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MLB Doesn't Ban Prop Bets, but There Are Now Limits

Sportsbooks to modify platforms to accommodate a $200 cap, no parlays involving micro bets

(Newser) - Major League Baseball is making a move in response to the rigged-pitch betting scandal involving at least two of its players, though it's more or less a half measure. On Monday, the league announced it will no longer allow micro-bets, a type of prop bet, on individual pitches to...

Toronto Hospital Gets 'Sweet Surprise' From Dodgers Fans

Fans donated around $30K to pediatric hospital after Blue Jays lost World Series

(Newser) - A classy move from Los Angeles Dodgers fans after their team's hard-fought World Series win:" Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, also known as SickKids, says Dodgers fans have donated around $30,000 since the victory, the Toronto Star reports. The move was inspired by a similar gesture...

Fan Bailed on Nachos, May Get $1M Reward

Ohtani's home run ball goes up for auction

(Newser) - A split-second decision to abandon nachos paid off big for one Dodgers fan—and now, Shohei Ohtani's record-setting NLCS home run ball is up for auction. In Game 4 of the National League Championship Series, Carlo Mendoza found himself choosing between finishing his snack or chasing a piece of...

He Sold Undetectable Steroids to Athletes Like Bonds, Giambi

Victor Conte, who hawked performance-enhancing drugs to athletes in baseball and track, dies at 75

(Newser) - Victor Conte, the architect of a scheme decades ago to provide undetectable performance-enhancing drugs to professional athletes—including baseball stars Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi, as well as Olympic track champion Marion Jones—has died. He was 75. Conte died Monday, SNAC System, a sports nutrition company he founded, said...

Game 3 Tied for Longest in World Series History

It finally ends after 18 innings, more than 7 hours, with a Dodger win

(Newser) - Shohei Ohtani homered twice and tied a 119-year-old major league record with four extra-base hits in Game 3 of the World Series on Monday night, putting on yet another historic postseason show at Dodger Stadium. The game itself was also historic—it was tied with four other games as the...

Dodgers Pitcher Is Out for World Series Due to Family Emergency

Team scrambles to fill roster spot as Vesia exits due to 'deeply personal family matter'

(Newser) - Ahead of the World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers will be without pitcher Alex Vesia, who is taking leave to attend to what the organization described as a "deeply personal family matter." The announcement, made Thursday on the Dodgers' social media, did not detail the situation but emphasized...

Fan Swore He'd 'Catch the Big Ball.' Then He Did

Michael Angeletti hopes to trade it for World Series tickets from the Toronto Blue Jays

(Newser) - George Springer of the Toronto Blue Jays hit a home run for the ages on Monday night that propelled his team into the World Series . Just ask Michael Angeletti, the fan who caught the ball. "I feel blessed to be a part of Canadian sports history," Angeletti said...

Blue Jays Headed to World Series
Blue Jays
Headed to
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Oct 20, 2025 10:46 PM CDT

Blue Jays Headed to World Series

For the first time since before Dodgers' Ohtani was born

(Newser) - When slugger Joe Carter hit the last World Series pitch thrown in Canada over the left-field wall to win the Toronto Blue Jays' second consecutive title, it was 8 1/2 months before Shohei Ohtani was born. The Blue Jays are back in baseball's championship round for the first time...

Sandy Alomar Was an All-Star and Father to Two More

Infielder played 15 seasons and coached across multiple organizations

(Newser) - Sandy Alomar, a longtime Major League Baseball player, coach, mentor, and father of two stars—one of them a Hall of Famer—has died. He was 81 and died in Puerto Rico, Cleveland.com reports. The speedy infielder played for six teams from 1964 to 1978, making the American...

An Elite MLB Club Gets Unlikely New Member

Seattle catcher Cal Raleigh hits 60 home runs

(Newser) - Baseball's elite 60-homer club has an unlikely new member: a catcher nicknamed "Big Dumper." Cal Raleigh of the Seattle Mariners hit his 59th and 60th home runs of the season on Wednesday night, reports ESPN . Until this season, only six major leaguers—with the familiar last...

