Instant analysis of 49ers' 27-24 loss to the Rams after late collapse  —  INGLEWOOD - Jauan Jennings' three touchdown catches — and 11 receptions overall for 175 yards — should have been enough for the 49ers to bury a wounded Rams team Sunday.  —  Instead, the 49ers blew it.

MLB playoffs home-field advantage is overrated.  Why ‘road can be a beautiful place’  —  (This story has been updated to correct a factual error.)  —  PHOENIX− You're the Arizona Diamondbacks, the defending National League champions, and you've got a huge decision looming.

Cincinnati Reds fire manager David Bell after 6 seasons  —  The Cincinnati Reds fired manager David Bell on Sunday with five games to go in a disappointing season that began with the Reds as playoff contenders and will end with them missing the postseason for the 10th consecutive full season.

Dick Moss, lawyer who won free agency for MLB players, dies  —  NEW YORK — Dick Moss, the lawyer who won the arbitration case that created free agency for baseball players and revolutionized pay for professional athletes, has died.  He was 93.  —  Moss died Saturday at an assisted-living residence …

Sources: Nats demote All-Star CJ Abrams after all-nighter  —  The Washington Nationals demoted All-Star shortstop CJ Abrams to the minor leagues after he stayed out all night at a Chicago-area casino, leaving only hours before a Friday day game against the Chicago Cubs, sources told ESPN's Jesse Rogers.

Diamondbacks run win streak to four by blasting Brewers again  —  (This story was updated to add new information.)  —  MILWAUKEE - It was not so long ago that the worst-case scenario seemed possible.  The Diamondbacks were struggling.  Rival clubs were surging.

Phillies beat Mets to make playoffs, near coveted NL East title  —  NEW YORK — The only remnants of a clinched postseason appearance Friday night was the champagne on a table in the middle of the visiting clubhouse at Citi Field.  The customary debauchery was absent.  Goggles weren't worn because they weren't needed.

Two Stars Signed With San Francisco Long Term.  Now They Have to Rebuild It.  —  BALTIMORE — Logan Webb was a teenage pitching prospect, just a couple months removed from his high school graduation, when he received his unofficial welcome to professional baseball.  —  It was not a gracious welcome.

Rangers' Corey Seager expects to be ready for spring training  —  ARLINGTON, Texas — Two-time World Series MVP Corey Seager expects to be ready for the start of spring training with the Texas Rangers after the shortstop's second hernia surgery in less than eight months.

Boy abducted in Oakland in 1951 at age 6 found alive on East Coast  —  A niece living in Oakland played a key role in finding him  —  OAKLAND — On Feb. 21, 1951, a woman lured Luis Armando Albino — then only 6 years old — from the West Oakland park where he had been playing with his older brother …

A bow at Busch Stadium?  Matt Carpenter ‘open’ to playing in 2025, enjoys role: Cardinals Extra  —  On the day he officially retired as a Cardinal, Matt Adams describes the emotions of returning to Busch, his most famous homer, and his next act in baseball.  He wants to manage in the majors.