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Post by Admin on Sept 23, 2020 6:42:53 GMT
Retired Boston Red Sox player David Ortiz says he's recovering after being diagnosed with COVID-19.
Ortiz said Friday that he was asymptomatic, but that his brother, who was also infected, had to spend a week in the hospital and lost 25 pounds.
"This is no joke,'' Ortiz said during the NESN broadcast of the Red Sox game against the New York Yankees on Friday. "You don't realize how crazy this is until it hits home. And I learned so much about this COVID-19 thing while I was going through the process. It's an experience, to be honest with you.''
Just like that, the fastest, weirdest, pandemickiest baseball season ever has come and gone. Mathematics holds that a 60-game schedule is shorter than the standard 162, but the 2020 season has whistled by so quickly that in a way it feels more like it should be June than October.
And yet here we are, on the cusp of the MLB playoffs, and the season that almost wasn't and couldn't be and shouldn't bother trying is nearing completion. It's been a neat trick, pulling it all off, and while the buildup of six months has been compressed, a three-layer cake can be every bit as delicious as its 10-layer counte
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Post by Admin on Oct 8, 2020 22:31:45 GMT
Dodgers' four-run 6th fuels 5-1 Game 1 victory | Padres-Dodgers Game 1 Highlights The Dodgers scored four runs in the 6th to back the bullpen's five scoreless frames in their Game 1 NLDS win over the Padres Game 2 of the National League Division Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres on Wednesday night really had it all. It was a tight game between the division foes until the final out. We were treated to a spectacular home run rob courtesy of Dodgers center fielder Cody Bellinger off the bat of fellow young superstar Fernando Tatis Jr. And, we even had ourselves some late-game chirping between the clubs. Cody Bellinger, Dodgers hang on for Game 2 win | Padres-Dodgers NLDS Game 2 Highlights Cody Bellinger smashed a solo home run and made an incredible run-saving catch as the Dodgers hung on for a 6-5 Game 2 win over the Padres After Bellinger robbed Tatis Jr. of the go-ahead home run in the seventh inning to end the frame, Dodgers pitcher Brusdar Graterol celebrated by throwing off his glove and cap. He was super fired up. Padres third baseman Manny Machado witnessed the home run robbery and subsequent celebration from the on-deck circle. He was clearly irked by the situation, and was put over the edge when Graterol blew a kiss his way.
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Post by Admin on Oct 9, 2020 5:27:26 GMT
Dodgers put up FIVE runs after trailing Padres to take big lead in NLDS Game 3
Trailing 2-1, the Dodgers strung together some hits to jump out to a 6-2 lead in NLDS Game 3 as they go for the sweep!
Voit, Torres homer as Yankees force Game 5 vs. Rays | Rays-Yankees Game 4 Highlights 10/8/20
Luke Voit hit a solo home run and Gleyber Torres smashed a two-run jack as the Yankees forced a decisive Game 5 with a 5-1 win
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Post by Admin on Oct 9, 2020 6:53:37 GMT
The Los Angeles Dodgers completed a division-series sweep of NL West rival San Diego with a 12-3 victory Thursday night, setting up an NLCS showdown against the only other unbeaten team this postseason, the Atlanta Braves.
The two best teams in the National League will square off in a seven-game series starting Monday. The ALCS, featuring Houston and the winner of New York and Tampa Bay's ALDS Game 5, will begin Sunday.
"We obviously feel really confident about our club, [but] we've still got a lot to work to do though,'' A.J. Pollock said. "We did what we wanted to do, we did what we're supposed to do. We're going to celebrate that, but we expected it.''
Three questions for Padres after NLDS defeat The Dodgers remain the clear favorites to win the World Series, and after watching how they blunted the Padres over three games, it's easy to see why.
Every game, the Dodgers exhibited championship-caliber characteristics. Their pitching shut down the Padres' dangerous lineup in Game 1. Their home run-robbing defense preserved a close win in Game 2. And in Game 3, the Dodgers' offense, relatively dormant in these playoffs, awoke with fury, led by Will Smith, who became the first catcher and ninth player ever to record five hits in a postseason game.
Smith capped his outburst with a bases-loaded double in the ninth inning and finished 5-for-6 with three RBIs. Los Angeles' four runs in the ninth inning were a nice bookend to the third inning, when the Dodgers put the game out of reach.
Trailing 2-1, Los Angeles plated five runs, three of them coming with two outs and after a curious intentional walk. Rather than face Cody Bellinger, the Padres allowed Pollock to lace a run-scoring single to left field before Joc Pederson followed with a two-run single to extend the lead to 6-2.
"Our offense was great. We had big plays, big moments from a lot of different guys throughout the series," Pollock said.
From there, the Dodgers set it to cruise control and returned to the NLCS for the fourth time in five years and the 14th time in franchise history. In 2016, they lost to the Chicago Cubs. In 2017 and 2018, they won the pennant only to fall to the Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox, both of whom later were disciplined by the commissioner's office for illicit sign stealing. Last year, they were ousted in spectacular fashion during the division series by the eventual champions Washington Nationals.
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Post by Admin on Oct 10, 2020 1:11:52 GMT
Aaron Judge launches CLUTCH early homer for Yankees vs. Rays in ALDS Game 5!
Aaron Judge got the Yankees on early as he LAUNCHED a homer to put them up 1-0 in ALDS Game 5!
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