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Canseco player-coach in indy league - for a series

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:03:11 -0400

FORT WORTH, Texas - Jose Canseco is back in the independent United League as a player-coach. At least for one series.

Street in Montreal named for Hall of Famer Carter

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:48:39 -0400

MONTREAL - A stretch of road in front of the stadium where he began his Hall of Fame career has been renamed in honor of former Montreal Expos catcher Gary Carter.

Pirates' Travis Snider endures losses off the field

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:19:50 -0400

By MICHAEL SANSERINO - Throughout a 162-game season, even the best baseball players deal with a lot of loss. And as the stakes grow higher, so does the impact of those defeats.

MLB players to hold Sandy relief golf tournament

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:45:06 -0400

NEW YORK - Yankees pitcher David Robertson and Mets first baseman Ike Davis will help host a Long Island golf tournament to raise money for victims of Superstorm Sandy.

APNewsBreak: MLB draft bonus pool up 8.2 percent

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:23:33 -0400

NEW YORK - Major League Baseball teams can spend a little more money on amateur draft picks this year.

MLB hoping for large replay expansion in 2014

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:02:43 -0400

NEW YORK - Major League Baseball appears set for a vast expansion of video review by umpires in 2014 and is examining whether all calls other than balls and strikes should be subject to instant replay.

Left-on-base a deceiving stat, Red Sox claim

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:16:20 -0400

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - By BRIAN MACPHERSON

MLB improves diversity among senior administration

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:53:23 -0400

NEW YORK - While Major League Baseball teams improved racial diversity in hiring senior administrators, the employment of women is still lagging, according to the annual report by Richard Lapchick's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports at the University of Central Florida.

Melky Cabrera to get World Series ring from Giants

Sun, 12 May 2013 16:15:37 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO - Melky Cabrera will receive his World Series ring this week when the San Francisco Giants make a two-game interleague stop in Toronto to face his Blue Jays.

Column: Replay looms after bad week for umpires

Sat, 11 May 2013 17:45:27 -0400

Take heart, baseball fans. Expanded instant replay is on its way, though it may not be the game changer the sport needs.

Pair is near perfect in major leagues

Sat, 11 May 2013 02:06:04 -0400

Pitching a one-hitter with no other baserunners in a big league game is rare. Getting two gems in one night, well, that may never have happened in major league history before Shelby Miller and Jon Lester each accomplished the feat.

Column: Baseball must act now to protect pitchers

Fri, 10 May 2013 20:05:41 -0400

Bryce Florie wonders why any pitcher would resist wearing a little extra protection on his head.

Moulton: Bud Selig blew it by not reversing botched...

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:20:13 -0400

By DAVID MOULTON - What if Bud Selig had reversed the call?

Column: Angels, Dodgers prove money not everything

Thu, 09 May 2013 00:51:16 -0400

Don Mattingly talked about moving furniture around, though the way the Dodgers have played this season there must be a couple of chairs missing in Chavez Ravine. Two six-game losing streaks and sole possession of last place in the National League West isn't exactly what Magic Johnson and company had in mind when they coughed up $2 billion for the team and $215 million for their first opening-day roster.

A like-new home for Tech softball

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:21:59 -0400

RUSTON, Louisiana - Louisiana Tech's softball team is happy to have a newly renovated stadium after spending a season heavy on road games.

Carol Anderson, widow of Sparky Anderson, dies

Wed, 08 May 2013 11:21:34 -0400

THOUSAND OAKS, California - Carol Anderson, wife of the late Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson, has died at 79.

Former MLB outfielder Otis Nixon arrested

Mon, 06 May 2013 16:26:19 -0400

CANTON, Georgia - Former Major League outfielder Otis Nixon has been arrested on drug charges following a weekend traffic stop in suburban Atlanta.

Whiff! Hitters struck out at a record pace in April

Mon, 06 May 2013 12:49:42 -0400

By BRIAN MacPHERSON - The trail from the batter's box back to the dugout is getting more worn down by the day. The rate of hitters striking out is exploding.

Matsui given People's Honor Award by Japanese PM

Sun, 05 May 2013 03:02:53 -0400

TOKYO - Former New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui received the People's Honor Award from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at an elaborate ceremony at Tokyo Dome on Sunday.

MLB, players give $100K to Texas explosion victims

Thu, 02 May 2013 20:25:29 -0400

ARLINGTON, Texas - Major League Baseball and the players association are donating a combined $100,000 to victims of the Texas fertilizer plant explosion that killed at least 14 people and injured about 200.