- Up tonight: the Dodgers and rookie Joc Pederson face the Cardinals at 6:30pm EST on Fox Sports 1 (10/3/2014) ***
- Up today: manager Brad Ausmus‘s Detroit Tigers (and 2B Ian Kinsler) face the Baltimore Orioles in Game 2 at Noon EST on TBS (10/3/2014) ***
- A record-tying 15 Jews played in the MLB this season. How’d they do at the plate? JBN has gathered all the stats for you (10/3/2014) ***
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