Diamondbacks finish stunning sweep of Dodgers with historic inning: MLB playoffs highlights  —  Gabe Lacques Bob Nightengale Jesse Yomtov Scott BoeckUSA TODAY  —  PHOENIX - The Los Angeles Dodgers stood by and helplessly watched Wednesday night, too numb to cry, too stunned to scream, too despondent to show the slightest of emotion.

Japanese HS phenom Rintaro Sasaki skips NPB, will play NCAA baseball  —  Rintaro Sasaki, the Japanese high school career home run record holder, did not submit his application for the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) draft and has stated his intention to go to an American college to play baseball.

Yankees to ‘make some change’ after '23 struggles, owner says  —  NEW YORK — Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner says personnel changes are possible after three days of meetings last week that followed the team's worst season in three decades.  —  “We're going to be making some changes.

Steve Cohen on Mets: 'I've got to get this right'  —  Owner Steve Cohen has no regrets about the Mets' trade-deadline roster purge, even if it is now helping teams that were on the other end of such deals.  —  Take pitcher Justin Verlander, whom the Mets traded to the Astros in August for two outfield prospects.

Red Sox fire pitching coach Dave Bush, 3B coach Carlos Febles  —  The Boston Red Sox fired pitching coach Dave Bush and third-base coach Carlos Febles on Monday as the team tries to rebuild after a third last-place finish in four seasons.  —  Bush had been the Red Sox's pitching coach since …

With Rangers' sweep, Nathan Eovaldi sets up ‘best-case scenario’ for Texas pitchers  —  ARLINGTON, Texas — Sometime after the seventh inning, right around when Nathan Eovaldi took his curtain call, Chris Young's wife, Liz, turned to him and said, “I guess Christmas Eve was worthwhile.”  —  Liz remembered.

Dodgers' hitters succumbing to the pressure again  —  The injury-plagued starting pitching was always a question mark, but the offense - allegedly the Dodgers' strong suit - has no-showed again and has the team on the cusp of a second consecutive playoff failure  —  LOS ANGELES — Hey, batter, batter, batter!!

Former Dodgers, Padres star Steve Garvey joins U.S. Senate race  —  Former National League MVP Steve Garvey joined the race Tuesday to succeed the late California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, giving Republicans a splash of star quality on the ballot in a heavily Democratic state where the GOP hasn't won a Senate race in 35 years.

Michael King aiming to keep spot in Yankees rotation after late-season taste  —  Last offseason, Michael King was finishing up his rehab for a fractured right elbow and then beginning a careful buildup for the season as a reliever.  —  This winter, he will be preparing to take on a full …