How magical is the MLB postseason? Just ask Ray Kerr. The 32-year-old Atlanta Braves pitcher was once working at a 7-Eleven and a movie theater, thinking his baseball career was over. He was then signed for just $2,000 and spent seven seasons in the minor leagues. On Thursday, Oct. 1, Kerr finally got his MLB […]
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LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers open their 2026 postseason run on a sweltering Saturday afternoon, hosting the Atlanta Braves in Game 1 of the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium. Tarik Skubal will start for the Dodgers in Game 1, the team’s prized trade-deadline acquisition set to make his seventh career postseason start. Amazingly, […]
Atlanta has an uphill climb, and Game 1 looks particularly tough for them.
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Freddie Freeman is about to face the organization that drafted him, developed him, and helped make him a franchise icon. But as the Los Angeles Dodgers prepare to open their National League Division Series against the Atlanta Braves, Freeman isn’t interested in making his past the central storyline. The 37-year-old spent the first 12 seasons […]
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MLB insider Ken Rosenthal was asked whether the Los Angeles Dodgers are beatable in their National League Division Series against the Atlanta Braves. His answer leaned one way without closing the door. “Are they beatable in this series? I don’t think so, necessarily,” the FOX Sports insider said on Foul Territory. “I do like the […]
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The No. 2 versus No. 3 seed matchup in the National League division series features two heavyweight fighters with immense offensive firepower in the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Atlanta Braves. These lineups feature players on legitimate Hall of Fame tracks, with baseball legends like Shohei Ohtani, to decade-long offensive stalwarts in Matt Olson. Considering […]
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The Los Angeles Dodgers’ quest for a 3rd straight World Series title begins on Saturday. They will play the Atlanta Braves in the best-of-five NLDS at Dodger Stadium. Before the game, OF Josue De Paula and 2B Hyeseong Kim took batting practice alongside Shohei Ohtani before the Dodgers finalized the roster, per Dodgers Nation. They […]
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The Braves are using the same strategy for the second game in a row.
LOS ANGELES — The 2026 National League Division Series is the sixth postseason matchup between the Dodgers and Braves, dating back to 1996, and the fourth playoff matchup between the two teams in the last nine years. This doesn’t count when the Dodgers and Milwaukee Braves tied for the best record in the National League […]
2026 NLDS: Tarik Skubal’s plan for Game 1 — be him Tarik Skubal will start Saturday’s NLDS Game 1 for the Dodgers. (Carrie Giordano/Los Angeles Dodgers) by Cary Osborne If you don’t feel nervous, you don’t feel alive. Tarik Skubal, a Dodger for two months, will take the mound in 100-degree weather to start Game 1 of the 2026 National League Division Series against the Atlanta Braves, and he admits he’ll have some nerves. “But I get nervous for every game,” he said. Imagine how the batters in t...
Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani dealt with injury concerns toward the end of the regular season. Ohtani struggled at the plate after returning from injury late in the season, but he’s still one of the best players in the sport and the Dodgers are looking forward to having him available for the MLB playoffs. […]
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Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani provided a positive update to reporters regarding ailments in his left knee (inflammation, soreness, lingering pain) and right biceps (discomfort, pain) on Friday, one day before L.A. will host the Atlanta Braves for Game 1 of the National League Division Series.
Happy Victory Friday, Braves Country. The thing that tickles me about the photo above is the bespoke “Let It Fly / Wild Card Won” sticker on that champagne bottle. It’s been a beautiful, mostly stress-free day of enjoying the satisfaction of last night’s cathartic win and all the content that came with it. For example, […]
The Atlanta Braves advanced to the National League Division Series for the first time since winning the 2021 World Series, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 6-2 in Thursday’s Game 3 of the NL Wild Card Series. Atlanta’s win hinged on an unusual pitching plan that featured Ray Kerr as the opener and Chris Sale handling the […]
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Whoa, last night was fun, no? This playoff series win was at least five years in the making, which is exactly the last time the Braves won a playoff series. The Phillies have excelled at beating the Braves in October in recent years, but didn’t have a lot of luck with anyone else. I felt […]
The Atlanta Braves handled business against the Philadelphia Phillies in the NL Wild Card, and now they have a date against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLDS. It’s safe to say that the Dodgers are the title favorites, and they’re on a mission to 3-peat, which would be something no team has ever been […]
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The Braves have a tall task ahead of them as they try to take down the Dodgers in the NLDS.
LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers will have a familiar face and voice on the field before Saturday’s opener of the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium, as Keith Williams Jr. is slated to sing the national anthem before Game 1 against the Atlanta Braves. It’s the 14th postseason national anthem at Dodger Stadium dating […]
The MLB postseason moves on this weekend to the Divisional Series, with matchups between the Atlanta Braves vs Los Angeles […]
The Atlanta Braves advanced to the NLDS on Thursday night with a 6–2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 3 of their Wild Card series. One of several heroes on the night for the Braves was pitcher Ray Kerr, who started the game and pitched three shutout innings before getting pulled to a standing…
The Atlanta Braves have been meticulous in how they handle Chris Sale for the last three years, making sure to give him enough rest so that he can maintain his excellent form for an entire campaign. The 2024 National League Cy Young Award winner has still spent time on the injured list, but their plan […]
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LOS ANGELES — Major League Baseball on Friday announced the umpires for the Divisional Series round. For the Dodgers vs. Braves NLDS, the umpire crew will be led by crew chief James Hoye. This is the 18th career postseason series for Hoye, who has been umpiring in the majors since 2003. He was an umpire […]
Anthony Franco Good afternoon, hope you’re all doing well! Looking forward to another of these, let’s get rolling Isabella It feels like each of the lower seeds has a shot at an upset this postseason with the Yankees most likely, then White Sox, Braves, and Padres being least likely (but even then an upset of […]
The Phillies gave themselves a chance to escape Atlanta, then watched their season unravel Thursday night. After a 6-2 loss in the deciding game of the NL Wild Card Series, manager Don Mattingly and shortstop Trea Turner deserve some of the toughest questions. Mattingly’s decision to start Aaron Nola over Zack Wheeler immediately backfired. Nola […]
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We know Tarik Skubal will get the ball in Game 1 of the Braves’ NLDS showdown with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Walt Weiss, on the other hand, has much more difficult questions to answer when it comes to how they’ll line up their starting pitching. Game 1 feels like a bullpen game. The Braves really […]