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What to do when your favorite story of the year is reduced to a work of fiction.

As I sat down to write today’s newsletter, I couldn’t help but think of the title of an episode of The West Wing, “On the Day Before.” Today, of course, is the day before the World Series, so I naturally wanted to make “On the Day Before” the title and…

Here’s how all of Tuesday’s trade deadline action unfolded in real time.

Juan Soto beat Julio Rodriguez in a scintillating show at Dodger Stadium. Follow along how it went with the SI MLB team to guide you through highlights and analysis.

Matt Martell is on a well-deserved vacation this week. Emma Baccellieri has you covered in his stead. Of Sandy Alcantara’s many impressive statistics this season—including a 1.82 ERA and an 0.91 WHIP—there is perhaps none so remarkable as his total innings pitched. The 26-year-old has made himself ...

Yesterday, in the Dodgers’ 11–9 win over the White Sox, Chicago manager Tony La Russa made the puzzling decision to intentionally walk Trea Turner on a 1–2 count to face Max Muncy. Many of you probably know what happened, but let’s briefly run through the situation just in case before…

Matt Martell is off today to jump into a much-deserved long weekend for Memorial Day. Emma Baccellieri has you covered in his stead. There is a line that former ESPN writer Sam Miller used to say, in podcasts and in conversation, about when you could trust small-sample-size noise had disappeared…