can fade the Yankees […]
A year ago, the lanky kid from Santa Cruz worked as an electrician, but now he’s a big league pitcher who etched his name into the MLB record book. Tyler Gilbert from the Arizona Diamondbacks became the fourth pitcher in MLB history to throw a no-hitter in his first start […]
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