KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Salvador Perez grew up in a barrio of Valencia, Venezuela, in a humble home with dirt floors. Abandoned by his father and surrounded by despair and crime, who knew where that life might go?

But he was possessed with what might be considered a transcendent inner compass. One set both innately and by his doting and resilient ...Read more

NEW YORK — As the Yankees celebrated their ALCS victory over the Guardians, Anthony Volpe described his first true trip to the World Series as “a dream come true” yet “better than anything I ever dreamed of.”

A childhood Yankees fan, Volpe went on to say that he had been to the Fall Classic before — in his imagination. In reality, ...Read more

NEW YORK — In Game 1 of the World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers completed a comeback against the Yankees with a dramatic, go-ahead grand slam.

On Tuesday night in the Bronx, the Yankees returned the favor.

Anthony Volpe’s third-inning grand slam powered a 11-4 victory over the Dodgers in Game 4, preventing a World Series sweep and ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Dodgers’ lack of pitching hasn’t hurt them often this postseason.

But in the third inning on Tuesday night, manager Dave Roberts stood in the dugout without many appealing options.

Not only were the Dodgers running their fourth bullpen game of the postseason in Game 4 of the World Series, trying to complete a sweep of the ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Bronx has seen some dominant World Series pitching performances, and for that matter, so too has Chavez Ravine. But anyone watching Game 4 of the World Series on Tuesday night could see how far removed we are from the era of aces like Sandy Koufax.

The Los Angeles Dodgers threw a bullpen game for the fourth time this month in ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Fernando Tatis Jr. showed this year he’s still the hitter A.J. Preller and Peter Seidler envisioned when they guaranteed him $340 million on a 14-year contract in February 2021.

Fastballs? Tatis pounded them, batting .297 with a whopping slugging percentage of .648.

Sliders? He crushed them to the tune of a .343 batting average...Read more

NEW YORK — There’s fan interference, and then there’s what happened Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium.

Brazen Yankees fans sitting along the right-field foul line teamed up to pry open Mookie Betts’ glove and remove a ball the Dodgers’ star had just caught at the wall in Game 4 of the World Series.

The shocking incident occurred in the...Read more

NEW YORK — Anthony Rizzo knows there is uncertainty surrounding his Yankees future.

Rizzo’s contract features a $17 million club option with a $6 million buyout for 2025. If the Yankees decide to decline the option, the 35-year-old first baseman would become a free agent this offseason.

So when Rizzo was asked before Game 4 of the World ...Read more

CHICAGO — After firing Pedro Grifol on Aug. 8, Chicago White Sox general manager Chris Getz laid out the team’s approach to finding its next manager.

“We’re going to have a broad search,” Getz said during a video conference call that day. “And it’s going to be a thorough interview process, so every candidate’s obviously going to...Read more

NEW YORK — The Yankees finally pushed their chips to the middle and results followed.

While the Bombers enter Tuesday’s Game 4 of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers staring down the barrel of a historically insurmountable 3-0 deficit — except that one time in 2004 — the biggest reason they even got to this stage is because...Read more

NEW YORK — The Dodgers are on the verge of their second World Series championship in five years. They could be on the verge of their third title in eight years but (insert trash can banging sound here).

The 2017 Houston Astros will forever live in infamy. Just ask Clayton Kershaw.

You might say the Astros' championship rings are tainted. The...Read more

NEW YORK — When Shohei Ohtani departed Dodger Stadium to undergo an examination on his partially dislocated shoulder on Saturday night, Miguel Rojas sent him a text message wishing him the best. In response, Ohtani sent Rojas a song.

The song was about Ohtani.

"A fan made a song for him," Rojas recalled with a chuckle.

The veteran shortstop...Read more

OSHU, Japan — It was moments before Game 3 was set to begin, and the city where Shohei Ohtani was born breathed a collective sigh of relief.

"I almost cried when I saw the injury," 50-year-old resident Ayako Oyama said, referring to a partial shoulder dislocation the Dodgers superstar had suffered on a base-stealing attempt two days earlier. ...Read more

NEW YORK — Nestor Cortes is old enough to remember the 2004 ALCS.

While the Florida resident didn’t root for the Yankees or Red Sox, he recalled how Boston’s Kevin Millar told The Boston Globe’s Dan Shaughnessy and members of the Bombers “Don’t let us win today” before and during Game 4 of that series.

At the time, the Yankees ...Read more

NEW YORK — With the concourse cramped, the climate crisp and the fans frenzied, World Series baseball returned to the Bronx for the first time in 15 years on Monday night.

Long before Game 3 began with the Bleacher Creatures’ customary roll call, Yankee Stadium boomed and bellowed while eagerly awaiting the ballpark’s first Fall Classic ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Yankees season is officially on life support.

Their lifeless offensive effort in their Game 3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series has put them in quite the hole as they now face elimination in Game 4. And it’s up to a rookie to keep their season alive.

Luis Gil will take the ball in Game 4 for the Yankees in ...Read more

NEW YORK — At the start of the fifth inning Monday night, the Yankee Stadium scoreboard implored a quiet crowd in the Bronx.

“EVERYBODY GET LOUD,” it instructed.

“EVERYBODY SCREAM,” it begged.

The subdued 49,368 in attendance hardly reacted.

As he’d done so many times before this time of year, Walker Buehler had already zapped ...Read more

NEW YORK — One more win.

One more win to erase the pain of endless collapses.

One more win to silence the frustration of countless criticisms.

One more win to earn their first full season championship in 36 years, their first title of any sort in four years, and the first chance in forever to ask the most wonderful of questions.

Are you ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — When the Phillies go on the road to play the Tampa Bay Rays next season, they might feel right at home.

As the Rays and local officials assess the extent of the damage to Tropicana Field from Hurricane Milton, contingency plans are being discussed. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred told reporters at the World Series last week that ...Read more

NEW YORK — Gerrit Cole will not start Game 4 of the World Series for the Yankees on Tuesday.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone made that clear before Game 3 on Monday. While the possibility of the Yankees playing in an elimination game on Tuesday existed at that point, the manager said there was no scenario in which the ace would start on three ...Read more