Just in time for MLB Opening Day: Try ESPN+ for free for 7 days

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Opening Day is here! Catch Bryce Harper’s first game wearing a Philadelphia Phillies jersey against the visiting Atlanta Braves with a 7-day ESPN+ trial subscription that lets you stream the MLB Game of the Day in HD all season long. Here are five reasons is why you definitely want ESPN+ this season.

1. Your awesome weekend plans

In addition to the Philadelphia Phillies vs. the Atlanta Braves, be sure to catch the Houston Astros vs. the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday. Keep the games streaming all weekend long with the Baltimore Orioles vs. the New York Yankees on Saturday, and the St. Louis Cardinals vs. Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday. Read more…

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How I podcast: Effectively Wild’s Ben Lindbergh

Last month, Spotify announced that it had paid $340 million for Gimlet and Anchor in a push to make its mark on podcasting. But while it’s encouraging to see media giants throw weight and money behind the medium, the beauty of the format has always been its accessibility. It’s the rare form of entertainment that’s […]

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Here’s a list of things you had time to do during Game 3 of the World Series

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The Los Angeles Dodgers and Boston Red Sox started Game 3 of the World Series in the year 400 BC, and sweet Jesus it’s still not over. 

(Update: Oh my god it’s finally done after 18 innings. Dodgers win 3-2.)

Here’s a list of things you could have done in the span of this baseball game. 

The game was 7 hours and 20 minutes long, ending at 12:30 a.m. in Los Angeles and way past last call in Boston. It was officially the longest game in World Series history by innings and time. It was also the longest game in MLB postseason history. Baseball is wonderful and terrible.  Read more…

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We’re getting free tacos thanks to a stolen base at the World Series

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Baseball fans and fast-food lovers alike can celebrate for one tasty reason: Free tacos.

In keeping with its long-running World Series tradition, Taco Bell will give away free Doritos Locos Tacos if a base is stolen by either team during a game. Thanks to Boston Red Sox player Mookie Betts — who stole a base during Tuesday’s game versus the Los Angeles Dodgers — the entire U.S. now has access to free tacos.

It happened! A base was stolen in the #WorldSeries and that means all of America gets to steal a free Doritos® Locos Tacos. See terms: https://t.co/0Q1e2acrit #StealATaco pic.twitter.com/1i21Jukplz

— Taco Bell (@tacobell) October 24, 2018 Read more…

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Red Sox fan somehow hits Yankees player with his own home run ball

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The Boston Red Sox should consider signing one of their fans that got ejected from Fenway Park on Saturday.

After New York Yankees power hitter Giancarlo Stanton blasted a home run to the top of Fenway Park’s infamous Green Monster at the top of the seventh inning on Saturday, a Red Sox fan took that ball and whipped it back onto the field in protest, hitting Stanton in the arm after a hop as he rounded second base. That’s a pretty impressive feat.

ICYMI: A fan threw Giancarlo Stanton’s home run back onto the field … and hit him with it 👀 pic.twitter.com/oB5dnwIkwJ

— ESPN (@espn) September 30, 2018 Read more…

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Hailey Dawson’s incredible journey to pitch at every MLB stadium with a 3D-printed hand

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Hailey Dawson likes to be photographed with her 3D-printed hand front and center. Sometimes she curls it into a fist and flexes her biceps. Other times she keeps it flat as a pancake, elbow bent into a classic dab. 

However she holds it, the point is that it’s there and she wants you to look at it. 

She’s gotten baseball fans around the country to pay attention to it, too, by throwing the first pitch at every MLB stadium to raise awareness of the need for affordable prosthetics. After she pitches at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Sunday afternoon, the 30th and last stadium on her list, she will complete what her family is calling her Journey to 30Read more…

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Watch this good dog patiently hold a hot dog in its mouth while its owner takes a picture

This is One Good Thing, a weekly column where we tell you about one of the few nice things that happened this week.
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Man catches foul ball in beer cup, then chugs

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If you catch a foul ball with your beer cup at a baseball game, the only reasonable thing to do is to chug the remainder of your beer.

A Cubs fan completed his legacy on Monday evening at Wrigley Field in Chicago during a game against the New York Mets. After successfully catching the foul ball hit by first baseman Anthony Rizzo, the man removed his hat, saluted the stadium, and chugged the beer. The crowd went “wild.”

He is now a legend. These are the rules.

#Cubs Fans showing good form in the 1st inning at Wrigley. Foul ball in the beer cup…and you know the rest #EverybodyIn pic.twitter.com/BfYoHN9ob8

— Ben Hutchison (@WISNBennyHutch) August 28, 2018 Read more…

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