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Our hottest hot takes one week into October: From slugging stars to the pitch that will decide the playoffs
What can we learn from a week of postseason baseball? Enough to make our experts go all-in on their boldest predictions.
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'This is disgraceful!' Stephen A. calls out Boone, Yankees
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MLB Playoffs Scoreboard
NLDS - Game 3MIL leads series 2-0
'He goes, we go': With their backs against the wall, Padres look to Fernando Tatis Jr.
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Examining why Brewers' way will (or won't) work in playoffs
Home is the place to be
Petco Park, Yankee Stadium or the Trop? Ranking home-field advantage for all eight remaining playoff teams
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Eating good at the ballpark
Rays' 'Clubhouse Tomahawk' and Dodgers' 'Colossal Burger' headline new MLB postseason foods
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What happens with Skubal?
10 years, $500 million?! Who are the top suitors? MLB insiders predict Tarik Skubal's free agency
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- Yankees bumble through 'really rough night' in Game 2 loss to Rays
- Claire, ex-Dodgers GM who oversaw 1988 World Series team, dies at 91
- White Sox stay perfect, look to clinch at home for first time in 126 years
- Giants led MLB with most IL days, ending Dodgers' run
- Padres deny Miller was pitch-tipping, might limit him to one inning
- Breslow, Tracy push back on notion Red Sox overly reliant on analytics
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