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Vin Scully sat outside watching two sets of his golf clubs being loaded into a truck. He thought of afternoons teeing off at Bel-Air Country Club or with President George H.W. Bush. Wednesday, Sept. 23: Click here for auction details. Those left-handed clubs had produced a lot of shots over many rounds, some good, some bad. Traipsing the fairways was…

Legendary Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully talks with Fred Roggin about why he joined social media at 92 years old and why he’s auctioning off hundreds of items from his personal memorabilia collection.

The regular season goes to the Dodgers, but for the first time in a long time the Padres can say ‘see you in October’. Derek and Darnay discuss the state of the rivalry with longtime NBC LA sports anchor Fred Roggin. What’s the Dodgers’ outlook on a newly competitive Padres club? And how has Fernando Tatis Jr.’s appeal spread...

The San Diego Padres will face off against the San Francisco Giants in a doubleheader Sunday after two games were postponed due to a presumptive positive COVID-19 case in the Bay Area organization that was later determined to be false.

Major League Baseball is closing in on the final stages of a postseason bubble format as it nears completion of its season that’s been shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to people close to discussions, MLB has selected California and Texas as its two neutral locations with ballparks, including Dodger Stadium in Los Angles and Petco Park in San...

Cody Bellinger and the Los Angeles Dodgers set the National League record for home runs in a month. Now they’ll keep pushing for the most series victories to start a season in the majors since 1969. Bellinger’s two-run homer gave the Dodgers 57 long balls in August after solo shots from Corey Seager and Will Smith, and LA beat the…

Even amid the upheaval of a pandemic, one thing is predictable: the Los Angeles Dodgers are very good. In fact, they’re the best team in baseball, boasting a 22-8 record at the halfway point of the shortened season. They went 13-4 playing a stretch of 17 consecutive days that ended Sunday, capped by an 11-3 win over Colorado in which…

Seven St. Louis Cardinals players and six staff members have tested positive for COVID-19, causing Major League Baseball to postpone the team’s four-game series at Detroit.

Big league doubleheaders will now become a pair of seven-inning games in baseball’s latest radical rule change during a season reshaped by the coronavirus pandemic

NBC Miami sports reporter Ruthie Polinsky dishes on the Miami Marlins COVID-19 outbreak and how it could derail the 2020 MLB season.

The Miami Marlins have canceled their home opener against the Baltimore Orioles after at least 14 players have tested positive for COVID-19, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan.

Major League Baseball and the players’ union agreed to expand the playoffs from 10 teams to 16 for the pandemic-delayed season, a decision that makes it likely teams with losing records will reach the postseason

Major League Baseball teams are trying to find ways to remain engaged with fans during a pandemic-delayed season in which games won’t include spectators

Major League Baseball will pipe in crowd noise when the shortened season begins in ballparks with no fans.

Baseball players got a sense of what the game will be like without fans in the stands upon returning for workouts last week.

The Cleveland Indians are reviewing their contentious nickname

Baseball’s minor leagues canceled their seasons because of the coronavirus pandemic, and the head of their governing body said more than half the 160 teams were in danger of failing without government assistance or private equity injections.

As baseball scrambles to start an abbreviated season, the prevailing mood is one of nervous excitement.

Major League Baseball issued a 60-game schedule Tuesday night that will start July 23 or 24 in empty ballparks as the sport tries to push ahead amid the coronavirus following months of acrimony.

Major League Baseball plans to unilaterally issue a 60-game schedule for its shortest season since 1878 after the players’ association rejected a negotiated deal of the same length, putting the sport on track for a combative return to the field amid the coronavirus pandemic.