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Hamilton agrees to $125M, 5-year deal with Angels
Josh Hamilton is heading to the Los Angeles Angels, lured with a $125 million, five-year contract that steps up the migration of high-profile stars ...
Phillies confirm trade for INF Michael Young
Michael Young's leadership skills were as attractive to the Philadelphia Phillies as his hitting ability. The Phillies acquired the seven-time ...
AP Source: Phillies get Michael Young from Rangers
Michael Young chose a full-time role over staying home. A person familiar with the trade said the Philadelphia Phillies have acquired the seven-time ...
Hamilton, Greinke remain on market after meetings
A quiet winter meetings figures to lead to a busy rest of December, given how few moves actually got finished at sprawling Opryland hotel. As teams ...
Red Sox rev up with Victorino; Giants keep Scutaro
Shane Victorino bolted for Boston, Marco Scutaro stayed with San Francisco, and the Miami Marlins shed more payroll in a late-night trade. It was ...
Napoli to Red Sox, Loney to Rays, A-Rod out
The Boston Red Sox began to play catch-up by getting All-Star catcher Mike Napoli, Tampa Bay took a chance on James Loney and the New York Yankees ...
AP source: Napoli, Boston strike $39M, 3-year deal
Adding offense following a disappointing season, the Boston Red Sox have agreed to a $39 million, three-year contract with catcher Mike Napoli, a ...
Dodgers bid $25.7 million for South Korean lefty
The Los Angeles Dodgers have bid nearly $26 million for a chance to sign pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin. The Hanwha Eagles of the Korea Baseball Organization ...
MLB team bids $25.7 million for South Korean lefty
A team in South Korea says one Major League Baseball club has bid nearly $26 million for a chance to sign pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin. The Hanwha Eagles of ...
World Series averages record low television rating
The San Francisco Giants' sweep of the Detroit Tigers set a record low for the World Series' television ratings. The four games on Fox averaged a 7.
Verlander pitches Tigers past A's, back to ALCS
Miguel Cabrera danced on a chair in one corner of the visiting clubhouse, puffing a cigar. Prince Fielder doused his young sons, Jadyn and Haven, with ...
Tigers ride Justin Verlander back to ALCS
Once he finally made his way to the victorious visiting clubhouse, Justin Verlander's teammates greeted him with chants of "Cy Young!" and sprayed him ...
Anderson pitches A's past Tigers to avoid sweep
Coco Crisp saved a likely home run, and Oakland's season for at least one more game. If the center fielder had any lingering frustration about that ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
A's win, back in playoffs for 1st time in 6 years
This time, it was manager Bob Melvin who took a whipped cream pie in the face. All those walk-off wins from guys hardly known beyond the Bay Area ...
O's, Yanks, Rangers clinch; Tigers, A's on verge
Here's how the pennant races look with three days to go: — TRIPLE CLINCH: Mike Napoli homered twice and drove in six runs as the Texas Rangers assured ...
Playoff scramble: Chaos, confusion are kinda fun
The Texas Rangers are totally set for the playoffs, eager to break out the bats, balls and gloves for really big games. Maybe they should log on to ...
Nats and Rangers close in, Yanks and Sox lose
Here's how the pennant races look with six days to go: — CLOSING IN: Washington and Texas can wrap up division titles this weekend. Both teams have ...