He's Insanely Slow—and Unreal at Stealing Bases

Josh Naylor's instincts and timing outpace everyone of his size in baseball

(Newser) - The Wall Street Journal's description of Josh Naylor's physique isn't exactly glowing. It reports the Seattle Mariner "stands 5-foot-10, is listed at 235 pounds, and has a body type that bears a strange resemblance to a refrigerator." The paper points out that he moves...

MLB Players Will Soon Be Able to Challenge Balls, Strikes

'Robot umpires' will be ready when needed, beginning next season

(Newser) - Major League Baseball is now officially set to roll out " robot umpires " for 2026. The league's 11-member competition committee—made up of six owners, four players, and one umpire—gave the green light on Tuesday to an automated strike zone "challenge" system, which Commissioner Rob...

Trump Draws Cheers, Boos at 9/11 Yankees Game

President's entourage included Pam Bondi, EPA chief Lee Zeldin

(Newser) - President Trump attended the New York Yankees' 9-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Thursday night, drawing a mixed reaction from a raucous crowd while marking the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Authorities installed security glass for the president at Yankee Stadium outside the upper-level box suite belonging...

He Led the Mets to Their Stunning '86 World Series Win

MLB manager Davey Johnson, who also won 2 World Series with the Orioles, has died at age 82

(Newser) - Davey Johnson, an All-Star second baseman who won the World Series twice with the Baltimore Orioles as a player and managed the New York Mets to the title in 1986, has died. He was 82. Longtime Mets public relations representative Jay Horwitz said Johnson's wife, Susan, informed him of...

Guy With Babe Ruth's Name in Some Identity Fraud Trouble

Tennessee's George Herman Ruth allegedly tried to obtain more than $550K using names of baseball players

(Newser) - A Tennessee man who shares the name of the baseball legend known as Babe Ruth has been charged with stealing the identities of hundreds of former players in a sweeping fraud scheme that could land him decades behind bars. Federal prosecutors allege George Herman Ruth, 69, used the names...

Shohei Ohtani Hits a Homer, Makes Beeline for Heckler

The Dodgers' star even got a high-five from the Padres fan

(Newser) - The weekend series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres was a tough one for three-time MVP Shohei Ohtani, who may be feeling the stress of being sued , but he went out on a high note Sunday. As the National League West rivals faced off at Petco Park,...

Women Want a New League of Their Own
If You Build It, She Will Come
Aug 21, 2025 10:40 AM CDT

If You Build It, She Will Come

Women's Pro Baseball League is holding tryouts, with an eye on launching next year

(Newser) - Hundreds of women will flock to Washington on Friday to take their first swings at turning pro baseball dreams into reality. Set to debut next year, the AP reports that the Women's Pro Baseball League is holding the first pro women's baseball tryouts in more than 80 years...

Player Traded From One Team to Other During Doubleheader

Seranthony Dominguez traded from Orioles to Blue Jays between games against each other

(Newser) - Baltimore swept a doubleheader against Toronto, but for Seranthony Dominguez it was a split. The Orioles traded the reliever to the Blue Jays between games. "After the first game, I was in there with the guys, and they call me and they tell me, 'Hey we got you...

MLB Probe Reaches Star Guardians Pitcher

Emmanuel Clase is team's second pitcher this month to be removed from active duty for gambling probe

(Newser) - A second star pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians has been put on leave as Major League Baseball intensifies its investigation into betting on baseball. Emmanuel Clase is now on nondisciplinary leave, the team announced Monday, per CNN . He joined teammate Luis Ortiz on that list. Gambling monitors had found...

MLB Rookie Enjoys a 'Jaw-Dropping Moment'

Nick Kurtz of the Athletics becomes first rookie in MLB history to hit 4 home runs in one game

(Newser) - Nick Kurtz already had three homers and five hits as he began his final at bat with a chance to make history, but none of that was top of mind for the Athletics' rookie slugger—he just didn't want to embarrass himself. The 22-year-old did just fine, lining a...

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