Carlos Correa showers ESPN's Buster Olney in wild-card-win champagne Baseball players spend dozens of hours fielding questions from the media from spring training through a 162-game, regular-season schedule and into the playoffs. So with that in mind, it's no surprise some of those reporters become targets in rowdy clubhouse celebrations when teams advance to the next stage of the playoffs. … [Read more...]

Yankees' bats stymied by Astros' ace Dallas Keuchel in AL wild card game There were plenty of reasons to question the New York Yankees' offense heading into the wild card game against the Houston Astros. With Mark Teixeira sidelined, the club limped to the finish at the plate. Alex Rodriguez, who carried the club in the first half, was starting to look like he was actually 40 years old, and … [Read more...]

Astros shut out Yanks in WC game NEW YORK (AP) Dallas Keuchel and the Houston Astros defied expectations all season long. Facing his biggest test yet, the bearded ace beat the odds and the Yankees once again. Pitching on three days' rest for the first time in his career, Keuchel baffled the Yankees for six innings of three-hit ball, Colby Rasmus and Carlos Gomez homered, and the Astros blanked New … [Read more...]

MLB playoffs? There are emojis for that If you're a sports fan of a certain age, having your emojis set up for the playoffs is as important as having a good spread of snacks. [Related: We ranked all 25 possible World Series matchups.] Thus, Twitter and MLB unveiled on Tuesday custom emojis for the baseball postseason. Each team in the playoffs gets it own emoji that fans can trigger by … [Read more...]