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Bob Costas signing off: Iconic baseball play-by-play caller to retire

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Shohei Ohtani and the LA Dodgers win franchise's 8th World Series title

New York held a 5-0 lead in Game 5, but a series of errors helped Los Angeles overcome that deficit for the win.
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2 fans ejected from World Series game for trying to pry ball from a player's glove

“I’ve never seen anything like it,” said Dodgers rookie pitcher Ben Casparius. “It was obviously very early in the game so I think it kind of set the tone."
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Freddie Freeman homers again for Dodgers early in Game 4 to set a pair of World Series records

He's the first player to hit a home run in the first four games of a World Series, and the lone player to homer in six straight World Series game.
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The Dodgers and Yankees are ready for the starriest World Series in decades

The Dodgers-Yankees rivalry dates to 1941, when the Dodgers were in Brooklyn and Joe DiMaggio's Yankees were seeking their fifth title in six years.
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Fernando Valenzuela, Mexican-born pitcher whose feats for Dodgers fueled 'Fernandomania,' dies at 63

Valenzuela was one of the most dominant players of his era and a wildly popular figure in the 1980s
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Reaction to the death of baseball hits leader Pete Rose

Banished baseball great Pete Rose died Monday at 83.
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Pete Rose, baseball’s banned hits leader, has died at age 83

Rose won three World Series titles and was the 1973 N.L. MVP, and earned 17 All-Star Game nods.
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Shohei Ohtani surpasses 50-50 milestone in spectacular fashion with a 3-homer, 2-steal game

Ohtani hit is 49th homer in the sixth inning, his 50th in the seventh and his 51st in the ninth.
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Shohei Ohtani tops MLB jersey sales, followed by Bryce Harper and Aaron Judge

The two-way star, limited to designated hitter duty following elbow surgery, was joined by Dodgers teammates Mookie Betts in fourth and Freddie Freeman in 20th.
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Orlando Cepeda, slugging Hall of Fame first baseman nicknamed 'Baby Bull,' has died at 86

“Our beloved Orlando passed away peacefully at home this evening, listening to his favorite music and surrounded by his loved ones,” his wife, Nydia, said.
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Willie Mays, Giants great and electrifying ‘Say Hey Kid,’ has died at 93

Mays' family and the San Francisco Giants jointly announced he “passed away peacefully” Tuesday afternoon surrounded by loved ones.