Cuba throws 2 baseball stars off top team
AP - 13 hours ago
HAVANA (AP) - Ace pitcher Yadel Marti and star outfielder Yasser Gomez have been thrown off Cuba's top league team for "a grave act of indiscipline," likely ending their hopes of playing in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.
Yankees control shifts to Steinbrenner's son Hal
AP - 1 day ago
NEW YORK (AP) - For more than three decades, George Steinbrenner's imprints were all over the New York Yankees.
Hal Steinbrenner: Offer to CC will have time limit
AP - 1 day ago
NEW YORK (AP) - CC Sabathia will have a deadline to accept the New York Yankees' contract proposal.
Mussina calls it a career after first 20-win year
AP - 1 day ago
NEW YORK (AP) - Mike Mussina took a secret to the ballpark every day this season. Maybe that's why he was so successful on the mound, so jovial in the clubhouse.
Selig: Weather can't shorten postseason games
AP - 1 day ago
NEW YORK (AP) - There has never been a rain-shortened game in the postseason, and now there never will be. Baseball commissioner Bud Selig announced the sport will enact a rules change stating that postseason games cannot be shortened because of bad weather.
Phillies Utley (hip), Feliz (back) to have surgery
AP - 1 day ago
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Three-time All-Star Chase Utley, who anchored the middle of the lineup for the World Series champion Phillies, will have surgery and may not be ready for the start of the 2009 regular season.
Red Sox trade Coco Crisp to Royals for reliever
AP - 3 days ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Kansas City Royals picked up the leadoff hitter they had been seeking, acquiring center fielder Coco Crisp from the Boston Red Sox for reliever Ramon Ramirez on Wednesday. Kansas City was 12th among 14 AL teams in runs last season and added power last month, obtaining first baseman Mike Jacobs from Florida.
Wakamatsu hired to manage Mariners
AP - 3 days ago
SEATTLE (AP) - Don Wakamatsu is proud to be the first Asian-American manager in major league history. He's also keenly aware of what his grandparents endured, generations before he took over the Seattle Mariners.
Seattle Mariners name Don Wakamatsu as manager
AP - 3 days ago
SEATTLE (AP) - Don Wakamatsu became the first Asian-American manager in major league baseball history when he was hired Wednesday by the Seattle Mariners.
Phillies win World Series after 2-day delay
AP - 4 weeks ago
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Philadelphia Phillies have won the World Series, capturing the decisive fifth game 4-3 over Tampa Bay in a clinching game that took two days to complete following Monday night's rain delay.