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It’s been quite a week for the unwritten rules of baseball. Earlier in the week, the benches cleared in a minor league game after a hitter laid down a bunt to break up a no-hitter. On Sunday, an umpire had to keep Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner from angrily confronting Dodgers 1st baseman Max Muncy after the latter crushed a huge home run shot to Covey Cove.

On this date in 1976, Cubs outfielder Rick Monday made what may be his most famous play when he ran out into left-field and snatched away an American flag from protesters who were trying to burn it.

Playing outfield in the major leagues, is one of the most visible and potentially unforgiving positions in all of sports. It involves judgment, correctly guessing when and where a ball in flight will land.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are suing a toy company for failing to manufacture 42,000 Tommy Lasorda bobblehead dolls, that were supposed to be a featured part of a Lasorda bobblehead night.

By turning his back on offers from the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants, outfielder Bryce Harper will save himself millions in taxes.

Feb. 19 (UPI) — Los Angeles Dodgers legend Don Newcombe died Tuesday morning. He was 92 years old.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that All-Star infielder Manny Machado has agreed to a $300 million, 10-year deal with the rebuilding San Diego Padres, the biggest contract ever for a free agent.

CINCINNATI (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers had a surplus of outfielders. With one attention-getting deal, they reshaped their roster in hopes of another pennant run.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Boston Red Sox won their fourth World Series championship in 15 years, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 in Game 5 Sunday night behind David Price’s pitching and Steve Pearce’s power.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Palm trees! Shorts! Sunglasses! While the World Series isn’t quite a trip to the beach, the Boston Red Sox anticipate staying hot in balmy California, and the Los Angeles Dodgers hope a warm welcome will help them reverse a 2-0 deficit.

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred believes that this year’s World Series champion will visit the White House, regardless of who wins.

BOSTON (AP) — The Fenway Funhouse proved too tricky, too cold and just too much for the beach boys.

Boston’s Chris Sale was hospitalized last week with a stomach ailment while Clayton Kershaw threw an inning last weekend, but both left-handed seven-time All-Stars will pitch in Tuesday’s World Series opener.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Manny Machado has stepped into trouble again, causing at least one opponent to call him “a dirty player.”

Los Angeles (AFP) – Milwaukee shortstop Orlando Arcia belted his third home run of this post-season Monday, a two-run shot that lifted the Brewers to a 4-0 victory over the Dodgers in Los Angeles.

Justin Turner’s two-run homer in the eighth inning lifted the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 4-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers Saturday that knotted their Major League Baseball playoff series at one game each.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Clayton Kershaw pounded his glove over and over, yelling “Let’s go!” as he walked off the mound.

ATLANTA (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers went through all the expected motions after winning a playoff series.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Dodgers made a surprising and much dissected decision to start Hyun-Jin Ryu over Clayton Kershaw in Game 1 of the NL Division Series.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The deep, slugging Los Angeles Dodgers took a far more challenging road to their sixth straight playoffs. Despite it all, they still believe they’re the team to beat for a World Series title.

The CFO of the Los Angeles Dodgers is claiming Elon Musk’s underground highspeed tunnel connecting the team’s stadium to the surrounding areas will be completed by 2020.

SEATTLE (AP) — Anytime Nelson Cruz sees something awkward from a pitcher in his delivery, his default is to start screaming that it’s a balk, even if it’s not.

Despite Elon Musk currently being investigated by the SEC following tweets about taking Tesla private, he has announced plans to dig an underground tunnel to Dodger Stadium to alleviate Los Angeles traffic congestion.

Tempers flared Tuesday as the great San Francisco Giants – Los Angeles Dodgers rivalry got even more heated. After Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig took a hefty cut and fouled off a pitch, Giants catcher Nick Hundley said something to the

Playing quick Statis-Pro baseball games to track the current season (current standings and updates here) gives a quick read on which teams benefited the most and were hurt the most by July trades through the July 31 midnight deadline. The following rates the impact of trades on each team based on the team acquiring a GREAT Statis-Pro player card (+5) and in turn a (-5) for the team that lost the player.

ATLANTA (AP) — Sean Newcomb came within one strike of pitching the first no-hitter by the Atlanta Braves since 1994, denied when Chris Taylor sharply singled in a 4-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday.

Los Angeles (AFP) – All-Star shortstop Manny Machado was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers from the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday, filling a key need as the reigning National League champions seek their first Major League Baseball title since 1988.

The Arizona Diamondbacks jumped out in front of the NL West by taking advantage of injuries to the star three pitchers for both the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants.

For decades, when legendary Dodgers announcer Vin Scully spoke about baseball, people listened. Now, in retirement, he’s not just speaking only about anymore. Yet, listening to Scully now, might be more important than ever.

Close to 30 million fans watched the World Series — and YouTube TV’s catchy ad asking viewers to cut the cord.

The Dodgers had a rough time of it on Wednesday night. They lost Game 7 of the World Series, a series they were overwhelmingly predicted to win, 5-1 to the Houston Astros. However, for one Dodger, losing the game was only the start of a very bad night.

The 2017 World Series time machine seemed to go back, with an audience that dwarfed NFL games and the Astros winning by using the outdated process of letting the team’s starting pitchers back each other up instead of relying on modern relievers’ roles.

If you make enough predictions, sooner or later one of them will turn out to be right. Sports Illustrated makes a lot of predictions. In 2014 they predicted the Astros would win the World Series in 2017. On Wednesday nigh, that became reality.

LOS ANGELES (AP) – The Houston Astros have won the 2017 World Series with a 5-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night.

The Los Angeles Dodgers forced Game 7 with a 3-1 victory against the Houston Astros Halloween night, drawing higher overnight TV ratings than even the Chicago Clubs classic Game 6 win last year.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Taylor, Corey Seager and the Los Angeles Dodgers sent this twist-and-turn World Series to Game 7, rallying against Justin Verlander to beat the Houston Astros 3-1 Tuesday night.