ST. PETERSBURG - Though Alex Rodriguez eyes a return from the disabled list Tuesday at Yankee Stadium, Rodriguez said he understands he set himself up for a vicious booing by Red Sox fans for helping ...
The Mets finally ditched dreadful reliever Jorge Sosa this week. After last night, their fans wouldn't mind if Aaron Heilman joined him - and soon. Heilman remained Public Enemy No. 1 at Shea Stadium ...
The Son of Boss is lashing out all over the place these days, but while the brunt of his anger is vented at his underperforming moneyed players, his veiled criticism appears directly aimed at the gene ...
Hideki Okajima might as well leave his interpreter behind, because after yesterday's 6-3 loss to the Orioles, in which the lefthanded reliever allowed a seventh-inning grand slam to Jay Payton, he cou ...
Hank Blalock didn't play for Double-A Frisco tonight after he felt his hamstring tighten up during warmups. Blalock will be re-evaluated tomorrow (read: He won't play then either). And I doubt he'll j ...
Many look forward to facing Cards ...
Scioscia shakes up lineup ...
The Blue Jays completed a three-game sweep by feasting on mistakes. ...
Pedro Martinez took a significant step toward rejoining the Mets' rotation yesterday by throwing a 55-pitch simulated game in Port St. Lucie. Martinez threw all of his pitches without problem and eve ...
Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio said Wednesday there is flexibility in the team's payroll to get... ...
For at least a generation, the insult has been burning the ears of the modern ballplayer, whenever someone decides to ridicule their toughness, be it ticket-buying fan, hockey player, or former Rockfo ...
When the normally undemonstrative Moises Alou was ejected on Wednesday, it suggested a larger point about the game: the Mets seemed to have things under control, until they did not. ...
That undercurrent of discontent over some Mets ducking the media boiled over after Thursday's game. As reporters spoke with Billy Wagner after the loss, first about the Yankees series, then about Thur ...
The more the Yankees lose, and the more impatient Hank Steinbrenner gets, the more speculation General Manager Brian Cashman faces on his future. ...
It has been a long, steady climb for the All-Star catcher, who started the season hitting .197 after the first three weeks. MILWAUKEE ...
Clubhouse life is different than it used to be. ...
George Sherrill toiled in two independent leagues for more than four years before the Mariners signed. Sherrill has converted 13 of 15 save opportunities as the Orioles' closer. ...
The decline of elite closers can be traced back to an inability to locate pitches. ...
When the Yankees promoted two promising relievers -- J.B. Cox and Mark Melancon – within their minor league system this week, it seemed to be a sign that one phase of the Joba Chamberlain Plan was t ...
ST. PETERSBURG - One-half of the Steinbrenner Boys barked about the players not earning their glue. After watching his team score twice in two games, the manager decided a team meeting was in order. ...
FOR six innings plus one batter, it was Claudio Vargas who looked like he should have been pushed back till tomorrow to pitch against the Yankees. One fastball up to Ryan Zimmerman, which the Nats th ...
Regardless of what he has left, Jim Edmonds became available just in time for the Cubs, whose need for left-handed hitting reached dire levels this week with the news that the top lefty hitter on the ...
On a night in which Yankees Manager Joe Girardi called a players meeting, the team’s struggling offense did what it had to do to help Mike Mussina to a win in the fifth start in a row. ...
A series of head and neck injuries to umpires has Major League Baseball looking for long-term answers beyond the scrambling necessary to keep their 17 four-man crews filled.Six full-time umps are out ...
Has Jim Edmonds lost a step or two in the field? Can he still catch up to a good fastball or deliver gap power two or three times a week? ...
10:50am: More details from Haudricourt. The deal includes a $2.3MM signing bonus that will be paid this year and added to the $455K Braun was already set to make. In addition, there is an escalator cl ...
It was Cody Ross' turn to take a stab in the leadoff spot Wednesday. If Ross gets hot, manager Fredi Gonzalez said, he would remain atop the order. ...
lot to talk about in that game, and wouldn’t you know --- i’m in a big hurry, heading out very early this morning on a two-day trip. (in fact, i’m already well down the road as you r ...
PADRES REPORT: Shawn Estes and company have helped bolster the Padres after getting the call to the big leagues. ...
ST. PETERSBURG - Hank Steinbrenner hovered above the crumbling Yankees universe yesterday like a thick fog. In yesterday's Post that was passed around the Yankees' clubhouse, Steinbrenner's remarks ab ...
At 15-25 and a long way from 2007's success, the Rockies' next move may be a stunner, Ken Rosenthal says — trading Matt Holliday. ...
Moises Alou slammed his bat down in impotent fury in the fifth inning, first called out by umpire Dana DeMuth then tossed out for his tantrum. It was the signature image of last night's 5-3 loss to Wa ...
The Rockies have expressed strong interest in signing free-agent reliever Glendon Rusch, agent Dan Evans confirmed to The Denver Post today. ...
It probably won't improve his approval ratings in the Philadelphia area, but President Bush offered an interesting answer this week when asked who would be the first position player he would want if h ...
Thome to sit this weekend ...
E: Santiago (1). LOB: Detroit 5, Kansas City 10. 2B: CGuillén (11), Ordoñez 2 (11), Santiago (4), Butler (9), Olivo 2 (7), Gload (4). HR: Joyce (3), off Meche; JGuillén (4), off R ...
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Phillies, Myers searching for answers ...
Their series finale against the Reds was rained out by 5 p.m. Thursday, two hours before the start time, but the Marlins weren't going anywhere right away. ...
Geary leaves game with strained groin ...
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