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What we're watching the final week of the MLB season: playoff races, MVP battle and young sluggers
There's only one week left before October arrives! Here's your guide to the thrilling sprint to the finish.
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TOP HEADLINES
Chris Taylor walks it off for the Dodgers in extras
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'Go ball!' Brandon Crawford wills LaMonte Wade's tying HR
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James Outman's 2-run blast puts Dodgers ahead early
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Rojas fields ball while miked up: 'Need to make this play real quick!'
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WILD CARD CHASE
LOST SEASON IN THE BRONX
'What are we doing?': Aaron Judge's first year as Yankees captain ends without October
For the first time since 2016, there will be no postseason baseball in the Bronx. For Judge, that brings regret -- and motivation.
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Juan Soto crushes a 461-foot 3-run HR
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George Springer hits an inside-the-park HR
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PUSHING FOR THE POSTSEASON
Postseason tracker: Playoff races heating up, who can clinch next and games to watch
We have everything you need to know as the regular season winds down, from current playoff matchups to league races to the postseason schedule.
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Olney: Astros will be tough to beat in October -- if they get there
Houston has shown a regular-season malaise at times. But the defending champs are dangerous.
LOW BATTING AVERAGES
How good can you be when you don't even hit .200?
Kyle Schwarber and Max Muncy are on their way to 100-RBI seasons ... but their final batting averages could start with a 1. How much value are they adding?
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THEY'LL NEED TO GET CREATIVE
'It's not going to be conventional': Inside depleted Dodgers' pitching plan for the playoffs
Starting pitching had been L.A.'s hallmark through a decade-long run of dominance. Not this year.
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WHO IS PLAYING WELL AS PLAYOFFS NEAR?
Power Rankings: AL, NL wild-card teams locked in battle
There are less than two weeks left in the regular season -- and while some teams' spots are locked up, others still have a lot to play for.
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Top Headlines
- Padres push back amid reports of dysfunction
- Yanks miss playoffs: A lot 'that needs to be fixed'
- Braves reach 100 wins for second straight season
- Rangers finish sweep of M's, lead AL West by 2.5
- Morton put on IL, adding to Atlanta's ailing arms
- Betts sets MLB mark with 105 RBIs in leadoff spot
- The Passans: MLB season awards
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What to make of MLB's low-batting-average, 100-RBI sluggers
Kyle Schwarber and Max Muncy are on their way to 100-RBI seasons ... but their final batting averages could start with a 1. How much value are they adding?
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Which MLB playoff contenders can win the 2023 World Series?
Not all playoff contenders are created equal. It's time to separate the true contenders from those destined for an early exit.
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MLB playoff tracker: Who has clinched, plus scenarios, schedule
We have everything you need to know as the regular season winds down, from current playoff matchups to league races to the postseason schedule.
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Oakland vs. the A's: The inside story of how it all went south (to Las Vegas)
Interviews with more than a dozen sources familiar with the negotiations and motivations reveal a messy, complicated and ultimately confounding path that led to owner John Fisher parting ways with the city the A's have called home for 55 years.
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Biogenesis of America, Tony Bosch and PEDs fallout 10 years later
The largest performance-enhancing drugs operation in U.S. sports history fell apart 10 years ago. Biogenesis of America outed some of the nation's biggest superstars as PED users; still others have not been publicly tied into the scandal -- until now.
