Big Papi thrives in big moments
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Red Sox slugger David Ortiz is batting .733 during the World Series, a postseason performance worthy of Cooperstown.
Red Sox should be safe at home
COLUMN | Recent history says the home team in Games 6 and 7 in the World Series has a huge advantage.
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Red Sox should be safe at home
COLUMN | Recent history says the home team in Games 6 and 7 in the World Series has a huge advantage.
Red Sox head for home with a 3-2 lead
David Ortiz has three hits, including a run-scoring double, left, and ace left-hander Jon Lester beats St. Louis for the second time in this series.
Nats GM Rizzo relies on instincts
The Nationals’ hiring of Matt Williams shows, again, that this is Mike Rizzo’s franchise.
Gomes: Muscle, but he’s also all heart
COLUMN | The Red Sox outfielder is batty about baseball and an unlikely hero for his homer in Game 4.
Red Sox pick one off in St. Louis
Jonny Gomes makes his first hit of the World Series count, a three-run homer, tying it at two games apiece.
Hurting Craig is good to go
After scoring winning run in Game 3, St. Louis slugger is nursing a foot injury and doesn’t start Game 4.
Analyzing pitchers in the World Series
After three games, a look back and forward at the pitching matchups.
World Series 2013: The Red Sox are in serious trouble
The Cardinals have a 2-1 series lead and the Red Sox send Clay Buchholz to the mound in Game 4.
Salty’s throw leaves bitter taste
COLUMN | The call by much-maligned umpire Jim Joyce was the correct decision. Jarrod Saltalamacchia’s throw to third base was not.
Obstruction call hands Game 3 to St. Louis
The Red Sox fall, 5-4, after a wild finish in the bottom of the ninth inning and trail two games to one.
Strasburg, Harper, LaRoche undergo surgery
All three players had what the Nationals called “successful” minor surgeries on injuries that bugged them during the season.
Divergent paths to the top
World Series managers John Farrell and Mike Matheny got their jobs in vastly different ways.
Nats react to Williams news
While some players hope to see bench coach Randy Knorr promoted, they seem eager to meet new skipper.
Matt Williams tied to game’s steroids era
The Nationals new manager will be baseball’s first who acknowledged performance enhancing drug use.
Williams’s job one: Lift the Nats higher
Aiming for World Series, Washington will turn to a first-time major league manager in Matt Williams.
A leap of faith worth taking
COLUMN | Matt Williams may lack managing experience, but he could help a young team reach its potential.
Matt Williams, next manager of the Washington Nationals
The former Giants, Indians and Diamondbacks slugger will become the fifth manager in team history.
Matt Williams’s grandpa was on the Nats
Matt Williams’s grandpa played baseball in Washington. It was only for six games, but still.
Nationals to hire Matt Williams
Washington is set to make the Diamondbacks’ third base coach its new manager and wants to retain Randy Knorr, the popular bench coach.
The Cardinals’ fire-breathing bullpen
The Cardinals’ bullpen, filled with power arms, dominated yet again in Game 2.
A long series may be at hand
COLUMN | St. Louis is its usual efficient self in Game 2, and as a result the tight Series expected is likely to happen.
Make no mistake, Cardinals get even
Boston takes its turn imploding with a series of miscues from which it never recovers as St. Louis wins Game 2 of the World Series.
That Green glow in Lester’s glove
NOTEBOOK | TV image of left-hander’s glove had many inquiring about the substance, which turned out to be resin.
Nationals outright former first-rounder Chris Marrero
The 15th overall pick in the 2006 draft will be a minor league free agent after the World Series.
Boston Red Sox: Band of bearded brothers
If the World Series were determined by facial hair, Boston would win by a whisker.
Nats stand by Giolito pick
The Nationals insist they have no regrets about passing up on Cardinals phenom Michael Wacha.
Nats worth $850 million
The Nationals — including stakes in MASN and other media — are worth an estimated $850 million.
Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals face off in World Series
For the first time since 1999, the two best regular-season teams in baseball will play against each other in the World Series.
Mattingly would consider the Nats
Don Mattingly still wants to return to the Dodgers, his agent said, but if not he would consider an overture from the Nationals.
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