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'Just have fun!': Current MLB stars offer advice to Little Leaguers
From favorite memories to what they learned, we asked Bryce Harper, Mookie Betts and others to talk about growing up playing baseball. The one common piece of advice to younger players: Enjoy playing the game.
Before they were famous: Pros who played in the LLWS
They may be household names now, but some athletes were first in the spotlight as kids on the baseball fields of the Little League World Series.
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Olson barrels up walk-off dinger
Matt Olson completes the Athletics' comeback with a clutch homer in the bottom of the 10th inning for a 4-3 win over the Astros.
Machado belts a pair of homers
Manny Machado takes the first pitch in the fourth inning out to left field, then parks a two-run shot in the seventh.
Martinez sets career high in RBIs
J.D. Martinez drives in a run with a single to give him 105 RBIs on the season, a new career-high.
Stanton belts 431-foot homer
Giancarlo Stanton's 31st home run reaches the seats above the bullpen in the Yankees' win over the Blue Jays.
Cubs
MLB
'We were screaming like little kids’: An oral history of David Bote’s epic walk-off grand slam
It has been five days, and David Bote still can't put his historic walk-off grand slam into words. So a few of his Cubs teammates helped him out.
Weekly Roundup
Why Urena hitting Acuna needs to be a wake-up call for MLB
We explore how baseball should crack down on headhunting, catch up with Mike Moustakas in Milwaukee and more.
FiveThirtyEight
FiveThirtyEight
Jacob DeGrom is breaking the Cy Young formula
Despite his team’s best efforts, the Mets ace may find a way to win the award.
Nationals
MLB
Did the Home Run Derby 'fix' Bryce Harper?
It's been a month since the Nats slugger staged an epic comeback in D.C. He denies it turned his season around -- but the numbers say otherwise.
Rockies
MLB
Real or Not? Rockies games are must-see television
The Rockies are bringing the drama in August, as they were able to pull another one out in walk-off fashion on Thursday.
Playoff Race
Who's indispensable for contenders down the stretch?
For the MLB teams that aren't already locks for the playoffs, there's nobody more important than these key players to their postseason odds.
Ten secrets to the success of playoff contenders
There's more to winning baseball games than meets the eye, so we took a deeper look for hidden reasons why the best teams are so good.
Revisiting Chris Archer Trade
Law: Does addition of Shane Baz tip scales in Chris Archer trade?
What the inclusion of a highly touted player to be named later means for the Pirates-Rays deadline blockbuster. Plus, scouting notes from around the minors.
Rays get Pirates' Baz to complete Archer deal
The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent highly touted right-hander Shane Baz to the Tampa Bay Rays as the player to be named later in the Chris Archer trade.
Law: Pirates place a bet on Chris Archer coming into his own
For what the Pirates appear to have given up, they gained a starter who could break out in Pittsburgh.
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- Cubs turn record-tying 7 double plays in win
- A's 1 back of Astros after replay, HR in 10th
- Marlins' Urena appeals penalty for hitting Acuna
- Puig not in lineup despite appealing suspension
- Dodgers' Jansen throws bullpen, eyes return
- Brewers' Thames exits after outfield collision
- Stock watch: Potential champs, contenders
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How Mike and Mookie work
- Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports
Mike Trout and Mookie Betts have opposite approaches -- and both are perfect
The superstars are having historic seasons. But how they've solved the strikeout era diverges in one remarkable way.
Epic trick play
- Todd Detwiler
'Skunk in the outfield': How the most epic trick play in history broke baseball
For 2 minutes, 32 seconds of pure chaos, a high school state championship game in Rhode Island entered a parallel universe -- and unleashed the longest hardball stalemate of all time.
30 incredible gems
- ESPN Illustration
The best pitching performance ever for all 30 teams
From Nolan Ryan to King Felix to, well, more Nolan Ryan, we look at the best gem ever thrown by each franchise and try to predict who could top it.
The day we all met The Freeze
- Illustration by Danny Hellman
That day you heard about The Freeze for the first time
By now, you've probably seen The Freeze race fans at Braves home games. But every superhero has an origin story that must be told, and this is how The Freeze became a viral phenomenon.
Tracking Ohtani's progress
- ESPN Stats and Information
The Shohei Ohtani Experience: Keep track of the Angels phenom's two-way quest
Los Angeles' pitching/hitting sensation is turning heads with every step. Follow along for the major moments from Ohtani's big league journey.
