LOS ANGELES — David Aguilar has been a Los Angeles Dodgers fan for 50 years, but not once did he think he’d experience something like this. The Dodgers were trailing the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 in the bottom of the seventh inning of Game 3 of the World Series. Shohei Ohtani, who was 3-for-3 with…
Jonas Gomez has been going to Dodgers games his whole life. Growing up in Fillmore, Calif., 50 miles north of Los Angeles, he remembers watching Ken Griffey Jr. play when interleague play first started. He vividly remembers watching Hideo Nomo pitch and used to try to emulate him on the mound at his own baseball…
It’s not uncommon for a painting by famed Mexican artist Diego Rivera to command a sizable price tag when put up for auction. “Mercado de flores (Mujer cargando un niño)” sold for $190,500 during a Sotheby’s art auction Wednesday, and it wasn’t even the most expensive Rivera piece sold that day. What makes this piece…
There is no better place for bobblehead enthusiasts than Los Angeles for the next few months as the Dodgers will give out figurines during more than 25 percent of their home games this season. But according to ticket demand, no bobblehead is more coveted across MLB this season than the Freddie Freeman World Series grand…
Reigning National League MVP and World Series champion Shohei Ohtani has a stranglehold on MLB jersey sales over the past 18 months. The Los Angeles Dodgers superstar’s Nike jersey has sold “more than any other in the U.S., Japan and worldwide” since 2023, according to a joint news release by MLB and the MLB Players…
TOKYO — During the early innings of a nighttime exhibition between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Yomiuri Giants, Nori Kawana walked through the concourse of the Tokyo Dome in disbelief. As the head of Fanatics’ East Asia operation, Kawana leads MLB’s merchandising in Japan, and the day had already set his company’s sales record in…
While World Series rings don’t seem to impact a player’s value in the trading card/collectibles market as much as championships in other sports can, MLB postseason success can still drive interest and affect value in ways both short and long term. And since the 2024 World Series involved two teams with massive fan bases and…