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Orioles knock out 2-time AL champion Rangers 5-1
Buck Showalter and the Baltimore Orioles will get another chance to overtake the New York Yankees. The surprising O's have already beaten some big ...
A's rookie Parker to face star-laden Tigers
A rookie vs. the reigning MVP. That's a fitting way for the Oakland Athletics to start the postseason. The A's will send Jarrod Parker (13-8) to the ...
Red Sox fire Valentine after 1 tumultuous season
The Boston Red Sox found out too late that Bobby Valentine wasn't the manager to straighten out a clubhouse of coddled veterans. They didn't take long ...
One-game wild-card playoffs: Dramatic, but fair?
By sometime Friday night, either Chipper Jones will be out of baseball or the defending World Series champion Cardinals will be out of the playoffs.
Curt Schilling might have to sell bloody sock
Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling might have to sell or give up the famed blood-stained sock he wore on the team's way to the 2004 World ...
Cano powers Yankees to AL East title in 14-2 rout
Yankees fans broke out in in a raucous roar in the seventh inning, momentarily startling Alex Rodriguez. The slugger stepped out of the batter's box ...
Dent, Leiter were stars in 1-game playoffs
For sheer drama, there's nothing quite like a one-game, winner-take-all scenario — and that's about to become a lot less rare in baseball with the ...
Athletics sweep Rangers to win AL West on last day
The Oakland Athletics had been down and doubted so many times during this remarkable year that a four-run deficit against the two-time reigning AL ...
A's win AL West, Yanks take AL East, pairings set
Coco Crisp settled under the final fly ball, and the Oakland Athletics started charging onto the field like a bunch of Little Leaguers chasing an ice ...
Column: A's write a script good as "Moneyball"
Forget the movie about these Oakland A's. Already been done and, besides, Brad Pitt has moved on to other things. No one would believe this anyway, ...
Tigers' Cabrera wins 1st Triple Crown in 45 years
Miguel Cabrera had just achieved baseball immortality, and everyone around him knew it. Tigers manager Jim Leyland had tears welling in his eyes.
AP PHOTOS: Tigers slugger Cabrera makes history
Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers became just the 15th player — and the first in 45 years — to win baseball's Triple Crown, joining an elite list ...
Longoria hits 3 HRs, Rays drop O's to wild card
Evan Longoria's flair for the dramatic on the final night of the season ended Baltimore's bid to force a one-game tiebreaker for the AL East title.
A's win AL West, Yanks & O's to settle AL East
A dropped fly ball by Josh Hamilton, a home run from Ryan Zimmerman and pitch by pitch, the baseball playoff picture became completely clear on the ...
Yankees clinch AL East title
The New York Yankees have clinched the AL East title on the final night of the regular season thanks to Baltimore's loss at Tampa Bay. New York went ...
Cards back in, AL division races down to last day
Here's how the pennant races look with one day to go: — LAST TEAM IN: St. Louis clinched baseball's final postseason berth Tuesday night when the Los ...
Cardinals clinch baseball's last postseason berth
Rather than spraying champagne in every direction, the defending World Series champions talked about holding a subdued party if they squeezed into the ...
A's forge 1st-place tie with 3-1 win over Rangers
After erasing what once appeared to be an insurmountable deficit, it has come down to this for the Oakland Athletics — one game against the Texas ...
Tigers' Cabrera in pursuit of Triple Crown
Miguel Cabrera sat in front of his locker in the corner of the visiting clubhouse at Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday, bantering in Spanish at a table full ...
Ibanez rallies Yankees to win, New York holds lead
Raul Ibanez and the New York Yankees are quite fond of their position — leaving the chasing to the Birds. Ibanez tied it with a pinch-hit two-run ...
Davis homers again, Orioles edge Rays 1-0
Another one-run victory by the Baltimore Orioles pushed the AL East race to the final day of the season. Chris Davis homered for the sixth straight ...
Royals rally past AL Central champion Tigers, 4-2
Miguel Cabrera had two hits and drove in two runs before leaving in the fifth inning, and the Kansas City Royals rallied to beat his AL Central ...
Items from Charley Pride's life set for museum
Growing up the son of sharecroppers in Mississippi, Charley Pride developed a love of country music that propelled him into a legendary career as one ...