Tim Jamieson took the chance.

Following Tony Vitello’s freshman season at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Ala., a former NAIA program that transitioned to Division II, his father, Greg, reached out to Jamieson.

Greg Vitello and Jamieson had known each other for quite some time by that point. The former was a legendary baseball and soccer ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Late-night parties always come with a price.

And on Tuesday, the Dodgers were reminded of the day-after cost.

Just 17 hours removed from their 18-inning marathon in Game 3 of the World Series, both the Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays seemed to be playing at a slower, more sluggish pace on early Tuesday evening. Their offenses...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Hangover 4.

Have they made that movie yet? No? Well, they just did, at Dodger Stadium Tuesday night, complete with headaches, nausea and the shaky feeling of impending doom.

Less than a day after an exhausting six-and-a-half-hour, 18-inning victory over the Toronto Blue Jays, the Dodgers curled up in the corner with a cold wash...Read more

SANTA ANA, Calif. — The ex-wife of the Angels employee who gave pitcher Tyler Skaggs fentanyl-laced opioid pills was steadfast in her testimony Monday and Tuesday that Angels executives knew of her then-husband’s opioid abuse for several years before Skaggs died after chopping up and snorting the pills in 2019.

The testimony of Camela Kay ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The marathon Game 3 of the 2025 World Series was one for the books.

Monday's nearly seven-hour stand at Dodger Stadium proved why the Boys in Blue are the hottest ticket in Los Angeles. The nail-biter came to a thrilling end for Dodgers fans with a walk-off home run by Freddie Freeman in the 18th inning after heroic efforts from...Read more

LOS ANGELES — For all the times the Toronto Blue Jays walked Shohei Ohtani, they lost Game 3 of the World Series because of the one time they did not walk him.

They learned their lesson, four times over.

Here's another Babe Ruth comparison: Ruth played in 41 World Series games. He was intentionally walked twice.

On Monday, in one World ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani stepped back from the party at home plate during which the Dodgers celebrated Freddie Freeman's latest World Series walk-off home run.

Ohtani set off for another destination.

With his left arm wrapped around Roki Sasaki, Ohtani ran toward his team's bullpen, from which Yoshinobu Yamamoto emerged. When Yamamoto ...Read more

CHICAGO — Baseball was the proverbial game without a clock, at least until officials decided to speed things up with a pitch clock a few years ago to keep Millennial and Gen Z fans from tuning out.

But it still can go on forever and ever, as evidenced by Game 3 of the World Series, a classic 18-inning affair that ended with the Los Angeles ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In the twilight hours of the early evening, before one of baseball's most remarkable nights transformed from relatively normal to patently absurd, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts thought he knew where Game 3 of the World Series was heading.

"Ultimately," he said during an in-game interview with the Fox television broadcast, "it's ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Freddie, meet Freddie.

It was excruciating. It was exhausting. It was ecstatic.

It was Fred-die, Fred-die, Fred-die, forever.

Repeating history, rocking the Ravine, winning the unwinnable, Freddie Freeman has done it again for the Dodgers, knocking a baseball for a second consecutive October into probably a second consecutive ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — So much of baseball tends to be binary. Ball or strike. Out or safe. Win or loss.

Every once in a while, however, there are exceptions, seasons or events that don't fit one specific category.

What Bryan Reynolds did in 2025 feels that way, the Pirates' longest-tenured player producing numbers below his career standards ... but ...Read more

SEATTLE — On March 21, 2024, a fan was invited into the press box at the Peoria Sports Complex in Arizona. In a 3-3 spring training tie between the Seattle Mariners and Cincinnati Reds, the young boy was tasked with playing public address announcer for the bottom of the fourth inning. After leadoff hitter Mitch Garver struck out, the boy ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Orioles on Sunday evening are finalizing a deal to hire Craig Albernaz to be their next manager, according to multiple reports.

The team is set to hire Albernaz, who served as the Cleveland Guardians’ associate manager for the 2025 season, after a nearly monthlong managerial search following their disappointing 75-87 ...Read more

TORONTO — There might be no greater reminder of how far the Dodgers have come than the opposing pitcher on Monday. When the World Series returns to Dodger Stadium for Game 3, the starting pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays is scheduled to be Max Scherzer.

You may remember his brief tenure with the Dodgers four years ago, which ended with an ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — As the trial about whether the Angels should be held at least partially liable for the death of Tyler Skaggs enters its third week, major league officials are closely monitoring the proceedings.

The trial is scheduled to last several more weeks, and it would be premature for the league to determine what action it might take ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The clock is ticking, and the stakes are high.

The Tampa Bay Rays are under new ownership, and the team’s zip code looms larger than its winning percentage. Everyone wants to know what Major League Baseball is thinking and where the Rays will eventually land.

If I may offer a suggestion:

Somewhere outside the gated community...Read more

TORONTO — Will Smith had no choice but to ease his way into the postseason.

After missing the final three weeks of the regular season with a hairline fracture in his right hand, the Dodgers’ All-Star catcher sat out of the National League wild-card series, then came off the bench late in the first two games against the Phillies in the ...Read more

TORONTO — Technically, Game 2 of the World Series started out as a pitchers’ duel.

But in reality, the Dodgers’ star-studded lineup was letting Kevin Gausman off the hook.

For six innings Saturday night, the Toronto Blue Jays’ right-hander had cruised against the Dodgers’ recently slumping lineup. Despite filling up the zone with a ...Read more

Will Smith stared into left field, then turned to ignite the Dodgers dugout with a scream.

Max Muncy stared into left field, then turned to quiet the stands with a finger on his lips.

Two batters, two reactions, one saved World Series.

Sputtering after making 17 consecutive outs, threatening to ruin more brilliance by Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the ...Read more

SEATTLE — At 8:33 p.m. Monday, minutes after his season sank below the waves, Bryan Woo was asked how he’d describe the legacy of the 2025 Mariners. Before he could answer, a scream rang through the quiet clubhouse, as an unknown teammate in an adjoining room summarized Seattle’s sorrow.

“That,” Woo said, nodding in the direction of ...Read more