Tumors for Bud Selig and Baseball by Eric Wedge on Baseball

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Union head Michael Weiner treated for brain tumor
Michael Weiner, who succeeded Donald Fehr as head of the baseball players' union three years ago and negotiated a labor deal last fall in a seamless ...
Clemens hopes to have fun in return to baseball
Hours after Roger Clemens agreed to join the Sugar Land Skeeters, he was back on the field playing in an over-50 softball league. And the ...
Melky Cabrera associate banned from ballparks
Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig has banned Melky Cabrera associate Juan Nunez from all team clubhouses. MLB executive vice president Rob Manfred ...
Clemens isn't 1st older athlete to compete
When 50-year-old Roger Clemens pitches for the Sugar Land Skeeters on Saturday night, he'll join a line of athletes who competed when they were closer ...
Roger Clemens returning to baseball
When Roger Clemens pitches Saturday night for the Sugar Land Skeeters it will be the first time the 50-year-old has taken the mound in almost five ...
Curacao, Calif., advance at Little League WS
Danny Marzo was thinking about his manager's advice as he walked to the plate in the eighth inning: Concentrate on making a good swing, not hitting ...
Red Sox: LF Carl Crawford headed for surgery
Boston Red Sox outfielder Carl Crawford will have season-ending surgery on his left elbow Thursday. Crawford has been playing with pain since coming ...
Suzuki, Kuroda lead Yankees past Red Sox 4-1
With two home runs already, Ichiro Suzuki was thinking about No. 3. He took a huge hack in the eighth inning and fouled the pitch straight back.
Cabrera associate attempted to fabricate defense
An associate of San Francisco Giants All-Star Melky Cabrera purchased a website and attempted to create evidence to support a claim that the ...
Tenn., Texas, stay unbeaten at Little League WS
After his home run sailed over the left-field fence, Brock Myers raced around the basepaths as if he was running a 40-yard dash. The soft-spoken, ...
Alvarez HR in 19th inning sends Pirates over Cards
Even Pittsburgh third baseman Pedro Alvarez was starting to lose focus in the later stages of the Pirates' 6-3, 19-inning win over the St.
Astros lose to Arizona in DeFrancesco's debut
First-year owner Jim Crane believes firing manager Brad Mills and replacing him with interim manager Tony DeFrancesco will help the hapless Houston ...
DeFrancesco named interim manager of Astros
Tony DeFrancesco helped Houston's Triple-A affiliate find success. The Astros hope he can do the same for their young, struggling major league club.
Rays rally from 8 runs down to beat Angels 10-8
The Tampa Bay Rays went through Dan Haren and Jered Weaver in the first two games of this series against the Los Angeles Angels as though they were ...
Astros fire manager Brad Mills and 2 coaches
After spending all summer dumping players, the Houston Astros didn't stop there. Brad Mills became the latest to go when the struggling Astros fired ...
Boola Boola battery: Breslow & Lavarnway
Craig Breslow thought about the first all-Yale battery in the major leagues in 125 years and couldn't resist a pun about catcher Ryan Lavarnway.
Curacao, Conn., Mexico avoid elimination at LLWS
Kevin Oricoli finally has bragging rights over his big brother. Not many 12-year-old boys can say they hit a two-run single at the Little League World ...
Molina helps Cardinals to 5-4 win over Pirates
The St. Louis Cardinals needed a lift. Lucky for them, Yadier Molina was ready to return to the lineup. Molina had three hits and two RBIs, leading ...
Dodgers manager Don Mattingly suspended 2 games
Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly has been suspended for two games, beginning with Saturday night's game against the Braves. Mattingly was ...
Yankees' Teixeira out 2nd day with sore left wrist
Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira was out of the starting lineup against the Boston Red Sox for the second straight day because of a sore left wrist ...
Panama spoils Uganda's debut at LLWS with 9-3 win
Win or lose, the Little League World Series team from Uganda has become a hometown favorite. The first team from Africa to advance to South ...
Nebraska loses LLWS debut; Japan and Calif. win
After a hard-earned victory Thursday, the team from Petaluma, Calif., got two days off to get ready for its next game at the Little League World ...
MLB owners approve sale of Padres
The O'Malleys are back in the baseball business. Back in Southern California, too, just down the road in San Diego instead of Los Angeles. In a quick ...
Already great, Hernandez joins pitching elite
Gloves went flying into the air. Players screamed and celebrated, bouncing around the grass with unabashed joy. Even in Jackson, Tenn., Felix ...