The American League Division Series between the Los Angeles Angels and Kansas City Royals has been full of amazing clutch plays.
It doesn’t get more clutch than Kansas City outfielder Jarrod Dyson’s throw in the eighth inning.
In a 1-1 game, Dyson nailed Angels baserunner Collin Cowgill at third base in his attempt to tag up.
Afterward, a Royals fan decided to rub it in an Angels fan’s face.
The Angels fan wasn’t having it.
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Things got heated early between the Cardinals and Dodgers.
In the third inning of Game 1 of the National League Division Series, St. Louis ace Adam Wainwright plunked Los Angeles outfielder Yasiel Puig.
Puig calmly walked to first, but Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez started jawing with Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina.
From there, both benches cleared in this highly contested matchup.
The Cardinals are currently clinging to a 10-8 lead in the ninth inning.
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There’s no doubting Bryce Harper’s home run prowess.
In the seventh inning of Game 1 of the National League Division Series on Friday, the Washington Nationals outfielder absolutely crushed a ball off San Francisco Giants pitcher Hunter Strickland.
ESPN Stats & Info tracked the blast at 445′, the longest of Harper’s career:
Unfortunately, it was a solo shot.
The Giants ended up taking Game 1 by a score of 3-2.
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The Oakland Athletics just acquired slugger Adam Dunn from the Chicago White Sox on Sunday, Aug. 31, and the trade is already paying dividends.
In his first at-bat wearing the green and gold, Dunn skied a two-run bomb to right field.
The slugger continued his impressive debut with a single in the second inning.
This could be the shot in the arm the A’s needed.
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Jackie Robinson West (Chicago) almost became the first Little League World Series winner from Illinois last week. Their amazing journey was stopped short by Seoul in the title game, but the honors have kept coming in.
On Monday, the team paid a visit to the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. To their surprise, the Cubs players were wearing their jerseys.
It was only fitting that they returned the favor by wearing Cubs jerseys.
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Outfielder Yoenis Cespedes has made quite an impression on Red Sox Nation since he was acquired nearly a month ago for ace Jon Lester.
On Saturday afternoon, he continued to add to his resume.
Cespedes showed off his cannon, yet again, by gunning out the Mariners’ Kyle Seager at home plate.
This comes just days after he threw out Angels outfielder Josh Hamilton on a rope.
Memo to the MLB: Don’t run on Yoenis.
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Yasiel Puig is arguably one of baseball’s most intriguing players. It’s a rare night when he doesn’t do something that catches the eye.
Friday night’s game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Milwaukee Brewers was no exception.
In the seventh inning, the outfielder checked his swing against Brewers pitcher Zach Duke which resulted in a broken bat.
Amazingly, the bat never made contact with the ball.
As cool as it was to see, the Dodgers probably preferred he made contact.
Los Angeles ended up falling to Milwaukee 9-3.
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There was a bit of confusion in the Cleveland Indians’ Tuesday night game versus the Cincinnati Reds, especially on the part of Indians right fielder David Murphy.
With Murphy on first, Cleveland’s Yan Gomes doubled off of the right field wall. During the relay throw back in, an errant ball came flying in from the Reds’ bullpen.
A perplexed Murphy rounded third after seeing the extra ball lying in the grass.
The Reds quickly tossed the “real” ball to third and tagged Murphy out.
The Indians were not pleased, as they ended up losing the game 9-2.
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This is Derek Jeter‘s final season playing baseball, and he’s enjoying every second of it.
Friday’s game between the New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays was just another example.
In the third inning, teammate Ichiro Suzuki homered for the first time since last August. When he arrived back to the dugout, Jeter gave him a blank stare.
After a few seconds, the Yankees captain couldn’t hold back his excitement as the whole dugout joined in on the celebration.
Suzuki’s go-ahead three-run shot helped propel the Yankees to a 6-4 win.
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On June 10, 1997, former Anaheim Angels outfielder Jim Edmonds made one of the greatest catches in MLB history.
In the fifth inning of a game between the Angels and Kansas City Royals, Edmonds made a spectacular over-the-shoulder diving catch in center field going towards the wall.
The incredible play robbed the Royals’ David Howard of extra bases and remains one of the best defensive plays of all time.
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