MLB League Championship Series Picks, World Series Predictions Who will advance to the World Series and ultimately hoist the Commissioner’s Trophy? Our staff writers give their best guesses. Sports Illustrated · Oct 11
José Ramirez, Gavin Williams Stepped Up When the Guardians Needed Them Most When Cleveland had its back against the wall, two stars led the fight back. Sports Illustrated · Oct 11
SI:AM | The Inning That Saved the Guardians’ Season Cleveland dodged elimination again with a six-run sixth inning. Sports Illustrated · Oct 9
The 10 Biggest On-Paper Mismatches in MLB Postseason History We’re sure to see what seems like a lopsided matchup in this year’s ALCS, but MLB history has shown that those series often don’t play out as expected. Sports Illustrated · Oct 9
Guardians Stay Alive in Game 4 Behind the Unlikeliest of October Heroes With Cleveland’s season on the line, glove-first catcher Patrick Bailey jumpstarted his team’s offense in a 9–5 win over the White Sox to extend the ALDS. Sports Illustrated · Oct 9
The NFL Chooses States, Not the CFTC, in Fight Over Prediction Market Regulation The league's amicus brief warns about game integrity and underage betting, but the NFL has a financial stake in keeping prediction markets under state control. Reason · Oct 8
MLB proposes shortening regular season to 154 games in 2029, expanding Division Series to best-of-7 Major League Baseball proposed to shorten the regular season to 154 games from 162 games starting in 2029 and to expand the Division Series to best-of-seven in bargaining with players The Independent UK · Oct 8
Fan Interference Denies New York Yankees a Vital Home Run 30 Years After Jeffrey Maier Incident A spectator's interference turned Anthony Volpe's apparent home run into an RBI double as Tampa Bay beat New York 4-3 to complete an ALDS sweep. International Business Times UK · Oct 8
One Catch, Three Octobers and the Same Old Story for the Padres For the third postseason in a row, San Diego’s offense went missing as their season ended with Wednesday’s NLDS Game 4 loss to the Brewers. Sports Illustrated · Oct 8
Yankees Prove They Need Aaron Judge, but It Shouldn't Be That Way Judge’s absence hamstrung the Yankees in October, but for a team with a roster being paid over $300 million, that shouldn’t be the case. Sports Illustrated · Oct 8
Braves’ Biggest Bats Vanished Against Dodgers, Prompting Tough Questions Atlanta’s offense went down quietly as the Braves crashed out of the NLDS against the Dodgers. The team is running out of time to fulfill its potential. Sports Illustrated · Oct 8
Bazzana scores twice as Guardians stay alive in MLB Australian second base Travis Bazzana has scored on his two walks to help Cleveland keep their MLB season alive with a 9-3 post-season win over the White Sox. AAP · Oct 8
Trump is giving ex-MLB star Roger Clemens the Medal of Freedom, saying the Hall of Fame has cheated him Clemens is an accomplished baseball player, but he’s also been plagued with scandals, including allegations of steroid use The Independent UK · Oct 8
With Their Backs Against the Wall, Guardians Survived Doing What They Do Best Rather than panic, Cleveland leaned into its strengths to extend the series against the White Sox and avoid getting swept. Sports Illustrated · Oct 8
Sports Illustrated · Oct 7 SI:AM | Michael King Saves Padres’ Season With Bullpen Shorthanded Two days after starting Game 2 of the series, King made sure San Diego would play a Game 4.
The Guardian - US · Oct 7 Will Venable: the White Sox manager who used basketball tactics to transform a baseball loser The White Sox were one of the worst teams in MLB history. Now they are just five wins from a place in the World Series
Sports Illustrated · Oct 7 Michael King Pushed the Boundaries of MLB History to Save the Padres’ Season King recorded a historic six-out save just two days after starting Game 2 to keep San Diego alive in the NLDS against the Brewers.
Sports Illustrated · Oct 7 Jackson Merrill’s Incredible Game 3 Catch Produced the Season’s Best Mid-Interview Moment Brewers manager Pat Murphy was being interviewed during the catch and had a hilarious reaction to Merrill stealing a hit from his team during NLDS Game 3.
Sports Illustrated · Oct 7 Dodgers Have Proven They Don't Need Shohei Ohtani’s Best to Win in October MLB’s biggest star continued his lengthy slump in Tuesday’s Game 3, but Los Angeles still beat Atlanta to get within one win of advancing to the NLCS.
Reason · Oct 6 If Manchester City Weren't (Basically) Owned by the UAE, Their Scandal Would Be a Lot Less Complicated Plus: Nick Saban is wrong again, and could this be the last year of MLB’s playoff format?
Sports Illustrated · Oct 6 SI:AM | Yankees and Guardians Face Deficits Few Have Ever Overcome An 0–2 deficit has proved nearly impossible to dig out of. Three teams will try to buck that trend this week.
Sports Illustrated · Oct 6 The Guardians’ Glaring Weakness Is Sinking Them in Embarrassing Fashion Cleveland’s front office should be under the microscope with the team’s obvious Achilles heel being exploited by the White Sox.
Sports Illustrated · Oct 5 Jackson Chourio Turned a Game of Details Into a Moment of Greatness With Sunday’s walk-off single in Game 2, The Brewers’ outfielder became the youngest member of a hallowed five-man club of ultimate postseason heroes.
Sports Illustrated · Oct 4 Explaining MLB’s Rules for Domed Stadiums and Retractable Roofs After Saturday night’s bizarre incident involving Ty France and the roof at American Family Field, here’s a quick refresher on MLB’s rules regarding domed stadiums, or stadiums with retractable roofs.
Sports Illustrated · Oct 4 Brewers Viciously Trolled the Padres After Stadium’s Roof Prevented Possible Game-Changing Home Run The Brewers won Game 1 of their NLDS with the Padres thanks to a little help from their home stadium.