LOS ANGELES (AP) — Although Shohei Ohtani ‘s first trip to the World Series is a global sports event, it’s particularly big in Japan — and for Japan. Fans from Ohtani’s home nation bought more World Series tickets for the
Sometimes, it really does help to have all that money. The big-spending Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees will meet in a matchup of World Series heavyweights starting Friday night at Dodger Stadium. The Yankees ranked second in payroll
The Los Angeles Dodgers return left-hander Alex Vesia, right-hander Brusdar Graterol and shortstop Miguel Rojas into the fold as their World Series roster was announced Friday in advance of Game 1 against the New York Yankees. Vesia, 28, came away
LOS ANGELES — A World Series from Major League Baseball’s wildest dreams is set to begin Friday when the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers take the field for Game 1. ODDS AND TRENDS The Dodgers are consensus 1.5-run
In the beginning, the World Series matchup of the Dodgers against the Yankees was a kind of charming intra-city showdown of two New York City boroughs, blue collar Brooklyn, equipped with a neighborhood called Gravesend, against the pretentious Bronx, with
Two-way star Shohei Ohtani will remain a one-way star in the World Series. Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, who earlier this month raised the possibility of Ohtani pitching should the team reach the Fall Classic, ruled out that option
Jack Flaherty will cap a whirlwind 15-month stretch that has seen him pitch for four teams by starting Game 1 of the World Series on Friday. The Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander will oppose the visiting New York Yankees as the
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani sat behind a small table and waited. Across the center field plaza at Dodger Stadium, a horde of media listened for the signal. Once it came, the stampede was on. Reporters and photographers ran,
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Even 8-year-old Charlie Freeman is excited about a Dodgers-Yankees World Series. “He’s at Universal (Studios) right now with a couple of his buddies, but he goes, `Daddy, I can’t wait for the World Series start tomorrow,’”