CHICAGO — Whether it was called new Comiskey Park, the Cell, the Rate or just Sox Park, the ballpark at the corner of 35th Street and Shields Avenue has been unloved over most of its 35-year existence.

Derided as the “Ball Mall” after opening in 1991, it eventually underwent a series of changes to improve the game-day atmosphere for ...Read more

ATLANTA — The Dodgers punched their ticket to the National League Championship Series with a 4-1 win in Game 4 of the division series on Wednesday at Truist Park.

It is the ninth time in the last 14 seasons that the Dodgers advanced to at least the NLCS, and they will be seeking their sixth World Series in 10 seasons starting Sunday against ...Read more

CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox were aiming to party on Wednesday in front of their home fans.

But the Cleveland Guardians had other ideas.

The Guardians scored four runs in the third inning on the way to defeating the Sox 9-3 in Game 3 of the American League Division Series in front of a sellout crowd of 40,590 at Rate Field.

Jo Adell had ...Read more

Justin Verlander isn't very good at this whole retirement thing.

Barely a week after he threw the final pitch of his legendary major league career, Verlander, the iconic Tiger, was back to work this week as a member of Fox's team of studio analysts for the Major League Baseball playoffs. Verlander joined Derek Jeter, David Ortiz and Alex ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Alex Cora won’t be the Phillies’ next manager after all.

For the second time in six months, president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski offered the job to Cora, and for the second time, Cora turned it down, a source familiar with the situation but not authorized to speak about it said late Tuesday night. (The news was ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Jim Palmer sought a conversation. According to the Orioles legend, he couldn’t even get a text back.

During his appearance on the BMore Sports Podcast in an episode released last week with fellow Orioles Hall of Famer Mike Bordick and broadcaster Jerry Coleman, Palmer, a longtime Mid-Atlantic Sports Network analyst, recalled ...Read more

The Padres kept it going.

There will be a second home game.

A Game 4.

There is a chance.

With no space at all between them and the wall they have so proudly been up against and fought their way back from so much of the season, they beat the Brewers 4-3 in Game 3 of the National League Division Series.

After losing the first two games of the...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Padres will be without closer Mason Miller for at least Game 3 of the National League Division Series.

Miller was placed on the postseason paternity list about 40 minutes before the scheduled first pitch of the Padres’ game against the Brewers at Petco Park on Tuesday.

Left-hander Wandy Peralta replaced Miller on ...Read more

ATLANTA — The Dodgers went into Game 3 of the National League Division Series knowing they couldn’t be so reliant on the home run, especially with Braves ace Chris Sale on the mound. And yet, in a 3-1 win, it was the home run ball, paired with a masterful performance on the mound from right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto, that secured the ...Read more

CHICAGO — Wednesday afternoon’s forecast at Rate Field is sunny with a high probability of lunacy.

The Chicago White Sox are back on the South Side for the first time since the end of the regular season, hoping to clinch a postseason series at home for the first time since beating the Cubs in the 1906 World Series.

The Sodfather was busy ...Read more

NEW YORK — Now more than ever, the Yankees have a need for Fried.

Suddenly on the brink of elimination, the Yankees turn to left-handed co-ace Max Fried to start Wednesday night’s ALDS Game 3 against the Tampa Bay Rays in the Bronx in hopes of extending their season.

It’s the kind of must-win game the Yankees envisioned giving Fried the ...Read more

ATLANTA — For the better part of a decade, Andrew Friedman and Stan Kasten have talked about a shared goal of making this the golden era of Dodgers baseball.

No team in major league history has more consecutive postseason appearances than these Dodgers. No National League team has won three consecutive World Series championships, but the ...Read more

ATLANTA — Manager Dave Roberts teased a major shift in the Dodgers' lineup construction before their workout Monday. Then on Tuesday he put it into action:

Superstar Shohei Ohtani is batting fifth in the lineup against Braves ace Chris Sale in Game 3 of the National League Division Series.

It's the lowest Ohtani has ever hit in the Dodgers ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays needed some help Monday against New York Yankees ace Cam Schlittler, the clear American League Cy Young Award favorite, in Game 2 of the AL Division Series.

And they got some, most notably the Yankees making a postseason-record-tying three errors in the first inning.

But the Rays only got one run out of New ...Read more

CLEVELAND — Chicago White Sox right fielder Braden Montgomery went after a first-pitch fastball from Erik Sabrowski and hit a liner down the right-field line.

Would it be fair or foul?

The ball landed in fair territory for a go-ahead two-run double.

The hit came during a three-run sixth inning for the Sox, who rallied for a 4-3 victory over...Read more

CLEVELAND — Not everything is going right for the Chicago White Sox this postseason.

It just seems that way when you’re on a roll.

On a cool Monday night at Progressive Field, the Sox struck out 11 times in the first five innings and their opener lasted only three batters before getting yanked.

For the first time in the postseason, the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers have a Shohei Ohtani problem.

That's weird because normally he's everybody else's problem. This man has been terrorizing pitchers and hitters across baseball for years.

But biceps, knee and neck ailments have taken the ball out of Ohtani's hand this season. And now, anyone who says they haven't wondered whether the ...Read more

CLEVELAND — After the White Sox salvaged the final game of the City Series in August at Wrigley Field, pitcher Erick Fedde said splitting the season series was probably a good thing.

“Maybe us going 3-3 helped Chicago not burn down,” Fedde said.

That’s a testament to the intensity of the Cubs-Sox rivalry, which fueled a few brawls at ...Read more