Baseball

RI's risky deal with Schilling focused on jobs
The government deal that guaranteed a $75 million loan for baseball star Curt Schilling's video game company focused almost exclusively on how quickly ...
Jeter brushes off Bayless' HGH insinuation
Derek Jeter brushed off comments by ESPN analyst Skip Bayless, who raised the possibility the star shortstop may have revived his career by taking ...
Sale fans 13 as Chisox sweep Yankees
Chris Sale's pitches were giving the New York Yankees fits from the outset. Even his catcher was surprised by the way the ball was moving. "I'll call ...
Beltre hits 3 homers for Rangers
It certainly wasn't the homecoming Tommy Hunter envisioned. Baltimore's right-hander, who spent parts of four seasons with the Rangers and still lives ...
Japan, Tennessee, move on at Little League WS
A group of wide-eyed kids in baseball hats waited patiently outside Lamade Stadium for a glimpse of the Tennessee Little Leaguers after they emerged ...
Texas' Adrian Beltre hits 3 homers
Adrian Beltre has hit three home runs in his first three at-bats against the Baltimore Orioles, including two in the Texas Rangers' nine-run fourth ...
Mets' Santana not expected to pitch again in 2012
Johan Santana is done for the year, and to say he had an up-and-down season would be an understatement of Cy Young proportions. Explaining that their ...
Rangers' Darvish to miss start with quad problem
Texas Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish will miss his next start on Thursday because of tightness in his right quadriceps muscle. The Rangers say the ...
$14.5M for boy's brain injury from metal bat
A New Jersey teenager left brain-damaged after being struck by a line drive off a metal bat while he was playing in a youth baseball game will receive ...
Column: Please, Rocket, just go away _ for good
Well, he's back. Just when we thought we were rid of the Rocket, he turns up again. In the Atlantic League, of all places. At age 50. Roger Clemens ...
Athletics turn triple play against Twins
The Oakland Athletics turned the third triple play in the major leagues this season during the fifth inning of Tuesday night's game against the ...
Giants cancel order for Melky Cabrera T-shirts
The San Francisco Giants canceled an order for 20,000 Melky Cabrera T-shirts just in time. Giants spokeswoman Staci Slaughter said Tuesday that the ...
Mexico, Calif. move on at LLWS; Uganda scores win
Powerful Petaluma, Calif., can pitch, too. Hance Smith's three-run homer in the third broke open a tight game, and reliever-turned-starter Quinton ...
Reds prospect Hamilton steals record 146th base
Cincinnati Reds minor leaguer Billy Hamilton bolted to his record 146th stolen base of the season and kept running Tuesday night, swiping four in the ...
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.