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Bill Plunkett

Bill Plunkett has covered everything from rodeo to Super Bowls to boxing (yeah, I was there the night Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield's ear off) during a career that started far too long ago to mention and eventually brought him to the OC some time last century (1999 actually). He has been covering Major League Baseball for the Orange County Register since 2003, spending time on both the Angels and Dodgers beats.

While in Milwaukee, the Dodgers are staying at a local hotel known for stories of being haunted. But not Mookie Betts. The outfielder is staying with some friends who rented an Airbnb for the series “just in case” the ghost stories are true. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

Dodgers’ Mookie Betts avoids ‘haunted’ Milwaukee hotel by staying in Airbnb

May 10, 2023 at 1:26 p.m.

Betts says he doesn’t necessarily believe in ghosts, but he doesn’t want to find out the hard way that he’s wrong about the venue and its reputation.

Boston’s J.D. Martinez trots home as Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw looks at the scoreboard after Martinez’s solo home run during the seventh inning of Game 5 of the World Series on Sunday night at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Red Sox homer their way past Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers for World Series title

October 29, 2018 at 1:30 a.m.

The World Series do-over the Dodgers craved for a year lasted just five games. The Red Sox dismissed them in Game 5 on Sunday, hitting four home runs (two by...

The Dodgers’ Max Muncy celebrates his game-winning solo home run in the 18th inning of Game 3 of the World Series late Friday night at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Max Muncy’s 18th-inning homer lifts Dodgers over Red Sox, ends marathon World Series game

October 27, 2018 at 3:32 p.m.

Muncy's walk-off blast gives the Dodgers a 3-2 victory and ends the longest game (by time and innings) in World Series history. The 7-hour, 20-minute battle exhausted the resources of...

Red Sox pinch-hitter Eduardo Nuñez watches the flight of his three-run home run off Dodgers relief pitcher Alex Wood, front, during the seventh inning of Game 1 of the World Series on Tuesday night in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Red Sox power to World Series victory over Dodgers, take Game 1

October 24, 2018 at 9:32 a.m.

Aces Clayton Kershaw and Chris Sale fail to make it through five innings, but Eduardo Nuñez's pinch-hit three-run home run off Alex Wood in the seventh inning is the difference,...

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