Last weekend, the Padres went into L.A. with a one-game lead in the division and were swept by the Dodgers. Entering this weekend's series at home a game behind, San Diego held Los Angeles to three hits in a nail-biter to forge a tie at the top.
Mo'ne Davis took the field in Washington, D.C., alongside hundreds of players trying out for the Women’s Pro Baseball League, the first pro baseball league for women in the U.S. since the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
How rare, exactly? Well, if no one (or no team) can pull off the feat before the end of the season, it will be the first year without a no-hitter since 2005 and just the fifth year without a no-no in the Divisional Era (since 1969).
Seeing Bobby Cox present for the celebration of Atlanta’s first World Series title gave the 1995 Braves even greater reason to savor what they accomplished when they beat Cleveland in the Fall Classic 30 years ago.
