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Ready or not, Francisco Liriano is jumping back into the Minnesota Twins' beleaguered starting rotation. Complete Story...
Lucas Harrell took a shutout into the eighth inning, J.D. Martinez homered and the Houston Astros used four relievers in the eighth to get out of a bases-loaded jam and help secure a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.
Mark Teixeira hit a two-run homer and a solo shot among his career high-tying four hits to back CC Sabathia's sixth win of the year, and the New York Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics 9-2 on Saturday for their fourth straight win.
Ryan Braun, Rickie Weeks and Corey Hart homered and Yovani Gallardo maintained his mastery of Arizona on Friday night in the Milwaukee Brewers' 7-1 victory over the Diamondbacks.
Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine liked what he saw from his team in the ninth inning — the fight, spirit and adrenaline.
Derek Lowe wasn't looking for reasons. All he wanted to do was shake it off after absorbing his worst beating of the season.
Max Scherzer struck out nine in a rain-shortened outing and Prince Fielder had his first four-hit game with the Tigers, leading Detroit to a 6-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday.
The breaking ball went everywhere. The fastball was way off, too. Johnny Cueto just didn't have it.
Josh Hamilton hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 13th inning, lifting the Texas Rangers to an 8-7 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.
Ryan Dempster doesn't pitch like a guy who hasn't won a game since last August.
The Padres wound up on the wrong end of a vintage performance by Johan Santana. That power-hitting display by the New York Mets wasn't nearly as classic — though it was just as unwelcome to San Diego.
Dayan Viciedo homered in his third straight game, Paul Konerko had four hits, and the Chicago White Sox pounded Derek Lowe and the short-handed Cleveland Indians 14-7 Saturday for their eighth win in nine games.
Todd Helton homered and drove in three runs Friday night, leading the Colorado Rockies to a 6-3 victory that ended the Cincinnati Reds' longest winning streak of the season at six games.
Jarrod Saltalamacchia had a pinch-hit, two-run homer off Fernando Rodney with one out in the ninth inning to lift the Boston Red Sox to a 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday night.
Bryce Harper homered and Danny Espinosa added a three-run shot to help Washington strengthen its hold on first place in the NL East by beating the reeling Atlanta Braves 8-4 on Saturday.
Matt Hague was hit by a pitch from Rafael Dolis with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates sent the Chicago Cubs to their 11th straight loss with a 3-2 victory Saturday night.
Eric Hosmer singled in the tiebreaking run in the eighth inning, Billy Butler homered and the Kansas City Royals rallied to beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-3 Saturday.
A person with knowledge of the situation said the Arizona Diamondbacks and catcher Miguel Montero have agreed to a five-year, $60 million contract on Friday.
Brandon League still has his job as Seattle's closer. He's shown very little of late to back that he deserves the job.
Jeremy Hefner was off to a good start in the rain. He lost his grip after a long delay.
The Minnesota Twins have started to swing the bats pretty well the last few weeks, their offense shrugging off the early season struggles to live up to the potential they envisioned when they broke spring training.
Albert Pujols hit a home run in his third straight game and pinch hitter Alberto Callaspo came through with a grand slam in the sixth inning to give the Los Angeles Angels a 5-3 win over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday.
Kyle Kendrick threw a seven-hitter for his first career shutout, winning his first game of the season and putting the Philadelphia Phillies on the verge of their first four-game sweep in St. Louis in 26 years with a 4-0 victory on Saturday night.
Johan Santana pitched a satisfying shutout and the Mets batters showed they can carry New York without needing David Wright to excel in every game.
Mark Buehrle pitched into the eighth inning and the Miami Marlins moved within a victory of tying the team record for the most in a month with a 5-3 win over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday.
Ricketts' anti-Obama campaign could cripple Wrigley plan; Rahm reacts - Blogs On Politics - Crain's Chicago BusinessRahm, Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field, Obama and Reverend Wright.
Mets to Host 2013 All-Star Game at Citi Field Major League Baseball will announce on Wednesday that next year’s All-Star Game will be held at Citi Field, according to a person with knowledge of the decision. The Mets were expected to be awarded the game after the Yankees hosted it in 2008, the last year the old Yankee …
Blue Jays sign Guerrero to minor league dealFree agent slugger Vladimir Guerrero, a nine-time All-Star and former American League Most Valuable Player, has signed a minor league contract with the Toronto Blue Jays, the team said on Thursday. Guerrero, 37, has not played in the major leagues since hitting .290 with 13 home …
Bryce Harper knows how to read the unwritten rules Bryce Harper already had six hits, several highlight-reel catches and throws plus enough publicity to make a Hollywood heartthrob envious, but he wasn't a true big leaguer until Sunday night. At least that's the way Cole Hamels felt before the Philadelphia Phillies pitcher plant …
Bryce Harper ready for Nationals Park debut Bryce Harper arrived at Nationals Park this afternoon for his first home game in the majors, and he believed this is place he belongs. He felt more at ease in his first two major league games than all the minor league games before them. For a player with “big leagues” …
Delmon Young Arrested -- MLB Superstar Accused of Pulling a Mel Gibson | TMZ.com Detroit Tigers star Delmon Young was arrested in NYC this morning after allegedly screaming a bunch of anti-Semitic slurs at a man in a yarmulke ... and then fighting another dude.
