Baseball

10/17/2025 |  Baseball's .300 hitter has nearly gone extinct (NBC Sports) Before he stepped into the batter’s box in Detroit for his last at-bat on the final day of the 2000 Major League Baseball season, Minnesota Twins infielder Denny Hocking had done the math.
All spring and summer, Hocking’s batting average had hovered above or just below the magical mark of .300, an average he had never reached in his seven previous big-league seasons. It wasn’t some obscure statistic. Baseball is defined by numbers, yet few have resonated quite like the challenge of getting three base hits out of every 10 at-bats. 

10/17/2025 |  How Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki are set up for success in Dodgers' uniquely built infrastructure (Yahoo Sports) When Yoshinobu Yamamoto arrived in Glendale, Arizona, for his first spring training with the Dodgers, fresh off signing the largest free-agent contract for a pitcher in MLB history, his new team quickly realized a minor problem.
The issue was not with Yamamoto himself — the then-25-year-old hurler was as good and as generationally talented as advertised — but with his interpreter, Yoshihiro “Hiro” Sonoda.

10/17/2025 |  Brewers fan fired after saying 'let's call ICE' on Latino Dodgers fan; both banned from American Family Field (Yahoo Sports) A Milwaukee Brewers fan who threatened "let's call ICE" on a Latino Los Angeles Dodgers fan in a video recorded Tuesday during NLCS Game 2 has lost her job, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Both fans have been banned from the Brewers' American Family Field.

10/16/2025 |  Orioles reportedly interested in MLB veteran Albert Pujols for open managerial position (CBS Sports) Add the Orioles to the list of teams with interest in future Hall of Famer Albert Pujols for their open managerial position. The O's have expressed interest in Pujols but have yet to formally interview him, according to ESPN. The MLB veteran is reportedly also in talks with the Angels, his longtime team, about their opening.

10/16/2025 |  Kevin Durant responds to Mariners star wearing his jersey to ALCS Game 3 (Yahoo Sports) Kevin Durant sounded pretty flattered by one Seattle Mariners star’s choice of attire this week.
On Wednesday, the Mariners hosted the Toronto Blue Jays at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Wash. for Game 3 of their ALCS playoff series. Seattle won the first two games of the series in Toronto and thus got to take a 2-0 lead into their first home game on Wednesday.