MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers have used the slogan “Magic Brew” as the tagline for their postseason run.

On Tuesday night, the Dodgers made it feel like the magic was running out.

In their first truly stress-free win of these playoffs, the Dodgers slowly suffocated the Brewers in a 5-1 Game 2 victory in the National League ...Read more

MILWAUKEE — Technically, Roki Sasaki was available to pitch in relief for the Dodgers on Tuesday night.

Realistically, he wasn’t.

“I wouldn’t say unavailable,” manager Dave Roberts said before the game. “But it is unlikely that we will use him.”

The Dodgers had only one potential silver bullet, and it wasn’t even loaded for ...Read more

BOSTON — When Alex Bregman signed a three-year, $120 million deal with the Red Sox this past spring that included opt outs after each season, it seemed clear the veteran third baseman would try his luck on the open market at some point.

Now, it appears that time has come.

According to MLB insider Jon Heyman, Bregman plans to exercise his opt...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Can you put a price on the experience of enjoying a World Series game at Dodger Stadium?

Yes, and it's a very high one.

The Dodgers put tickets for potential World Series games on sale Tuesday, with the cheapest seat available for $881.95, according to an afternoon review of the team website. That seat — $800 for the ticket ...Read more

TORONTO — After conceding nine consecutive runs in a stunning loss to the Detroit Tigers, a song cruelly thumped through the Seattle Mariners’ clubhouse. It seemed, at the time, like a fitting nod to this fan base’s unending agony.

The same six words repeated:

I’m just a sucker for pain.

Consider where these Mariners were on Wednesday...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Tyrese Haliburton was once a Milwaukee Brewers fan.

Now he's possibly their biggest troll.

On Saturday, the injured Indiana Pacers star sat on his team's bench during a preseason game against the Oklahoma City Thunder wearing a Chicago Cubs jersey. It just so happened that the Cubs were playing the Brewers that day in Game 5 of...Read more

SANTA ANA, Calif. — Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died in a hotel room because the ballclub allowed an employee they allegedly long knew to be a drug addict and dealer to travel with players on a Texas road trip, attorneys representing Skaggs’ family told an Orange County jury on Tuesday, Oct. 14, as a civil trial began in a wrongful death ...Read more

SEATTLE — The Canadians are coming.

Welcome. Good to see you, even if there may not be as many coming to town as in the past.

The next three days at T-Mobile Park could end up looking a little bit like years of the past when a flock of Blue Jays would make the trip south from Western Canada with the hopes of seeing the team of the country ...Read more

MILWAUKEE — The disparity in the payrolls was the focus of the series before the first pitch ever delivered, the handiwork of the manager in charge of the small-market franchise that won more regular season games than any team in baseball.

"I'm sure that most Dodgers players can't name eight guys on our roster," joked Pat Murphy of the ...Read more

MILWAUKEE — Sixty years ago, the only pitcher with a statue at Dodger Stadium delivered the most dominant postseason performance in franchise history.

Sandy Koufax, meet Blake Snell.

With apologies to Orel Hershiser and his classic run in 1988, the three postseason starts put up by Koufax in 1965 practically mirror the three postseason ...Read more

MILWAUKEE — Blake Treinen's first save of the postseason was hardly a memorable performance.

He threw more balls than strikes. He walked the first batter he faced and nearly hit the second. And he got the final out on a pitch that was well out of the strike zone.

But he did get the final out, preserving the Dodgers' 2-1 win over the ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Why didn’t the Phillies fire Rob Thomson? Well, start by listing all of the reasons they weren’t at their best against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

— Their highest paid pitcher (Zack Wheeler), the presumptive Game 1 starter for the National League Division Series, was out for the season with a blood clot. Meanwhile, their ...Read more

DETROIT — This is going to be awkward for everybody. And for how long that lasts, nobody really seems to know.

But that’s to be expected when the elephant in the room is also the horse you’re riding.

And that is quite clearly the case now with Tarik Skubal and the Detroit Tigers, who just capped another exhilarating — and exhausting �...Read more

MILWAUKEE — The reason the Milwaukee Brewers are here in the National League Championship Series is because of plays like the one that ended the fourth inning Monday night.

A strange, one-in-a-million, 400-foot double-play in which one Brewers fielder made a spectacular defensive effort, and another never lost awareness of a wacky situation ...Read more

TORONTO — It seems with how the rotation and usage all slotted out, George Kirby is only going to make starts at T-Mobile Park this postseason.

Same appears true for Luis Castillo.

The Seattle Mariners will send Kirby to the mound in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series when it returns Wednesday evening to Seattle. That leaves ...Read more

TORONTO – The proper selection of the t-shirt, whether it’s for pregame work or postgame interviews, is made with intent out of superstition, personal promotion and purposeful messaging. They had “Pho Kit” shirts made to match a mindset needed to push their way into the postseason and winning the American League West — a story for ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Rob Thomson isn’t going anywhere.

With one year left on his contract, Thomson will be back to manage the Phillies next season, a major-league source confirmed Monday. The team will issue an announcement later in the week, with Thomson and president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski scheduled to hold back-to-back news ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Pat Murphy, the gregarious manager of the Milwaukee Brewers, was in no hurry to wrap up his news conference Sunday.

He compared Mookie Betts playing shortstop to Stephen Curry playing forward. He anointed Freddie Freeman as his favorite player even though "he's ruined Brewers history many times." He read off names from an eight-...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Mike Shildt stood in a corner of the visiting clubhouse at Wrigley Field after the San Diego Padres’ final game of 2025.

He spoke in a soft voice about the love he had for his players and the culture that had been built in his two seasons as manager.

He was devastated and proud and tired.

And he was done.

He was fairly ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — New Padres boss John Seidler says the first goal remains this one:

Win the World Series trophy.

I’ll amend that to this: win the 2026 World Series trophy.

The Padres have become an old team, but now isn’t the time to go young. Trading the old dudes looks impractical, so A.J. Preller must upgrade the talent around the nucleus...Read more