How the Washington Nationals became baseball's sleeping giant Billy Beane knew what he had in Gio Gonzalez: a young, durable, lefthanded strikeout artist. If Beane, the Oakland A's general manager, was going to deal him last winter -- even in the midst of a fire sale in which virtually every player on the A's roster, save second baseman Jem …
Deion Sanders accuses estranged wife of assault, to press charges - CNN.comLooks like Pilar was trying to knock Neon Deion's lights out....
Pudge puts finishing touches on stellar careerIvan Rodriguez likes to tell the story about the Spring Training intrasquad game when he hit a home run off Nolan Ryan and the Hall of Fame pitcher responded by hitting him with a pitch in his next at-bat. "I remember hitting him, but I don't remember the home run," said Ryan at …
TV Game-Changer Fox Marks 25th Year SundayTelevision networks are masters of self-promotion, so it's no surprise that Fox is carving out two prime-time hours Sunday to celebrate its 25th year. But why quibble over the hoopla planned for the 8-10 p.m. EDT showcase? With Ryan Seacrest as ringmaster, let's give a shout-o …
Fenway Park at 100 Doubles Revenue as Red Sox Seek More Profit The decision by current owners to stick with Fenway dates to before Henry took over a partnership first led by Les Otten, founder of American Skiing Co. Otten, who sold his minority stake in the club in 2007, said he was committed to preserving the grounds since making a visit …
Jamie Moyer, 49, becomes oldest pitcher to notch MLB winJamie Moyer is headed to the Hall of Fame. Well, maybe his uniform anyway. Or perhaps even his glove. Cooperstown has asked for some sort of memorabilia from Moyer to commemorate his record-setting night as the 49-year-old left-hander became the oldest pitcher to ever win a maj …
Kyle Smerer Surprised By Army Father Dressed As Umpire At Mariners-Athletics Game (VIDEO)Who doesn't love ballpark surprises? The Seattle Mariners asked 13-year-old Kyle Smerer to participate in the "Steal-a-Base" onfield promotion at Safeco Field -- in which a youngster starts from center field and runs to second base and back (with the base) -- but the team had so …
7 strangely superstitious baseball players You needn’t be a diehard sports fan — or intimate with the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder — to know that Major League Baseball is an American pastime steeped in rites, rituals, repetition, routines, quirks, tics, idiosyncrasies and generally eccentr …
Baseball pays tribute to pioneer RobinsonThe No. 42 is retired by all 30 Major League teams, but every big league player is taking the field on Sunday with those digits on his back, in commemoration of Jackie Robinson Day. April 15 was dedicated as Jackie Robinson Day in 2004, to honor the anniversary of Robinson break …
The 1st Amendment, The 2nd Praising Of Castro, and Five Games « Baseball NerdMinutes into his five-game unpaid suspension for having praised Fidel Castro in a community filled with, and animated by, people who think Castro comparable to Hitler, Manager Ozzie Guillen of the Miami Marlins tried to explain that he had hoped to say he was surprised Ca …
I am the biggest baseball fan in America and as a long-suffering Chicago CUBS fan...I ate lots of crow when the Chicago White Sox won the World Series,, but I was HUGE Ozzie fan (even when he was a player for the Sox) and I danced in the streets of Chicago with a million other f …
JFK Throws out First Pitch - JFKLibrary President Kennedy throws out the first pitch on opening day of baseball, April 8, 1963.
Tigers' Verlander Sets Expectations Ever HigherJustin Verlander will be back on the mound at Comerica Park on Thursday, back on the perch from which he reigned in 2011. His Detroit Tigers host the Boston Red Sox in an afternoon opener with a prime-time aura. Prince Fielder takes aim for the downtown skyscrapers for the first …
AL East again looks to be battle of Big ThreeThe perennial contenders in baseball's toughest division sat out much of the frenzy of this past offseason. The top clubs in the American League East watched the Angels, Marlins, Tigers and Rangers dominate the headlines and spend the big dollars. That doesn't mean they were idl …
Why Baseball Is The Best—And Least Exploitative—American Sport | The New RepublicMajor League Baseball (MLB), the oldest spectator team sport in the nation, has become the most affordable and least exploitative one—and its labor relations are remarkably harmonious, too. Compared to the dysfunction, scandal, and discontent commonplace in other professi …
What Baseball Does to the SoulIT was long before baseball ever enchanted me, and long before I ever knew anything of the Yankees, and long before I learned that a pitch could swerve, yet it came back to me, years later, sitting in the bleachers at Yankee Stadium, a curveball from the past. In Liverpool, dawn …
Group Led by Magic Johnson Wins Auction to Buy Dodgers for $2.15 BillionIn a quick, dramatic end to the year-long financial crisis of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the team’s owner, Frank McCourt, agreed to sell the team Tuesday night for $2.15 billion to a group headed by Magic Johnson, the Lakers’ Hall of Famer. The Johnson group’s de …
Magic Johnson Group to Buy L.A. Dodgers for $2 Billion - BloombergBasketball Hall of Fame memberMagic Johnson and a group of investors that includes Guggenheim Partners Chief Executive Officer Mark Walter won the auction for the bankrupt Los Angeles Dodgers with a $2 billion bid. . . . Johnson’s group also includes Hollywood producer P …
Really? Is that what my tax dollars are for? Investigating sports while millions continue to languish in the unemployment lines while Banksters go unpunished. What a bunch of idiots we seem to have chosen to lead this country. Here is a News Flash for Con …
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