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World Series champion Teixeira wins US House seat as former NFL reporter Tafoya’s Senate bid fails

Former MLB star wins for Republicans in TexasTurek’s Iowa victory clinches Senate for DemocratsTafoya loses to Peggy Flanagan in MinnesotaFormer World Series champion turned Republican politician Mark Teixeira will represent ⁠Texas’s 21st congressional district in Washington after defeating Democra…

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Brewers manager Pat Murphy takes shot at ‘horseshit’ Yankees team after World Series win

Murphy offers critique of 2023 edition of YankeesHoward Bryant: Brewers expose baseball’s biggest lieMilwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy was captured taking a shot at a “horseshit Yankees team” after he celebrated his team clinching the World Series on Wednesday night.A video of Murphy talking to …

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The low-budget Brewers won the World Series – and exposed baseball’s biggest lie | Howard Bryant

Milwaukee’s first World Series championship is a rebuke to baseball’s oligarch class, whose insistence that small-market teams cannot compete has been laid bare as fictionFor the entirety of the 2026 baseball season, the overlords of the game have stood on the single position that what has now happ…

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Milwaukee Brewers close out Tampa Bay Rays to end 57-year wait for first World Series title

Brewers win first championship with 4-1 win in Game 5Misiorowski hurls five and two-thirds scoreless inningsContreras named World Series MVP after batting .381The Milwaukee Brewers captured their first World Series crown on Wednesday night, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 to complete a four-games-…

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Rays battle from brink in 12th inning to stun Brewers and stave off World Series sweep

Tampa Bay force Game 5 with extra-innings rallyMilwaukee denied first World Series championshipBrewers still hold 3-1 lead in best-of-seven seriesJonny DeLuca and pinch-hitter Ben Williamson hits RBIs in a stunning 12th-inning rally, and the Tampa Bay Rays staved off World Series elimination with a…

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Ruthless Brewers close in on World Series sweep after crushing Rays 10-1 in Game 3

Milwaukee one win from first World Series titleBrewers lead series 3-0 after resounding win in TampaJackson Chourio and Brice Turang sparked Milwaukee’s eight-run fifth inning, and the Brewers routed the Tampa Bay Rays 10-1 on Monday night to move within one victory of their first World Series titl…

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Brewers erase four-run deficit to stun Rays and take 2-0 World Series lead

Milwaukee rally from 4-0 down to win 5-4 in Game 2Frelick homers before Pratt delivers go-ahead singleRays undone by defensive mistakes in seventh inningSal Frelick tied the score with his first home run in three months, Cooper Pratt hit a go-ahead single in the seventh inning and the Milwaukee Bre…

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The World Series of the have-nots is here. But baseball’s money problem isn’t going away | Tom Dart

Baseball’s two best regular-season teams are also among its lowest spenders. But their unlikely World Series comes with a warning about the sport’s futureThe best pitcher in baseball led the best team to victory over the second-best team? Weird.A World Series that makes the logical feel novel began…

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Brewers survive chaotic ninth-inning replay drama to beat Rays in World Series opener

Brewers claim 3-2 victory in Game 1 of World SeriesYelich triples home a run and scores in first inningMisiorowski and Megill hold off late Rays fightbackTrevor Megill struck out Jonny DeLuca with runners on second and third to escape a ninth-inning jam as the Milwaukee Brewers held on for a 3-2 vi…

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World Series 2026 predictions: will the Rays or Brewers claim their first title?

It’s Milwaukee and Tampa Bay in the 122nd Fall Classic. Our writers predict how it will be decided, who will shine brightest and who will break their World Series maidenYes - and in fact, evidence that money actively undermines baseball happiness. For the big-market teams, anything…

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World Series will have first-time champion as Rays set up showdown with Brewers

Tampa Bay beat Guardians to seal ALCS in six games7-3 Game 6 win set up by strong Freddy Peralta startFreddy Peralta threw 5.1 gritty innings, Junior Caminero and Yandy Díaz each hit a two-run homer and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-3 in Game 6 of the American League Championshi…

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Rays on verge of World Series return after Rasmussen dazzles in win over Guardians

Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 Cleveland GuardiansRays lead best of seven series 3-2Drew Rasmussen shines over seven inningsTampa Bay’s Jonny DeLuca figured it was going to be a quiet day for the outfielders with Drew Rasmussen on the mound for Game 5 of the AL Championship Series against the Cleveland Guardia…

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Rays punish Cleveland defensive lapses to square ALCS at two games apiece

Rays defeat Guardians 7-3 to level ALCS at 2-2Díaz seals victory with ninth-inning home runTampa Bay and Cleveland meet again on SundayJonathan Aranda’s single led to two runs in the seventh inning when the ball got by right fielder Chase DeLauter, Nick Martinez pitched five and one-third innings f…

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Hall of Famers v bunch of gamers: the Dodgers’ exit proves money can’t buy everything

The Brewers turned LA’s stars into ghosts during their four-game NLCS sweep, destroying the ‘team that destroyed baseball’ and revealing the sport’s hard truthMilwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy had just watched his club dismantle Los Angeles for a fourth straight National League Championship Seri…

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Brilliant Brewers reach first World Series since 1982 as Dodgers blow 4-0 lead

NLCS Game 4: Brewers 6-4 DodgersDefending champions swept out of playoffsMilwaukee roar back from four runs downBrewers will face Rays or Guardians in World SeriesJake Bauers started the Brewers’ comeback with a two-run double and Garrett Mitchell hit a go-ahead home run to deliver a 6-4 victory ⁠o…

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Petey Halpin’s two-run homer lifts Guardians past Rays for 2-1 ALCS lead

Halpin’s first playoff homer puts Cleveland aheadWilliams strikes out nine as Guardians win 3-2Cleveland bullpen retires 11 of final 12 Rays battersPetey Halpin hit a go-ahead two-run homer, Gavin Williams struck out nine over five innings and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 in …

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Brewers go one win from World Series as back-to-back homers sink Dodgers

Milwaukee rally past Los Angeles for 3-0 NLCS leadBauers and Mitchell homer back-to-back off Blake SnellDefending champions face elimination on ThursdayJake Bauers and Garrett Mitchell hit back-to-back home runs off Blake Snell to reclaim the lead in the seventh inning as the Milwaukee Brewers beat…

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Peralta shines as Rays seize on Ramírez error to level ALCS against Guardians

Freddy Peralta pitches six scoreless innings in 3-1 winJosé Ramírez error opens door to three-run fourthALCS heads to Cleveland at 1-1 for Thursday’s Game 3Freddy Peralta pitched six innings of four-hit ball, Liam Hicks lined a two-run single after a fielding error by José Ramírez and the Tampa Bay…

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Brewers two wins from first World Series since 1982 as Contreras skewers Dodgers

NLCS Game 2: LA Dodgers 4-7 Milwaukee BrewersReigning champions 2-0 down in best-of-seven seriesGuardians take Game 1 of ALCS against RaysWilliam Contreras hit a tying homer in the fifth and singled home the go-ahead run an inning later as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-4 …

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Brewers edge Dodgers in NLCS opener as Turang homers and bullpen holds

Turang homers off Skubal as Brewers take Game 1Lara’s fifth-inning single breaks 1-1 deadlockMilwaukee end seven-game playoff skid against LABrice Turang homered off Tarik Skubal and Milwaukee’s bullpen shut down the Los Angeles Dodgers after Jacob Misiorowski’s taxing outing, sending the Brewers t…