CHICAGO — As Harry Caray’s Chicago Cubs career was celebrated Thursday with the 26th “Toast to Harry Caray” sponsored by his namesake restaurant, his legacy on the South Side continues to be overlooked by his former team.

It makes sense that the restaurant is more focused on his Cubs years, when Caray became a national figure thanks to ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The timing was coincidental.

But, on Shohei Ohtani's first off day as a Dodger, the discourse Wednesday centered on the one big struggle of his 2024 season — a weakness that had cropped up once again the night before.

When there hasn't been a runner at second or third base season, Ohtani has been the best hitter in baseball. ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Neither Aaron Judge nor the Yankees had a successful series against the Orioles, as the slugger’s hit total matched the club’s win total over four games.

Judge went just 1 for 13 with four strikeouts in Baltimore, with his only hit, a single, coming in Monday’s shutout loss. Judge isn’t the only reason the Yankees won just...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Millions of dollars stolen from Shohei Ohtani by Ippei Mizuhara to pay the former interpreter’s gambling debt to an illegal bookmaking operation were funneled through Resorts World and a California casino, according to an ESPN report.

Federal authorities last month charged the former longtime interpreter for the Los Angeles ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Mets and the Chicago Cubs took the first three games of the series down to the wire this week. The fourth was no different.

The Mets walked off with a 7-6 win Thursday at Citi Field, splitting a four-game series with the Chicago Cubs. With two on and none out in the bottom of the 11th, Francisco Lindor, who came off the bench ...Read more

Just how low can the Rockies go? There’s no telling, not after getting swept in Miami by another bad baseball team.

The Marlins finished their three-game broom job with a 5-4 walk-off win in the 10th inning Thursday afternoon at loanDepot park. The Marlins’ Jesus Sanchez lined a single to left off lefty reliever Jalen Beeks to drive in ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Orioles lead the major leagues in home runs thanks to their best hitters.

Baltimore’s eight hitters with the most at-bats all have four or more homers. Gunnar Henderson blasted 10 before May 1. Cedric Mullins and Colton Cowser both have six. In 31 games, the Orioles have hit 48 homers — seven more than any other club.

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BOSTON — Since the jewel box ballpark opened in 1912, there had been 238 instances of a Yastrzemski depositing a baseball on the other side of one of Fenway Park’s fences.

All but one of them belonged to Carl Yastrzemski, who slugged the final homer of his Hall of Fame career in 1983, seven years before his only grandson was born. Four ...Read more

PHOENIX — The narrative should have been obvious.

A season ago, the Dodgers were swept by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League Division Series, marking a stunningly short postseason run for their 100-win team.

This week, the sides met Chase Field for the first time since.

For most clubs in the Dodgers’ position, bad blood ...Read more

OAKLAND, Calif. — There’s something downright cruel about it.

Sadly, such a punishment is not unusual from the Oakland Athletics.

Of course, the A’s developed into a team worth watching just before they head out of The Town.

Yes, there’s something to these 2024 A’s. They’ve won back-to-back straight series, sit in the middle of ...Read more

BOSTON — Dominic Smith has been a big leaguer for seven years, but he probably hasn’t had many days as memorable as Wednesday.

After opting out of his minor league deal with the Tampa Bay Rays, the 28-year-old first baseman signed with the Red Sox and immediately hustled up to Boston. Smith arrived shortly before first pitch, and in the ...Read more

NEW YORK — A controversial call on the field and some late-game theatrics made for an exciting, yet ultimately disappointing ending for the Mets on Wednesday night at Citi Field.

With one on and one out and the Mets trailing the Chicago Cubs 1-0, rookie center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong missed a fly ball hit by J.D. Martinez at the wall. It ...Read more

BALTIMORE — With the Yankees facing a 2-0 series hole and Corbin Burnes readying for his seventh start as an Oriole, Yankees manager Aaron Boone had nothing but praise for the Cy Young winner.

The manager labeled the right-hander, a rumored Yankees’ target over the winter, as “one of the game’s best” and a “bulldog.”

“You know ...Read more

SEATTLE — The run of dominance was going to end at some point. One of the Mariners’ starting pitchers was going to wobble or struggle in an outing because that’s how baseball works.

That it came against the Atlanta Braves — the team with the best record in baseball — who were also trying to avoid being swept in the three-game series ...Read more

OAKLAND, Calif. — A regretful road trip began the same way it started: with a shutout.

The Pirates’ bats were silenced again by Athletics starter Ross Stripling and Co. on Wednesday afternoon at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, falling 4-0 to close out a 1-5 stretch on the West Coast. In their last 16 games, the Pirates have gone 3-13, ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Zack Wheeler lacked his typical control of secondary pitches, so he had to lean on his fastball. He gave up an unusually high number of foul balls and fell into deep counts.

Oh, and in the second inning, the earth shook beneath his feet.

But it’s days like Wednesday, when the stuff isn’t as sharp, that test an ace’s ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Joe Musgrove was back to being excellent.

Jurickson Profar remained excellent.

And Jake Cronenworth made it matter with a grand slam in the seventh inning that lifted the Padres to a 6-2 victory over the Reds on Wednesday.

The victory was the Padres' second in a row following a losing streak of five games.

It was Cronenworth ...Read more

TORONTO — It looked like the Kansas City Royals were destined to be on the wrong side of history Wednesday afternoon in their eventual 6-1 victory against the Toronto Blue Jays.

Toronto starter Chris Bassitt was dealing. He hadn’t allowed a hit through five innings and was working on a career outing. The Royals couldn’t decipher his pitch...Read more