PHILADELPHIA—Bryce Harper hammered his sixth postseason home run, whispered an assist to Alec Bohm before his solo shot and the Philadelphia Phillies tied a World Series record with five homers to rout the Houston Astros 7–0 Tuesday night and take a 2–1 Series lead. Brandon Marsh also homered, and Kyle Schwarber and Rhys Hoskins hit…
Harper Gets World Series Moment While Trout’s Wait Continues
Bryce Harper’s career arc from teenage sensation to full-blown superstar has been an 11-year process, hitting a crescendo Sunday night when his two-run homer in Game 5 of the NL Championship Series proved to be the deciding hit that sent his Philadelphia Phillies to their first World Series since 2009. One of the game’s biggest…
Astros Fan Promised to Take Daughter to World Series but Can’t—Until Braves Fan Gives Them Tickets
Houston dad David Bramlet and his 11-year-old daughter, Addison, are diehard Astros fans, and in 2017 he promised her if their team made it to the World Series, he’d buy tickets and take her to her first World Series game. When last month the Astros upheld their end of the bargain, David found himself coming up…
Fox Scores Ratings Win as World Series Viewership Rebounds
LOS ANGELES—Baseball was especially good to Fox, with the Atlanta-Houston World Series lifting the network to its first weekly ratings win in the young TV season. The series rebounded from last year’s contest, which hit an all-time viewership low that was attributed to the pandemic and competition from the 2020 presidential election. The Houston Astros…
World Series Seeing Its Highest TV Viewership Since 2019
HOUSTON—The World Series has its highest broadcast viewership since 2019—with 13.9 million tuned in during Sunday’s Game 5 alone across Fox platforms. Atlanta’s 3–2 win over Houston on Saturday night received a 5.65 rating, 15 share and 10,511,000 viewers on Fox, the network said Tuesday. That was up 12 percent over the roughly 9.38 million…
Hammerin’ Braves Win 1st World Series Crown Since 1995, Rout Astros
HOUSTON—Most of the season, it just seemed this wasn’t their year. They dropped their first four games, and soon injuries piled up. They lost their most dynamic player before the All-Star break. They were stuck below .500 in August. Yet out of nowhere, suddenly, these Atlanta Braves transformed themselves and took off. Jorge Soler, Freddie…
With Pitchers Fried, Braves’ Fried Tries to Win World Series
HOUSTON—At this point, they’re all fried. Starters, openers, closers, and the rest of them. So many pitching changes by the Houston Astros and Atlanta Braves, it’s sometimes hard to keep track of who’s on the mound. “Everybody that’s in the World Series right now is gassed, everybody,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said during Monday’s day…
World Siri: Rookie Propels Astros Past Braves to Tie Series
HOUSTON—Jose Siri launched himself headfirst into home plate, popped up with arms flexed and screamed with all his might. Welcome to the World Series, rook. The career minor leaguer sparked a team whose biggest stars took a while to shine, sending the Houston Astros to a 7–2 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night…
Soler, Braves Overcome Morton Injury, Top Astros in Game 1
HOUSTON—A healthy swing by Jorge Soler powered the Atlanta Braves to a smashing start in the World Series. In the lineup for the first time since a positive COVID-19 test, Soler became the first player to begin a World Series with a home run, and the Braves, despite the loss of pitcher Charlie Morton to…
Longtime Dodger Manager, Baseball Ambassador Tommy Lasorda Dies At 93
LOS ANGELES (CNS)—Just days after being released from an Orange County hospital, legendary Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda died Jan. 7 at age 93, the team announced. According to the team, Lasorda suffered a sudden cardiopulmonary arrest at his home just after 10 p.m. Jan. 7 and was taken to a hospital “with resuscitation in…
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