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Dustin Pedroia among 14 newcomers on baseball Hall of Fame ballot

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Bob Costas signing off: Iconic baseball play-by-play caller to retire

Costas won't be returning for the MLB's next season, and has been planning his retirement for over a year.
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Shohei Ohtani and the LA Dodgers win franchise's 8th World Series title

New York held a 5-0 lead in Game 5, but a series of errors helped Los Angeles overcome that deficit for the win.
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2 fans ejected from World Series game for trying to pry ball from a player's glove

“I’ve never seen anything like it,” said Dodgers rookie pitcher Ben Casparius. “It was obviously very early in the game so I think it kind of set the tone."
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Freddie Freeman homers again for Dodgers early in Game 4 to set a pair of World Series records

He's the first player to hit a home run in the first four games of a World Series, and the lone player to homer in six straight World Series game.
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The Dodgers and Yankees are ready for the starriest World Series in decades

The Dodgers-Yankees rivalry dates to 1941, when the Dodgers were in Brooklyn and Joe DiMaggio's Yankees were seeking their fifth title in six years.
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Fernando Valenzuela, Mexican-born pitcher whose feats for Dodgers fueled 'Fernandomania,' dies at 63

Valenzuela was one of the most dominant players of his era and a wildly popular figure in the 1980s
Red Sox

Luis Tiant, the charismatic Cuban who pitched the Red Sox to the brink of a championship, dies at 83

Maine Gov. Janet Mills paid tribute to Tiant in a social media post, saying he was a mainstay at the Maine Diner in Wells.
Red Sox

Red Sox legend Luis Tiant has died at age 83

Here's a look back at a story we covered in 2013, when he held a baseball camp at Little Fenway Park in Oakland.
New England

Savannah Bananas are coming to Fenway Park next summer

The traveling baseball team will be in Boston at Fenway Park on July 5-6 as part of their 2025 Banana Ball world tour.
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Reaction to the death of baseball hits leader Pete Rose

Banished baseball great Pete Rose died Monday at 83.
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Pete Rose, baseball’s banned hits leader, has died at age 83

Rose won three World Series titles and was the 1973 N.L. MVP, and earned 17 All-Star Game nods.