Lots of fans are waiting for Shohei Ohtani’s debut as a pitcher this season, but he’s doing pretty well with the bat alone when batting leadoff for the Los Angeles Dodgers. On […]
Shohei hits 20th, LAD wins 34th
How much more baseball history can Shohei Ohtani make?
By Beth Harris/AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani has time to make more history this season. The Japanese superstar hit a two-out grand slam in the ninth inning for […]
Freddie slams Red Sox; the Angels get slammed by Oakland
The Dodgers and the Angels started the “second half” of the 2024 Major League Baseball season in very different fashions. The Blue Crew got a big hit in the eighth inning to […]
Baseball running short of runs
By Ronald Blum/ AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Baseball can’t run away from its lack of runs. Batting averages are near half-century lows. Velocity is at an all-time high. “Run […]
Shohei’s the hero once again
Shohei Ohtani wasn’t exactly been knocking the cover off the ball as the Los Angeles Dodgers staggered against the Philadelphia Phillies. But he stepped back into the hero spotlight on Friday when […]
Big money can’t buy a trophy
By David Brandt/AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Money can buy lots of things, including Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, a pair of Japanese superstars that set the Los Angeles Dodgers back […]
Baseball is getting faster
By Ronald Blum/AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) – The average time of a nine-inning major league game dropped to 2 hours, 40 minutes in the first year of the pitch clock, […]
Halos, Dodgers are both winners
It doesn’t happened often – at least not recently – but the Los Angeles-Orange County Major League Baseball teams are both looking strong and spirited after Tuesday’s games. The Angels defeated the […]
Was that pitch a strike or a ball?
By Ronald Blum/AP Baseball Writer SEATTLE (AP) – The education of robot umpires has been complicated by an open secret in baseball for the past 150 years: The strike zone called on […]
Tricky road to the White House
By Chris Megerian and Josh Boak/Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – President Calvin Coolidge wasn’t as big a baseball fan as his wife, Grace. But even Silent Cal got swept up in the […]
