The Brewers and Rays are in the World Series, directly defying the narrative that small-market teams are bedraggled, woebegone, hopeless entities needing a white knight to save them.
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- Bob Nightengale USA Today
Either way, it’s the Tampa Bay Rays and the Milwaukee Brewers in the World Series — the first between two small-market franchises since the Florida Marlins and Cleveland in 1997.
- Curt Hogg Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“They may have a bunch of Hall of Famers,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said into the microphone. “But we’ve got a bunch of gamers.”
- Bob Nightengale USA TODAY
They couldn’t move at first, almost in a state of shock, then looked around at one another, gasped and finally started making their way to the middle of the field.
- Josh Peter USA TODAY
Even the most demoralized fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers must understand it’s likely going to get worse than this — and soon.
- Gabe Lacques USA TODAY
They will wake up in Cleveland still loving José Ramírez. That will never change, nor, likely, will Ramírez’s regard for the city he’s insisted on making his baseball home.
- Bob Nightengale USA TODAY
The Dodgers certainly weren’t taking the Brewers for granted, not after winning 103 games this season, but they never imagined that their high-powered offense would be suffocated like this.
During the bottom of the sixth inning at Yankee Stadium in Game 3, the sellout crowd of nearly 49,000 sat eerily quiet, waiting for something, anything, to happen.
Well, here we go again, it’s the Milwaukee Brewers against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Small market vs. big market. David vs. Goliath.
So much attention was bestowed upon the $700 million signing of Shohei Ohtani that the fact Yoshinobu Yamamoto chose the Los Angeles Dodgers over similar offers ducked under the radar.
When Albert Pujols stepped into the batter’s box during his major league career, the game seemed to pause. Everybody wanted to watch.
This year’s AL Division Series have been significantly entertaining. And more than a little jarring.
October’s baseball bazaar is just getting started. Narratives are barely in script development. Yet things are about to pick up with four fairly compelling Division Series matchups.
Three hours before David Bednar struck out Caleb Durbin to end the series, Cody’s father, Clay, threw out the ceremonial first pitch to his son before Game 2.
As parents, we learn to be strategic, realistic about how to move our son or daughter along the line. Maybe we played sports at some level and can offer guidance.
The play-in round is over. The home teams won three of four wild-card series, with the worst team by record the other loser.
Yes, even though the Padres are the hottest team in baseball — winning 19 of their last 22 games — the Brewers are going to pose a problem.
The Yankees played a postseason game without Aaron Judge for the first time since 2015 — and not only did they move on, they flourished.
Joe Musgrove returned to the mound for the San Diego Padres after missing two full seasons due to Tommy John surgery, pitching in a playoff game for the first time in 727 days during an 8-0 win over the Chicago Cubs.
This might be hyperbole, but we feel safe to say that the potential World Series matchups have never been so politically loaded.
It’s an MLB postseason filled with stars, award-winners, and future Hall of Famers.
There was more going on this weekend than the final performance of one of the greatest pitchers in Tigers and baseball history. It runs deeper than that.
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