What’s the difference?” Reds outfielder Alex Johnson: “Five.” See? Baseball numbers aren’t difficult. But be precise: As players say after a close play, “Close only counts in ...

Some New York Mets players wore "40" as eye black for Game 3 of the NLCS vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers. Here's why.

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Major League Baseball's postseason has been especially good on-field product this fall and has proven to be a ratings success at this point. ESPN enjoyed the highest numbers ever for the Wild Card ...

And so you look at the numbers, and you’re like, when you do it, that’s what you sacrifice: you kind of sacrifice the broader reach.” MLB has final say over game times, but the process is ...

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Indeed, Fox's MLB playoff coverage is marking ... Fox used a big image of Ohtani with the number of batters away in massive, caps-lock font. Padres fans were ... less than pleased with the ...

The Mets ($332 million), Yankees ($311 million) and Dodgers ($266 million) had the top three payrolls in baseball last season, though those numbers will change slightly this winter when bonuses are ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball’s postseason is averaging 3.33 million viewers going into the League Championship Series, an 18% increase over last year’s average of 2.82 million.