Today is Spirit Day, and that familiar purple glow all over the Internet, all around the world and all throughout Major League Baseball serves as a hopeful message to anyone who is bullied: You are not alone. MLB and its 30 clubs join in a united stand against bullying and to show support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth.

Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina, who played three games of the postseason with a compromised left thumb, underwent surgery on Thursday afternoon to repair torn ligaments in that thumb.

The brand-new Hands High gear that just arrived at MLB.com/shop is for fans just like Ben — Jimmy Fallon’s character in the 2005 movie “Fever Pitch” — who tend to raise their arms a lot during games..

The Mariano Rivera American League Reliever of the Year Award and the Trevor Hoffman National League Reliever of the Year Award presented by The Hartford will be presented on Oct. 28, before Game 2 of the World Series.

In the biggest game of his career, right-hander Johnny Cueto delivered, holding down the Astros for eight innings on two hits and two runs while helping the Royals secure a 7-2 victory in Game 5 of the American League Division Series on Wednesday night, sending them on to face the Blue Jays in the AL Championship Series.

The Blue Jays are heading to the American League Championship Series for the first time since 1993, and it was one of the biggest home runs in franchise history that got them there.

Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said he expects third baseman Justin Turner to start Thursday night’s decisive Game 5 of the National League Division Series (8 p.m. ET, TBS), but he is uncertain about the status of catcher Yasmani Grandal.

Left-hander Sean Manaea may have been the big-name prospect on Wednesday afternoon at Sloan Park, but it was shortstop Adam Frazier that stole the show.

The lineups for Game 5 of the American League Division Series between the Astros and Royals at Kauffman Stadium have been announced. The game will begin at 8 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 1.

An American League Division Series that has seen all sorts of drama reached a new level in a deciding Game 5, courtesy of a bizarre errant throw back to the pitcher.

One way or another, the Cubs will feel good about themselves when they step on the field to face the Dodgers or the Mets in the National League Championship Series, beginning Saturday. They would be fine to play with their backup shortstop, Javier Baez, in the middle of their infield. But 21-year-old Addison Russell is the guy who has earned the chance to be introduced with manager Joe Maddon’s starting lineup.

New Brewers general manager David Stearns has found his right-hand man, naming Rays director of player personnel Matt Arnold as Milwaukee’s assistant GM on Wednesday.

Here are five things the Dodgers need to do in order to seize Game 5 of the National League Division Series from the Mets on Thursday at 8 p.m. ET (TBS) at Dodger Stadium and move on to engage the Cubs in the NL Championship Series.

Jon Lester lobbied to start Game 4 of the National League Division Series on Tuesday over Jason Hammel, and the left-hander appears to be in line for Game 1 of the NL Championship Series.

Although the Blue Jays broke Major League Baseball’s longest active postseason dry spell this year, they actually hold the most recent championship (1993) of any of the seven teams still alive going into Wednesday. Here’s how all of those droughts break down, from longest to shortest.

If they’re feeling the pressure of a do-or-die game in October, they’re not saying. If they think they’ve blown their best chance to win the American League Division Series by watching Game 4 slip away, it doesn’t show.

There’s nothing like a deciding game in a playoff series and the Dodgers have a dandy coming up on Thursday night against the Mets with Game 5 of the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium (8 p.m. ET on TBS).