National League Championship Series

Your brain on baseball: How hitters see a 95-mph fastball

2013-05-10 05:20:00

Swing, batter, batter! In less time than it takes to say that phrase, Major League Baseball sluggers have their bat across the plate, and the best of them are golfing the shot over the outfield wall. How does the brain "know" when to swing?...

Dodgers won't forget, but say they won't retaliate against Padres

2013-04-14 18:00:00

PHOENIX -- A walk-off, 1-0 defeat to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday at Chase Field marked the end of the Dodgers' three-day break from a blood feud with the San Diego Padres. The Dodgers will return to Dodger Stadium on Monday to face the Padres,...

Giants pitcher Barry Zito's a real trooper for World Series champs

2013-04-27 15:20:00

There is a discolored mess on the brick wall behind center field at AT&T Park. The mess is what was left behind when a plaque honoring Barry Bonds and his all-time home run record mysteriously vanished. The San Francisco Giants say they'll put up a...

Was Orel Hershiser cut by his high school baseball team?

2012-11-28 10:27:00

BASEBALL URBAN LEGEND: Orel Hershiser was cut by his high school baseball team. Orel Hershiser's tale of success as a Major League pitcher is certainly one of an underdog succeeding against great odds. When the Dodgers drafted Hershiser out of Bowling...

Zoo says orange-headed baby monkey is good luck for S.F. Giants

2012-10-24 11:33:41

Magic Johnson-led group is picked as Dodgers' next owner

2012-03-27 17:19:00

A group led by Lakers legend Magic Johnson emerged Tuesday night as the new owners of the Dodgers, ending months of uncertainty for the storied but troubled baseball franchise. Johnson, who guided the Lakers to five NBA championships during the...

Punkin Milller would have loved this ceremony

2013-05-13 00:00:00

One of the last things Punkin Miller wanted to do as manager of the MetLife Orioles in the Blue Mountain League was get a scoreboard dedicated at his team's Curt Simmons Field at Egypt Memorial Park. On Sunday afternoon, that scoreboard was dedicated,...

Holliday's mom goes to bat against cancer

2013-05-12 03:34:02

If someone wanted to woo one of the Holliday boys -- whether it was a potential girlfriend or a college football coach -- they had to sit at the family table. When a Florida State coach started talking about how no quarterback had played both football...

Vineland's Darren Ford one call away from getting back to major leagues with Pittsburgh Pirates

2013-05-11 04:24:03

Indianapolis Indians leadoff hitter Darren Ford smacked a hard grounder past Lehigh Valley pitcher Tyler Cloyd on May 3 at Coca Cola Park and raced toward first base as if he had tires on his feet instead of cleats. Ford, a 27-year-old Vineland native,...

Cubs hope to cash in against Marlins

2013-04-25 13:09:00

MIAMI -- The Chicago Cubs played a good series against Cincinnati, despite losing two of three games, and now get an alleged breather in their early season schedule. Of course, Miami could say the same thing, facing a Cubs team that's 6-14 and...

Giants fall to Diamondbacks in 11 innings

2013-04-24 00:00:00

SAN FRANCISCO _ Brandon Belt did it again, but this time his ninth-inning heroics weren't enough. The Arizona Diamondbacks withstood Belt's game-tying homer off closer J.J. Putz by rallying for a 6-4 victory over the Giants in 11 innings Tuesday night...

Giants epitomize spirit of 2012 playoffs

2012-10-21 00:00:00

Here we are again. For the second series in a row, the Giants have refused to fade to black. They have extended the National League Championship Series to six games, forcing the Cardinals to make a round-trip flight they would have liked to avoid. The...

Rapper Lil Wayne sings 'Take Me Out to the Ball Game' during the seventh inning as the San Francisco Giants take on the St. Louis Cardinals in Game Six of the National League Championship Series.

2012-10-26 20:23:00

Acquired from the Rockies before the 1997 trade deadline, Counsell endeared himself among Marlins fans for his gritty play at second and for scoring the game-winning run in the 1997 World Series. He hit .

1997-10-26 00:00:00

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A late-season call-up, Hernandez was spectacular in a 2-1 win in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series.

1997-10-13 00:00:00

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