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Francisco Liriano moves back into Twins rotation

Ready or not, Francisco Liriano is jumping back into the Minnesota Twins' beleaguered starting rotation. Complete Story...

Astros' Harrell beats Dodgers 3-1

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.

Teixeira delivers big hits again as Yankees win

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.

Braun, Weeks homer as Brewers beat D-backs 7-1

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.

Joyce's slam carries Rays past Red Sox, 7-4

Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine liked what he saw from his team in the ninth inning — the fight, spirit and adrenaline.

Lowe KO'd early as Indians fall 14-7 to White Sox

Derek Lowe wasn't looking for reasons. All he wanted to do was shake it off after absorbing his worst beating of the season.

Scherzer Ks 9, Tigers down Twins 6-3

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.

Helton HRs, Rockies end Reds' streak with 6-3 win

The breaking ball went everywhere. The fastball was way off, too. Johnny Cueto just didn't have it.

Hamilton homers in 13th, lifts Texas to win

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.

Cubs' losing streak hits 10 in 1-0 loss to Pirates

Ryan Dempster doesn't pitch like a guy who hasn't won a game since last August.

Padres victims of Santana gem in 9-0 loss at Mets

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.

Konerko, Viciedo lead White Sox past Indians, 14-7

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.

Helton HRs, Rockies end Reds' streak with 6-3 win

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.

Red Sox rally in 9th for 3-2 win over Rays

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.

Harper, Espinosa HRs lift Nats pats Braves, 8-4

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.

Pirates hand Cubs 11th straight loss with HBP

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.

Hosmer carries Royals to 4-3 win over Orioles

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.

AP source: Montero gets 5-year, $60 million deal

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.

League's meltdown gives Angels 6-4 win over M's

Brandon League still has his job as Seattle's closer. He's shown very little of late to back that he deserves the job.

Hefner struggles after delay, Mets lose to Padres

Jeremy Hefner was off to a good start in the rain. He lost his grip after a long delay.

Another poor start dooms Twins vs. Tigers

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.

Pujols, Callaspo homer and Angels top Mariners 5-3

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.

Phillies blank Cardinals 4-0 behind Kendrick

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.

Santana gets shutout, Mets beat Padres 9-0

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.

Buehrle pitches Marlins past Giants

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.

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Ricketts' anti-Obama campaign could cripple Wrigley plan; Rahm reacts - Blogs On Politics - Crain's Chicago Business
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Rahm, Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field, Obama and Reverend Wright.

Mets to Host 2013 All-Star Game at Citi Field
Source: The New York Times

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 deal
Source: Reuters

Free 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
Source: USA Today

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
Source: The Washington Post

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
Source: 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
Source: CNN

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.com
Source: CNN

Looks like Pilar was trying to knock Neon Deion's lights out....

Pudge puts finishing touches on stellar career
Source: MLB.com

Ivan 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 Sunday
Source: NewsMax

Television 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
Source: Bloomberg.com

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 win
Source: CBS News

Jamie 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)
Source: The Huffington Post

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
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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 Robinson
Source: MLB.com

The 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 Nerd
Source: Baseball Nerd

 Minutes 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 …

Ozzie Guillen: "I respect Fidel Castro. You know why? A lot of people have wanted to kill Fidel Castro for the last 60 years, but that (expletive) is still here."

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
Source: YouTube

President Kennedy throws out the first pitch on opening day of baseball, April 8, 1963.  

Tigers' Verlander Sets Expectations Ever Higher
Source: The New York Times

Justin 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 Three
Source: MLB.com

The 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 Republic
Source: TNR's The Worst Political Sex Writing The New Republic

Major 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 Soul
Source: The New York Times

IT 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 Billion
Source: The New York Times

In 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 - Bloomberg
Source: Bloomberg.com

Basketball 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 …

Congress To Investigate Saints?

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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