NEW YORK – Game 4 of the American League Championship Series between the Astros and Yankees has been postponed due to continued projections of inclement weather in the New York City area, Major League Baseball announced on Wednesday. ALCS Game 4, originally scheduled to be played at Yankee Stadium on

ANAHEIM -- The Angels got their man, as they hired veteran Joe Maddon to be their next manager, reportedly on a three-year contract. The hiring marks a homecoming for Maddon, who spent 31 years in the organization, including stints as interim manager of the Angels in 1996 and ’99. He

NEW YORK -- Mother Nature has been known, on occasion, to leave indelible marks on the landscape of the postseason. Just ask the Indians about Game 7 of the 2016 World Series (or better yet, ask the Cubs). Well, an already compelling American League Championship Series between the Yankees and

The Nationals have done what no team in franchise history has done before: After 50 years -- 36 in Montreal as the Expos and 14 more in Washington D.C. -- the Nationals reached the World Series. No franchise had gone longer before appearing in its first World Series. With a

Former sportswriter Bill Simmons, nearly two decades ago now, coined the “Ewing Theory,” a postulate that suggests certain sports teams improve once they lose their best and most high-profile player. (As it says in that piece, the theory actually was invented by Simmons’ friend Dave Cirilli, but no one remembers

The good news for the Washington Nationals is that they are in their first World Series. They beat the champions of the National League West and now they’ve swept the champs of the NL Central. They were down two games to one to the Dodgers and came back to win

NEW YORK -- When the American League Championship Series resumes with the rescheduled Game 4 on Thursday evening at Yankee Stadium, the Astros will take the field hoping to build upon their 2-1 advantage in the best-of-seven series.

The Washington Nationals are headed to the World Series. It’s the first World Series appearance in franchise history, leaving the Mariners as the lone remaining franchise to never reach the Fall Classic. But when thinking of just what the World Series appearance means for the Nationals, it requires a look

The Nationals punched their ticket to the World Series, and now they wait for their American League opponent. After sweeping the Cardinals in the NL Championship Series, the Nats will play the winner of the Yankees-Astros AL Championship Series. Game 1 of the 2019 World Series presented by YouTube TV

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WASHINGTON -- As he prepared to leave the visitors' clubhouse at Nationals Park late Tuesday night, Marcell Ozuna said he hopes that Game 4 of the National League Championship Series was not the end of his time with the Cardinals.

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WASHINGTON -- Maybe it had to be this way, a reminder of the road they traveled. That first playoff series seven years ago came against the Cardinals, a crushing loss in Game 5 that in retrospect foreshadowed what October would be like for years to come in D.C. All the

The Nationals completed a four-game sweep of the Cardinals in the National League Championship Series on Tuesday night, and once again their starting pitching was at the forefront. A 7-4 victory at Nationals Park behind Patrick Corbin propelled them into their first World Series appearance. They will face either the

NEW YORK -- Gerrit Cole had nearly as many walks as strikeouts on Tuesday, which typically would have been an ominous sign for the Astros. He didn’t blow the Yankees away, recording only one strikeout on his fastball. Cole failed to reach double-digit strikeouts for the first time since Aug.

WASHINGTON -- Howie Kendrick stood toward the back of the podium, off to one side, clapping and smiling in as much anonymity as one can achieve amidst a screaming stadium full of people. Like his Nationals teammates, Kendrick wore a gray “National League CHAMPS” T-shirt and hat, neither yet soaked

NEW YORK -- Edwin Encarnacion is better known for prodigious home runs than for legging out infield singles, but with the Yankees desperately seeking baserunners late in Tuesday’s Game 3 of the American League Championship Series, the home crowd roared after believing it had witnessed a rarity. Encarnación was initially

WASHINGTON -- Squinting through champagne-tinged goggles, Daniel Hudson saw vindication in the way it ended. Sean Doolittle did, too, standing amid a raucous on-field celebration at Nationals Park. Later at the postgame podium, Dave Martinez agreed. None will deny the numbers; all will contend they hardly matter now. That’s because

NEW YORK -- The boisterous crowd at Yankee Stadium welcomed Astros second baseman José Altuve with a chorus of boos when he was announced in pregame introductions before Game 3 of the American League Championship Series on Tuesday.

NEW YORK -- This season marked the year of the home run across the Major Leagues, with 15 teams matching or setting their franchise records for roundtrippers. The Astros can certainly hit the ball over the fence with the best of them, but in the playoffs, the little things matter,

NEW YORK -- Six outs. That’s all the Astros needed from their bullpen on Tuesday in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series to secure a victory and a 2-1 series advantage against the Yankees.

NEW YORK -- The Yankees continue to believe that they can slug their way to a parade through the Canyon of Heroes, even against elite pitching. That has not been the case in two of three games during this American League Championship Series, and it must change quickly if they

NEW YORK -- The number that stands out from Luis Severino’s final pitching line Tuesday night in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series wasn’t the two runs he gave up to the Astros. It was the 4 1/3 innings pitched in the Yankees’ 4-1 loss.