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PHOENIX —  Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman offered no explanations for what happened.How they were a combined one for 21 as the Dodgers were swept by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the…

Suddenly, everything feels possible.The Angels playing in October. Shohei Ohtani remaining in Anaheim beyond this season. And maybe someday, another championship parade that starts at…

Aaron Bates has seen almost every variation of Kiké Hernández’s swing.They first crossed paths in the Puerto Rican winter league in 2010, when Bates was trying to prolong his pro career…

After Shohei Ohtani gave up his fourth homer of the game, he returned to the Angels dugout and grabbed a helmet in case his turn to bat came up.He was smiling.Ohtani had never previously…

SEATTLE —  Do you believe in curses?Shohei Ohtani laughed and tilted his head to the side.“I wonder,” he said in Japanese.You know, people think the Angels are cursed.Before Ohtani could…

Sometime during the next month, the Dodgers have to trade for a starting pitcher, maybe even two.They have to look for experience. They have to search for depth.What they don’t have to find…

Other than the solo home run he served up to Freddie Freeman, Shohei Ohtani didn’t give up anything.Ohtani didn’t smile or laugh. He didn’t sigh. He didn’t break eye contact or give a…

Before he walked out of the locker room in a pair of once-white sneakers colored by his two oldest children, Clayton Kershaw imagined how he would feel when he woke up on Wednesday…

Galaxy captain Javier “Chicharito” Hernández will miss the rest of the MLS season with a torn ligament in his right knee, the team said Friday, an injury that could prove career-ending.…

The visitors connected a series of passes in the midfield, inspiring cries from the corner of BMO Stadium occupied by their supporters.“Olé! Olé!”Carlos Vela gave chase. Kind of.Vela’s…