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This is pretty special.

Shohei Ohtani, who is just 2-for-25 with 12 strikeouts since the wild-card round, said Wednesday that he doesn't think pitching has affected his performance at the plate.

The Blue Jays, after losing the first two games of the ALCS at home, tattooed baseballs all over T-Mobile Park on Wednesday, smashing five home runs and four doubles in a 13-4 rout of the Mariners to avoid facing an elimination game Thursday.

The Mariners got completely destroyed by the Blue Jays in Game 3 of the ALCS, cutting their series lead to 2-1 and robbing them of their momentum.

Shohei Ohtani is in a dreadful slump this postseason, but doesn't think his two-way role for the Dodgers is to blame.

Tim Mead, the former head of communications for the Angels, admitted Wednesday to searching the desk of his former employee, Eric Kay, three times looking for potential illicit drugs or drug paraphernalia in Kay's final years with the franchise.

Seattle still owns the series geography, but George Kirby's ALCS blowup shifts the pressure.

Though he was just 1 for 7 in the first two games of the NLCS, he hit three balls with exit velocities of 98 mph or higher and Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says the at-bat quality was "fantastic."

Betty Yee, a Democratic candidate in the primary race for California governor, didn't say "no" when asked whether biological males who identify as female should face off against women at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

President Trump dined with the wealthy donors who have made his dream of the new $250 million ballroom a reality at the White House.