Baseball

Tigers bring back manager Jim Leyland for 2013
Jim Leyland insisted throughout the latter part of the season that there would be a time and a place to discuss his managing future. That moment came ...
Giants found similar winning formula to win again
The Giants' championship formula is a familiar one, just with new faces all over the diamond two years later: stellar starting pitching backed by a ...
San Francisco gets ready for Giants' parade
For the second time in three years, San Francisco is gearing up for a ticker-tape parade to celebrate a World Series victory for the Giants. Plans for ...
City sweeps up after rowdy Series celebration
Police made dozens of arrest during a rowdy World Series celebration in the hours after the San Francisco Giants clinched the World Series. The San ...
How sweep it is: Giants finish off Tigers
Kung Fu Panda, The Freak, The Beard and all their seed-throwing buddies are on top of baseball — again. They may be under the radar, unappreciated and ...
Detroit stars were no match for Giants in sweep
They entered the World Series a collection of stars rivaling any team in baseball. Then one by one, Justin Verlander, Prince Fielder and Miguel ...
Most Valuable Panda: Sandoval is World Series MVP
The MVP — Most Valuable Panda — sat in the interview room and smiled. A trophy, another World Series ring and the best nickname in baseball all were ...
Column: Surprising Giants win 2nd title in 3 years
It ended exactly the way it should have, with the Triple Crown winner frozen at the plate. Miguel Cabrera was so focused on a slider that his bat ...
Giants beat Tigers 4-3 in 10 innings for sweep
Smart pitching. Clutch hitting. Sharp fielding. Plus an MVP Panda. All the right elements for a sweet World Series sweep for the San Francisco Giants.
Thousands gather at City Hall to celebrate Giants
They came from all corners of the region and screamed louder with each strike and every out in the bottom of the 10th inning as the San Francisco ...
One valuable Panda: Sandoval is World Series MVP
Pablo Sandoval not only has baseball's neatest nickname, Kung Fu Panda has a World Series MVP award to go along with it. Sandoval took home the trophy ...
Giants complete sweep, World Series champions
Sergio Romo closes it out by throwing a called third strike past Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera. The final score is Giants 4, Tigers 3 in 10 ...
Giants, Tigers pitched their way to the top
When the San Francisco Giants scored twice off Detroit's Anibal Sanchez in the second inning of Game 3 of the World Series, Tigers fans at Comerica ...
Baseball talent flows like oil in Venezuela
On a ragged baseball diamond, its grass tall and infield dirt pockmarked, nearly 200 boys practice for hours every day. Many of them are inspired by ...
Giants beat Tigers 2-0 for 3-0 World Series lead
OK, so even Bruce Bochy has to grudgingly admit that his San Francisco Giants are on a World Series roll. "I'll say this: The club is playing well," ...
Ex-ace Tim Lincecum gives Giants stellar relief
Banished to the bullpen, a two-time Cy Young Award winner has become baseball's most distinguished middle reliever. His dark, stringy hair flopping ...
Giants beat Tigers 2-0, take 3-0 lead in WS
That's it. The final score is Giants 2, Tigers 0 for the second consecutive game in this World Series. On the strength of nearly flawless pitching, ...
Leyland's career has come full circle with Tigers
Jim Leyland's career in professional baseball got a jolt when the franchise that gave him his start offered him another shot. The Detroit Tigers put ...
MLB looks to protect pitchers from line drives
Major League Baseball is looking at ways to protect pitchers from being injured by batted balls such as the one that struck Doug Fister in the head, ...
Giants aim to boost Series edge at chilly Comerica
Frost coming off their breath, Pablo Sandoval and the San Francisco Giants finished their workout at Comerica Park, headed back to the clubhouse and ...
Vogelsong took long journey to World Series start
Ryan Vogelsong stood on the cut grass at AT&T Park in his crisp San Francisco Giants uniform, giving an interview for Japanese broadcaster NHK in ...
Tigers hope bats warm up in World Series chill
Toting his tiny aluminum bat, 5-year-old Gage Brookens wandered toward the cage and watched Austin Jackson, Omar Infante and a few other Tigers take ...
Sanchez set to take the mound for trailing Tigers
Justin Verlander already lost. Doug Fister pitched gamely, but his fine effort wasn't good enough either. Now, with their World Series hopes slipping ...
Still on the rebound, Detroit hosts World Series
An ace pitcher and some of the game's best sluggers are the winning combination that has put the Detroit Tigers in the World Series for the second ...
Manager's toughest call: sitting a slumping star
Pete Rose sat in the World Series. So did Reggie Jackson, Barry Zito and Paul O'Neill. Tim Lincecum lost his spot in the San Francisco Giants' ...