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As World Series begins, postseason viewership at its highest since 2017

October 22, 2025

As the Los Angeles Dodgers get ready to defend their World Series title against the Toronto Blue Jays, global viewership for the MLB Postseason has registered big audiences who are following the exciting action, close games and international stars. Through the League Championship Series, MLB Postseason viewership is averaging 4.48

Jays' win takes its place among all-time LCS Game 7s

October 20, 2025

It doesn't get any more exciting than a winner-take-all Game 7 in baseball, and that was proven true once again with a thrilling Game 7 of the American League Championship Series on Monday night in Toronto. With a dramatic 4-3 victory, the Blue Jays reached the World Series for the

Ohtani's Game 4 greatness -- relived by every call of all 3 homers!

@Spokes_Murphy
October 18, 2025

Shohei Ohtani’s otherworldly performance in NLCS Game 4 on Friday left everyone in awe. It was perhaps the greatest game by any player in MLB history.

Here's who might run it back with Brewers in 2026

October 18, 2025

MILWAUKEE – Brandon Woodruff looked around the room in the wake of the Brewers’ season-ending, 5-1 loss to the Dodgers in Game 4 of the NLCS and saw a team positioned to move forward, not backward, after it gets past the sting of being swept. “We weren’t supposed to be

Crew's magical year ends in NLCS at hands of Dodgers, Ohtani

October 18, 2025

LOS ANGELES – The 2025 Brewers will be remembered for overcoming a historically lopsided 0-4 start to lead the Majors with 97 victories. They will be remembered for the eight-game winning streak in May and June that set them on the right path, the 11-game winning streak in July during

Sasaki's latest bullpen feat? Securing Dodgers' trip to World Series

October 18, 2025

LOS ANGELES -- Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman sat down with Roki Sasaki in September and laid it out: he had missed a good amount of time with his right shoulder impingement. The starting rotation was in the best spot it had been all season as he was

13 reasons Shohei had the greatest game ever

October 18, 2025

We are so lucky to witness Shohei Ohtani. That has been true for a while, but never has it been more prominently on display than on Friday night in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series.

10 K's, 0 runs, 3 moonshots: Shohei wins NLCS MVP after performance of a lifetime

Dodgers superstar becomes 1st player in MLB history with 3 homers and 10 strikeouts as a pitcher
@sonjamchen
October 18, 2025

LOS ANGELES -- Sometimes all it takes is one game.

Powered by a game for the ages, LA back in World Series

October 18, 2025

LOS ANGELES -- Max Muncy stood near the edge of the Dodgers’ batting cage, which by late Friday had plunged into chaos. Plastic sheets hung on the walls and covered the ground, catching champagne corks and empty beer bottles. By the time Muncy stopped to speak about an hour after

Ohtani's G4 HRs broken down: From leadoff, to clearing roof, to rare 3rd

October 18, 2025

LOS ANGELES -- Just when you think you've finally seen it all from Shohei Ohtani, he finds yet another way to make history -- and then another … and another.

A complete timeline of an unforgettable night of baseball

@Spokes_Murphy
October 18, 2025

Friday's two League Championship Series games featured overpowering pitching, multiple jaw-dropping homers and a never-before-seen feat from the incomparable Shohei Ohtani. If you missed any of the action -- or just want to relive it all, like us -- then you're in luck. Here's a timeline recounting all of Friday's

LIVE: Brewers-Dodgers NLCS Game 4 (TBS)

@sonjamchen
October 17, 2025

LOS ANGELES -- For the Dodgers and Brewers, the math has become quite simple. Los Angeles must win one more game to reach the World Series for a second consecutive season. Milwaukee must win four in a row to complete one of the most significant comebacks in professional sports history.

Chourio returns to lineup for Game 4 day after exiting with right hamstring cramp

October 17, 2025

LOS ANGELES -- One day after exiting Game 3 with a right hamstring injury, Jackson Chourio was back in the Brewers' starting lineup for Friday night’s must-win Game 4 of the NLCS against the Dodgers.

Injured Mitchell makes surprise visit to Brewers in LA

October 17, 2025

LOS ANGELES -- The sight of former first-round Draft pick Garrett Mitchell in the Brewers’ dugout for Game 3 of the National League Championship Series was welcome for everybody, because there was a time not so long ago, in the early stages from his latest season-altering injury, that it’s the

'It’s a privilege': Quintana starts with Brewers in win-or-go-home mode

October 17, 2025

LOS ANGELES -- In a game that holds the power to save or sink their season, the Brewers turned to a man who had thrown a grand total of 49 pitches over the past month.

Can Dodgers clinch? Will Blue Jays' bats keep clicking? LCS storylines to watch

October 17, 2025

We spend the entire regular season obsessing over playoff seeding, in large part because home-field advantage is supposed to be such a big deal. And now here we are, seven games into the two League Championship Series, and the home teams are … 1-6. It has led to a 2-2

Dodgers take 3-0 series edge by beating Brewers at their own game

@sonjamchen
October 16, 2025

LOS ANGELES -- Give them an inch, and they'll take a mile. That philosophy is a big part of how the Brewers surged to the best record in baseball this year.

'A good day for the boys' as Dodgers' bullpen locks down G3 win

October 16, 2025

LOS ANGELES -- Even though most of the Dodgers’ relievers never got their numbers called in the first two games of the National League Championship Series in Milwaukee, it didn’t take away from their focus.

'Miz' dazzles with 9 K's in historic relief outing

October 16, 2025

LOS ANGELES – The last time Jacob Misiorowski encountered traffic on the basepaths like he saw in Game 3 of the NLCS on Thursday, he wilted. This time, the rookie right-hander rose to the occasion and gave the Brewers every opportunity to save their season. Misiorowski topped out at 102.5

Unrelenting Dodgers on verge of NLCS sweep, World Series return

October 16, 2025

LOS ANGELES -- There’s something to the idea of playoff experience, Dodgers second baseman Tommy Edman said. For someone taking part in his first postseason series, “it’s definitely a lot harder to slow your heartbeat down, versus if you’ve been in those moments a lot in the past.”

Chourio (cramp) hopeful for quick return after Game 3 exit

October 16, 2025

LOS ANGELES -- The Brewers were already facing an uphill climb in their quest to win their first pennant in 43 years -- and that was before they watched phenom Jackson Chourio hop off the field in the middle of an at-bat in Game 3 of the National League Championship

Ohtani's latest trick? Making his splitter reappear

October 16, 2025

Here's the thing about when Shohei Ohtani pitches: He always has another trick up his sleeve.

LIVE: Brewers-Dodgers NLCS Game 3 (TBS)

@sonjamchen
October 16, 2025

MILWAUKEE -- The Dodgers have played eight postseason games this year. They have won seven. On their current course, they appear set to cruise to a second consecutive National League pennant. Not so fast, says Brewers manager Pat Murphy.

Most intriguing storylines for tonight's double-dip LCS action

October 16, 2025

You didn’t think both these series were going to end in sweeps, did you? You might have, actually, after watching the first two games of both the ALCS and NLCS. The first two innings of ALCS Game 3 on Wednesday night did nothing to change your mind, as the Mariners

As LA pitchers author playoff history, Glasnow gets next chapter

October 15, 2025

LOS ANGELES -- Throughout much of the regular season, Dodgers veterans like Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman preached how so many facets of the game -- hitting or slumps, for example -- can be contagious. But how about pitching?