
September 2, 2017: Astros return to the field after Hurricane Harvey strikes Houston
George Springer of the Houston Astros taps the "Houston Strong"…

September 3, 2017: Atlanta’s Max Fried begins dominance of Cubs with victory in first career start
Picking sixth overall in the June 2012 amateur draft, the Chicago…

September 4, 2017: Diamondbacks’ J.D. Martinez hits 4 home runs at Dodger Stadium
“J.D.! It stands for Just Dingers!”1 In the first game of…

September 8, 2017: Michael A. Taylor’s inside-the-park grand slam wins one for the Nationals
Washington’s Max Scherzer (13-5, 2.19 ERA) was hoping not only…

September 14, 2017: Indians winning streak extends to 22 on Jay Bruce’s walk-off double
The Cleveland Indians were hot. They were on a 21-game win streak,…

September 15, 2017: Rays drop first home game after Hurricane Irma
Tampa Bay was struggling to stay in the playoff picture as the…

September 16, 2017: Rock Bottom: Padres crushed, 16-0, by Rockies at Coors Field
Two NL West rivals heading in opposite directions were facing…

October 4, 2017: Archie Bradley’s unlikely triple helps Diamondbacks win wild-card slugfest
Going into 2017, not many in baseball had high expectations for…

October 9, 2017: ‘Respect me! Respect me!’ Cubs overcome 4 errors to defeat Nationals in Game 3
In Game Three of the 2017 National League Division Series against…

October 11, 2017: Too sick to pitch? Strasburg has last laugh against Cubs in NLDS
For much of the rain-induced two-day gap between Games Three…

October 15, 2017: Justin Turner’s walk-off home run in Game 2 calls up memories of Kirk Gibson
On the night that Kirk Gibson hit his epic home run into the…

October 17, 2017: Dominant Darvish and Dodgers push listless Cubs to the brink in NLCS
The Cubs returned to Wrigley Field for Game Three of the 2017…

October 18, 2017: Cubs show championship swagger to stay alive in NLCS
The Cubs were playing mostly for pride in Game Four of the 2017…

October 19, 2017: Dodgers ace Kershaw shuts down Cubs to clinch NL pennant; Hernandez wallops 3 homers
A year after rallying to beat Cleveland for their first World…

October 24, 2017: Kershaw, Turner, Mother Nature bring the heat for Dodgers in World Series opener
The average high temperature in Los Angeles on October 24 is…

October 29, 2017: Bregman’s walk-off single lifts Astros over Dodgers in a wild Game 5
On October 29, 2017, the World Series was tied at two games…

March 29, 2018: Ichiro returns to the Seattle Mariners
It is not always that a star player gets to “come back” to…

April 3, 2018: Shohei Ohtani’s home debut with Angels is a blast (and two singles)
It was Shotime! in Anaheim. Shohei Ohtani, the two-way Japanese…

April 7, 2018: Patience at the plate is a virtue as Phillies beat Marlins, 20-1
Gabe Kapler understood that one of his first priorities in…

April 8, 2018: Shohei Ohtani’s home pitching debut is almost perfect
The crowd in Anaheim for the Los Angeles Angels’ sixth home…

April 9, 2018: Max Scherzer pitches a complete-game shutout, steals his first base
Yes, it was early in the season but the Washington Nationals…

May 4, 2018: Albert Pujols joins the 3,000-hit club
Jose Alberto Pujols took the big leagues by storm when he debuted…

May 6, 2018: Max Scherzer sets another strikeout record as Nationals win on a walk-off
“The great [pitchers] are all competitors, they can hardly…

May 8, 2018: Seattle’s ‘Big Maple’ James Paxton throws a no-hitter on Canadian soil
James Paxton’s reputation for being calm, cool, and collected…