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Valentine: Threat to punch radio host was a joke
Boston manager Bobby Valentine insisted he wasn't serious Wednesday when he threatened to punch a talk-show host in the mouth. Hours later, his Red ...
A's McCarthy hit by line drive in head vs. Angels
Athletics pitcher Brandon McCarthy left in the fourth inning of Wednesday's 7-1 loss to the Los Angeles Angels after Erick Aybar's hard line drive ...
Rays down struggling Yankees 5-2, AL East tied
That big lead in the AL East is gone. The New York Yankees are in a free-fall that's seen them blow a 10-game cushion over the past 47 days.
Column: Bobby V. leads Bosox in race to the bottom
You can never say for certain that a team has given up, but the Red Sox are making it awfully tempting. They've lost the first seven games on this ...
Shields leads Rays past Yankees, tightens AL East
Baltimore isn't the only team barreling in on the sputtering New York Yankees in the AL East. Tampa Bay is closing fast, too. James Shields pitched ...
Reynolds hits 2 more homers to lead Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles quickly fell behind, had their starting pitcher go out with an injury after three innings and looked lost against Phil Hughes.
At 19, Profar HRs 1st time up, Texas beats Indians
Jurickson Profar took his major league debut in stride. To the highly touted 19-year-old for the Texas Rangers, he was just playing another game of ...
Orioles beat Yankees 6-1 behind rookie Gonzalez
Miguel Gonzalez and the surprising Orioles are doing all they can to crash the Yankees' party in the AL East. The rookie struck out a career-high nine ...
Fan falls to death at Texans stadium in Houston
A 25-year-old fan died after tumbling about 60 feet from a fifth-floor escalator at Reliant Stadium during a preseason Houston Texans game, officials ...
Fan falls from escalator at Reliant Stadium
A fan was taken to a Houston hospital Thursday night after falling from an escalator at Reliant Stadium while attending a preseason game between the ...
Britton fans 10 as Orioles beat White Sox 5-3
Zach Britton made an ample contribution to the Baltimore Orioles' pennant drive, striking out a career-high 10 over eight innings in a win over the ...
Court acquits brother in Halman's fatal stabbing
A Dutch court acquitted the brother of Seattle Mariners outfielder Greg Halman on Thursday of stabbing the baseball star to death last year, saying ...
2014 MLB All-Star game goes to Minnesota
The competition among cities for baseball's All-Star game has grown stiffer over the years, leading to some tough calls for Commissioner Bud Selig.
Jays' Bautista to have season-ending wrist surgery
Toronto Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista will have season-ending surgery to stabilize a tendon in his left wrist. Bautista said before Tuesday night's ...
Miguel Cabrera and Albert Pujols sit with injuries
The Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Angels each sat a star in the hopes of keeping them healthy for rest of the season. Miguel Cabrera and Albert ...
D-backs trade Saunders to Orioles for Lindstrom
Eager to bolster an inexperienced pitching staff during their first playoff run since 1997, the Baltimore Orioles obtained left-hander Joe Saunders ...
BoSox send Gonzalez, Beckett, Crawford to Dodgers
The Los Angeles Dodgers are stocking up for the stretch run with some new, expensive players who couldn't help the Boston Red Sox make it to the ...
After trade, depleted Red Sox lose to Royals 10-9
Tony Abreu singled home the go-ahead run in the 12th inning, and the Kansas City Royals completed their comeback from a six-run deficit by beating the ...
Gonzalez, Loney scratched amid trade talks
Boston's Adrian Gonzalez and the Dodgers' James Loney were scratched from their teams' starting lineups Friday night as the clubs tried to finalize ...
Davis' 3 HRs leads Orioles over Blue Jays 6-4
Stepping to the plate with a chance to become the 17th player in baseball history to hit four home runs in a game, Chris Davis had one thing in mind.
Davis homers on first 3 ABs vs Blue Jays
Chris Davis homered in each of his first three at-bats for the Baltimore Orioles against the Toronto Blue Jays, but couldn't continue the power ...
Drug testing topic back in spotlight in Bay Area
Athletics pitcher Brandon McCarthy becomes uneasy each time he is called to the bathroom for a random drug test, even though he's confident he's ...
Cobb pitches 4-hitter, surging Rays beat A's 5-0
The surging Tampa Bay Rays have discovered a simple formula: It's hard to lose when you don't give up any runs. Alex Cobb pitched a four-hitter for ...
Detroit slugger Cabrera leaves game in 2nd inning
Miguel Cabrera has left Detroit's game Thursday against Toronto in the second inning with right ankle soreness. The slugging third baseman appeared ...