The Milwaukee Brewers, before Friday, had not played a World Series game in 44 years. Now they are two wins -- two little wins -- from their first World Series title. The Rays, meanwhile, come back home to Tropicana Field, the home where they have been so successful all year,

MILWAUKEE -- Two games, two runs. That’s the difference in this World Series, a stage where the minuscule can be massive. Going into Game 3 on Monday night at Tropicana Field, the Brewers are two wins away from a franchise-first title. And the closely contested nature of their victories in

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Brewers were already the favorite in this World Series. They earned that by finishing the regular season with the best record in the Major Leagues before sweeping the back-to-back champion Dodgers in the National League Championship Series. Two games into this World Series, the American League

ST. PETERSBURG -- Brice Turang swears he never said it during negotiations on his first pro contract. “You going to let $1 million stand in the way of signing a Hall of Famer?" The Brewers’ brain trust swears he did.

ST. PETERSBURG -- As a child, Francisco Lindor spent his days learning the same topics as any other Puerto Rican elementary school student. In his classrooms, Lindor absorbed lessons about the island’s indigenous peoples and the Taíno who eventually displaced them. He learned about the Spaniards’ arrival and of Puerto

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Before World Series Game 1 this past week in Milwaukee, as the Rays and Brewers convened along the American Family Field foul lines, a video detailing each team’s route to the Fall Classic played on the scoreboard. When it flashed to a clip of Freddy Peralta

ST. PETERSBURG -- It’s nice to know that in an age of such sophistication, in which every twitch on the field is tracked and every decision gets debated by analysts with advanced degrees, some things in baseball are still done the old fashioned way. One of them is the Milwaukee

Taylor Walls is a cheater. The Rays know it, and they fully support him. “He cheats, if you want to call it that," Tampa Bay bench coach Rodney Linares said earlier this season.

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ST. PETERSBURG -- Ken Welch was stationed at the city’s emergency operations center as Hurricane Milton bore down on the Tampa Bay area, monitoring about 20 screens as city officials tracked the second straight storm to strike Florida’s Gulf Coast in the fall of 2024. One video feed was from

ST. PETERSBURG – Every now and again, Jim Gasser pinches himself and wonders if this is really unfolding before him. “What a small baseball world,” Jim said on the eve of watching his son, Robert Gasser, start for the Brewers in Game 3 of the World Series on Monday night

ST. PETERSBURG -- The winner of this World Series? Scouts. In an era in which the industry has shifted away from traditional in-person scouting, the Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays won their pennants on limited payrolls through both robust analytical infrastructures and heavy investment in old-school boots-on-the-ground scouting.

Chandler Simpson, Rays speedster and occasional No. 3 hitter, has never hit a homer in the Major Leagues. Just look at his MLB.com player card to prove it: “HR: 0,” in 985 regular season plate appearances, and none in the postseason, either, as befits one of the lightest-hitting players in

ST. PETERSBURG -- There were World Series preparations to make, tickets to distribute, television crews to accommodate and a refurbished Tropicana Field to dress as baseball’s biggest stage. The Rays had plenty to do this past week. But when the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers called with an unusual request involving

Fastball Freddy is bringing the heat in October. Freddy Peralta’s four-seam fastball -- which he is throwing 67.1% of the time this postseason -- is averaging 96.9 mph through four playoff appearances.

What happens when you bring together elite athletes, thousands of fans and two of the world’s most popular sports? You get MLBx: Mumbai, a one-of-a-kind way to introduce baseball to a new audience. Saturday’s MLBx event at the Mumbai Football Arena featured a unique sporting crossover, blending skills and uniting

The leaves may be continuing to change and temperatures starting to drop, but the hitters are only getting hotter in the Arizona Fall League. Twenty-nine homers were hit by 22 players during the third week of play in the desert. Dozens of bats recorded multihit showings, with three of them

MILWAUKEE -- They call it the Good Land, full of friendly strangers and easygoing souls. But boy, it will turn on you in a hurry if you come here trying to beat their Brewers.

MILWAUKEE -- The past two evenings, Bob Koehler did what he has done every day the Brewers have played at home since 1986. He took a walk. On Friday, before Game 1 of the World Series, MLB Network walked with him.

MILWAUKEE – The Brewers are heading to St. Petersburg with a two games to none lead in the World Series, and their favorite Robin is flying along. “Hey, I waited 44 years for this!” Hall of Famer Robin Yount said. “I am not missing a game.”

MILWAUKEE -- Usually, you’ll see Junior Caminero leading with joy. He’s often the first one out of the dugout, celebrating on the field, when one of his teammates has a big moment. He’s quick to rush to their side to provide consolation. He’s even quicker with a big smile and

MILWAUKEE -- Jake Bauers almost started crying. Aaron Ashby called it his favorite swing of the year. Brice Turang couldn’t stop screaming.

MILWAUKEE -- Two games in, the World Series has tilted clearly in the Brewers’ favor. Playing the first Fall Classic games in Milwaukee in 44 years, the Brewers pressed all their advantages to take a 2-0 series lead, beating the Rays, 5-4, on Saturday in Game 2. Here’s the instant

MILWAUKEE -- As American Family Field erupted around him, Aaron Ashby exuded only calm. The rest of the Brewers were whooping and hollering, running in from their positions to celebrate. Rays designated hitter Yandy Díaz was steaming mad, convinced his game-ending check swing was a take. Through it all, Ashby

MILWAUKEE -- The Rays couldn’t have asked for a much better start to Game 2 of the World Series. After a frustrating one-run loss in Game 1 marked by a lack of timely hitting, they jumped out to a four-run lead in the first inning Saturday night thanks to big

MILWAUKEE – The Rays spent six months proving that doing the little things right would win baseball games. Over the past two nights, they've discovered how costly it is when they don’t. The crisp, fundamentally sound play that vaulted Tampa Bay into the World Series has been missing in action