A fan celebrates on a light pole on Broad Street, south of City Hall, after the Philadelphia Phillies advanced to the World Series on Oct. 23. “It’s just how this city is,” Phillies first baseman Rhys Hoskins said. “What’s interesting about it,” said Simon, who studies pop culture, “is how quickly it has been imagined as a tradition.” As it …
David Fletcher and Shohei Ohtani, teammates on the field, are fierce competitors in video games. “Mike Trout is a pretty big deal, but I’ve never seen any girl outside the bus sobbing because Mike Trout was on it,” Walsh said. “I think Shohei might have trumped him there.” On television, Ohtani is the unicorn that can hit a ball 500 …
The fact came to José Mota’s attention near the end of last season. Mota was announced as the Angels’ new television color commentator Thursday, being elevated from his previous role on the team’s pre- and postgame show into a new three-man booth alongside longtime analyst Mark Gubicza and newly hired Matt Vasgersian and Daron Sutton, who will split play-by-play duties. …
Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs was found dead in his hotel room only hours before the opener of a four-game series with the Texas Rangers and three days before the 27-year-old left-hander was scheduled to make his next start. “He just had a very good way about him that was instilled in him from his upbringing.” 1 / 17 A growing …
