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A bookmaker who took bets from Ippei Mizuhara, the convicted former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, was sentenced to a year and a day in jail Friday.

Ceddanne Rafaela hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning to lift the Boston Red Sox to a 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night.

The Nationals have not had a heated rivalry with any of their NL East foes, for various reasons, including the level of passion among the Washington fan base that ignites that intensity. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred may have an answer for that.

Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer and Cody Bellinger homered on the next pitch as the New York Yankees went deep four times and scored nine runs in the third inning of an 11-2 rout of the Washington Nationals on Wednesday.

Washington Nationals catcher Drew Millas fractured a finger Wednesday against the New York Yankees on a catcher's interference play.

Giancarlo Stanton hit a 451-foot, two-run homer in the sixth inning and drove in five runs for the first time since 2022 to lead the New York Yankees to a 5-1 victory over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night.

Cardinals first baseman Willson Contreras has been suspended for six games and fined an undisclosed amount for his tirade in St. Louis' 7-6 win over Pittsburgh on Monday night.

Los Angeles Angels manager Ron Washington said Monday he is recovering from quadruple bypass heart surgery. It's the first time he has publicly addressed the health issues that have sidelined him since late June.

I pulled this book off my shelf for summer reading -- "The Man To See: Edward Bennett Williams, Ultimate Insider; Legendary Trial Lawyer," published in 1991 and written by Evan Thomas, a journalist, historian, lawyer, and author of 11 books,

It might not have been perfect, but for Taiwan it was still pretty great. Lin Chin-Tse retired the first 13 batters he faced and allowed just one hit in five innings as Taiwan beat Nevada 7-0 in the Little League World Series championship Sunday,