Why Phillies Executive Dave Dombrowski Decided It Was Time to Fire Manager Rob Thomson Dombrowski also addressed the rumors about him offering the position to recently fired Red Sox manager Alex Cora. Sports Illustrated · Apr 28
White Sox Rookie Munetaka Murakami Is Making Everyone Look Silly While Setting MLB Records The Japanese slugger has already set MLB records in his first month in the league. Sports Illustrated · Apr 28
Rob Thomson Had to Go in Philadelphia The Phillies were failing in every aspect, and Alex Cora’s firing by the Red Sox on Saturday made their decision a lot easier. Sports Illustrated · Apr 28
Phillies’ Turn to Familiar Playbook Is Unlikely to Work Rob Thomson, who took over during the 2022 season and led the Phillies to four straight playoffs, is out after a 9–19 start. Can Don Mattingly do better? Sports Illustrated · Apr 28
Rob Thomson’s Firing Proves Even Top MLB Managers Have a Short Leash Now The Red Sox and Phillies have already sent accomplished skippers home after tough starts. Sports Illustrated · Apr 28
Alex Cora Shares Emotional Message to Red Sox Fans in First Comments Since Being Fired Fired Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora sent an emotion message to the team’s fans in his first comments since being let go over the weekend. Sports Illustrated · Apr 28
Rays Reporter Saves the Day in Heartwarming Fashion After Unfortunate Home Run Ball Incident All's well that ends well at the ol' ballpark. Sports Illustrated · Apr 28
Alex Cora Shouldn’t Return to the Dugout Anytime Soon The recently fired manager of the Red Sox should move upstairs ... somewhere. Sports Illustrated · Apr 28
Mason Miller’s Scoreless Innings Streak Ends After One of the Worst Calls You’ll Ever See Padres closer Mason Miller saw his scoreless innings streak end at 34 2/3 innings after umpire Dan Merzel called a visibly foul ball fair, giving Matt Shaw an infield hit. Sports Illustrated · Apr 28
Struggling Guardians Call Up Top Prospect Travis Bazzana to Take Over at Second The Guardians have turned to 23-year old Australian second baseman Travis Bazzana. Sports Illustrated · Apr 28
Why Yankees Can Get Away With Sending a Former Rookie of the Year to the Minors Luis Gil has been optioned to Triple A, yet the Yankees' cupboard remains full. Sports Illustrated · Apr 27
Searching for Silver Linings Amid the Phillies’ Disastrous Opening Month Philadelphia is 9–19 and 10 1/2 games out of first place already amid a swath of dreadful slow starts from players who should be doing better. Sports Illustrated · Apr 27
MLB Standings Show Just How Desperate the Red Sox Have Become Boston's April shakeup surprised everyone. Sports Illustrated · Apr 27
‘He didn’t enjoy it that much’: what happened when Prince Charles went to a baseball game in 1970 With the king expected to visit the US, here’s a look back at when he didn’t quite understand America’s favorite pastime The Guardian - US · Apr 27
Sports Illustrated · Apr 26 Trevor Story, Red Sox Players Rip Front Office for Firing Alex Cora, Coaches Craig Breslow addressed the players in the clubhouse before Sunday’s series finale—and it did not go well.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 26 Alex Cora’s Firing Is the Final Straw. John Henry Should Sell the Red Sox After the original sin of the Mookie Betts trade in 2020, Boston’s owner has overseen a number of missteps that have left the franchise in disarray.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 26 Red Sox’ Season Was Doomed From the Start—and Firing Alex Cora Won’t Change That Boston may have dismissed its manager Saturday, but the issues extend well beyond him and can’t be fixed at this point.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 25 Mason Miller Sets Franchise Record as Padres Top Diamondbacks in Mexico City Mason Miller has now thrown 34 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings, a Padres record. San Diego beat the Diamondbacks in Game 1 of the Mexico City Series.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 25 MLB Mexico City Series: How to Watch Padres-Diamondbacks Game MLB's World Tour returns to Mexico City this weekend with an NL West showdown between the Padres and Diamondbacks. Here's everything you need to know.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 24 Red Sox’ Offensive Blackout Reaches New Depths During Yankees Sweep Boston’s dismal start to the season on offense has reached a dubious milestone.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 24 Phillies’ Release of Taijuan Walker Cements His Unfortunate Place in Franchise History Walker’s four-year, $72 million contract will go down as an unmitigated disaster despite futile efforts to salvage his tenure in Philadelphia.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 24 MLB Weekend Schedule and Updated Standings: First Place Up for Grabs in Multiple Series Full standings and schedule as MLB enters the final weekend of April.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 24 Mets Survive Bizarre Moment Where Two Pitchers Tried to Take Mound for Ninth Inning Don't look now but New York has now won two straight.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 24 The Red-Hot Yankees Are Getting Electric Starting Pitching Yankees rotation has been particularly great during six-game winning streak.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 24 How Dalton Rushing Injected New Life Into Dodgers-Giants Rivalry The Dodgers-Giants rivalry has new life, and a backup catcher is responsible.