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After being sequestered, separated and insulted, the Marlins pulled together. Now their improbable trip to the postseason rolls on.

The Marlins swept the Cubs to reach the NLDS and remain unbeaten in all seven postseason series they have played as a franchise.

Reliever Craig Stammen started for the San Diego Padres in the decisive Game 3 of the NL Wild Card Series against the St. Louis Cardinals.

"Sweet" Lou Johnson, who hit a key home run for the victorious Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 7 of the 1965 World Series and scored the only run in Sandy Koufax's perfect game the same year, has died. He was 86.

The Marlins shocked the Cubs with a wild-card sweep. Here's what you need to know.

The Marlins swept the Cubs to reach the NLDS and remain unbeaten in all seven postseason series they have played as a franchise.

Reliever Craig Stammen will start for the San Diego Padres in the decisive Game 3 of the NL wild-card series against the St. Louis Cardinals.

Despite recent animosity between the AL East rivals, both the Yankees and the Rays said they are focusing on handling their business during the ALDS.

The BBWAA voted to remove the name of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis from the MVP awards.

The White Sox's breakout season was stopped by a three-game loss at Oakland in the wild-card round. But it looks as if they have a bright future after ending a string of seven consecutive losing records with their first playoff appearance since 2008.

Detroit Tigers GM Al Avila on Friday said A.J. Hinch and Alex Cora, who were both fired in the wake of the Houston Astros' sign-stealing scandal, are among the candidates for the team's managerial vacancy.

The start of an unprecedented decade coincided with the breakout season of the Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr., a second-generation star and breaker of unwritten rules who has been selected as ESPN's Latino Face of the Decade.

Since he was a child, Fernando Tatis Jr. has lived to play. This year, the game needs him just as much as he needs it.

We're down to just two playoff games Friday, but both pack plenty of intrigue and drama.

A LeBron rookie card for $1.8 million? How about a Mike Trout one-of-one for $3.9 million? As records continue to fall, the nostalgic industry is swarming with mega-rich investors and high-volume traders.

It wasn't just the homers or the flip. It was the glare that told the world -- and the Padres -- that baseball's next big thing is here.

Fernando Tatis Jr. led a five-homer attack for San Diego, Clayton Kershaw was on top of his game, and the Braves and A's moved on to the next round.

Fernando Tatis Jr. and Wil Myers kept the Padres alive Thursday night and joined Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig as the only teammates in postseason history to hit multiple homers in the same game.

Fernando Tatis Jr. led a five-homer attack as San Diego rallied to beat St. Louis, while Atlanta shut down Cincinnati and Oakland eliminated Chicago.

The A's snapped a nine-game losing streak in winner-take-all postseason games, beating the White Sox 6-4 in Thursday's decisive third game to advance to the ALDS.