2021 World Series: Dodgers favorites, Padres rise as  challengers

2021 World Series: Dodgers favorites, Padres rise as challengers

The 2021 Major League Baseball season is at full throttle, as we’re about to reach the end of the first half of the season. The reigning champions Los Angeles Dodgers are still the favorites to lift the Commissioner’s Trophy at the end of the season, despite being currently placed third in the National League West…

Yankees defeat the Red Sox in one of the greatest games in baseball history
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Yankees defeat the Red Sox in one of the greatest games in baseball history

On October 16, 2003, At Yankee Stadium the New York Yankees defeat the Boston Red Sox in one of the greatest games in baseball history. With the two rivals meeting in Game Seven of the ALCS, the Red Sox hold a 5-2 lead entering the bottom of the eighth inning. Pedro Martinez is in control…

In the Reds’ 4 – 1 victory over Pirates, two sets of brothers appear in the same lineup for the first time in major league history

In the Reds’ 4 – 1 victory over Pirates, two sets of brothers appear in the same lineup for the first time in major league history. Stephen Larkin plays first, Bret Boone is at second, Barry Larkin is at short and Aaron Boone plays third making up the all-brother infield. Aaron Boone’s 3-run homer gives Brett Tomko (13-12) the complete game victory. Stephen Larkin is a career minor leaguer with a pacemaker and had a new one installed in August after his old one had a hiccup. Stephen hit .228 with three home run and 31 RBI in 80 games with the AA Chattanooga Lookouts this year.