The A’s Sacramento debut has underwhelmed the town’s baseball fans, with sales and crowds lagging expectations and a tepid secondary market for tickets. River Cats attendance has fallen sharply as the MLB move reshapes the local rhythm, while ticket pricing and the six Tacoma-hosted A’s games illustrate a market still finding its footing. The revenue-sharing setup between the A’s and River Cats fuels debate about long-term viability and local baseball momentum.

Overall, the experiment isn’t delivering the anticipated grassroots surge, prompting questions about whether Sacramento can sustain growth for either franchise and how the dual-residency will influence fan engagement, park usage, and future expansion talks in the region.

Darryl Kile's 2002 heart attack jolted baseball, but his family is turning tragedy into prevention. Sierra Kile leads Playing with Heart with Merck and WomenHeart to educate about cardiovascular risk and early detection. Cardinals legends remember him as a clubhouse heartbeat; his jersey and DK57 patch stay in the dugout as a lasting memorial and inspiration for teammates and fans.

Ongoing involvement from Wainwright, La Russa, and others keeps Kile’s memory alive, linking sport and health. The campaign aims to save lives by widening awareness and encouraging conversations with doctors, turning grief into a real-world impact across MLB communities.

New York’s Mets face a decisive late-season sprint as a seven-game skid threatens their playoff hopes, even with Soto delivering MVP-like numbers. The AL Wild Card picture tightens with Seattle closing in on Houston, while the NL race features Mets, Giants, Reds and D-backs all within striking distance. Byes go to the Blue Jays and Tigers in the AL and Brewers and Phillies in the NL, but a final regular-season series tiebreaker will determine some crucial spots.

The stretch run promises volatility: a couple of wins can vault teams into clinching scenarios, while losses can flip a wildcard order overnight. Fantasy managers must monitor lineup shifts, bullpen usage, and park factors as teams jockey for a postseason berth in the two weeks ahead.

Dodgers finally snapped a long scoring drought by erupting for six runs in the fifth to beat the Giants 13-7. After a rocky start, the offense capitalized on two-strike, patient at-bats, with Teoscar Hernández lining a go-ahead two-run double off José Buttó and Shohei Ohtani's 454-foot homer sparking the rally. Will Smith's IL stint and Muncy's early exit loom, but the bullpen stabilized behind Edgardo Henriquez and Justin Wrobleski as L.A. kept the pressure on. A much-needed offensive push in a pivotal series lead to a statement win.

Rojas and Rortvedt supplied big two-run hits, Freeman and Betts supported with run-scoring hits, and Conforto contributed a sac fly as the Dodgers finally put together a multi-inning scoring crescendo. The late bullpen resilience, despite a tense finish, provided a much-needed confidence boost for fantasy managers betting on LA's lineup depth and upside in the closing weeks.