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Howie Kendrick seems to be a big fan of the Crawford Boxes, the Nationals DH-to-be is repeatedly depositing baseballs into the left-field seats during Monday's batting practice session.

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Nationals manager Dave Martinez when asked who would DH during the games in Houston: "I think at this point either Howie -- Howie (Kendrick) will probably DH, yeah."

David Schoenfield ESPN Senior Writer

Anthony Rendon and George Springer work out together in the offseason in Houston. His response when asked what it mean to get a text from Springer wishing him luck: "I think that would mean the world. It would be awesome. Obviously, we're going to be friends outside of it, but I think when we get in between the lines, obviously, our team is going to want to beat them. And they're going to want to beat us."

David Schoenfield ESPN Senior Writer

Anthony Rendon is from Houston and will have many family and friends at the games at Minute Maid Park. Any ticket requests? "A lot. We'll just say a lot." Will they have to root for the Nationals even if they're from Houston? "Oh yeah, definitely."

Alden Gonzalez ESPN Staff Writer

New Angels manager Joe Maddon will be formally introduced at noon local time on Thursday, in a press conference that will be attended by owner Arte Moreno and general manager Billy Eppler. It will take place inside the team's stadium.

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Adam Eaton credited George Costanza's Do the opposite philosophy for a clutch hit during the NLCS, so I asked him how much Seinfeld has impacted his baseball career. Turns out: a lot.

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Bradford Doolittle ESPN Staff Writer

Juan Soto explains the origin and evolution of his batting stance.

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Ryan Zimmerman discusses the growth of Stephen Strasburg

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Trea Turner talks about attending the World Series as a young baseball fan.

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David Schoenfield ESPN Senior Writer

Alex Bregman on the excitement in Houston for the Astros:

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Jose Altuve had a very animated talk with Yordan Alvarez during BP:

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This is the last thing you se before walking onto the field at Minute Maid Park.

David Schoenfield ESPN Senior Writer

Gerrit Cole remembers a certain World Series home run: "I remember I was sitting on the third base side of Angels Stadium down towards the front row and I had a nice perspective of Bonds versus Percival. He throws him this hundred-mile-an-hour fastball up at his neck and Bonds just cranks it out to right field. And I think the stadium just dropped dead for a minute."

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Freshly painted on the grass at Minute Maid Park.

David Schoenfield ESPN Senior Writer

Good luck getting this pair out:

Bradford Doolittle ESPN Staff Writer

My favorite moment from the Astros' portion of World Series media day was when Gerrit Cole was explaining how you have to constantly adjust in the majors and he said, "Like, there's not another league that you get called up to. Although I'm trying to make the argument to have Mike Trout go up to the next league."

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The 2019 AL champion Astros are getting loose on the field for their World Series Media Day workout at Minute Maid Park.

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George Springer is hitting laser beams into the outfield during Astros batting practice.

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Bradford Doolittle ESPN Staff Writer

Carlos Correa explains how this World Series trip is different than it was when the Astros won their title in 2017.

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Dan Mullen ESPN.com

Not all the conversation during batting practice is about the upcoming World Series. The only words I could hear from George Springer to Jose Altuve here were "The Patriots game."