MLB
- New skipper in Seattle
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 11/20/08 6:13 AM SEATTLE — Don Wakamatsu became the first Asian-American manager in major league baseball history when he was hired Wednesday by the Seattle Mariners.
- Mussina expected to retire
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Updated: 11/20/08 6:13 AM NEW YORK — Desperate for starting pitchers, the New York Yankees expect to enter next season without 20-game winner Mike Mussina.
- Red Sox send Crisp to Royals
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Updated: 11/20/08 6:13 AM KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals picked up the leadoff hitter they had been seeking, acquiring center fielder Coco Crisp from the Boston Red Sox for reliever Ramon Ramirez on Wednesday.
- Pedroia adds MVP to hardware
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NEWS WIRE SERVICES
Updated: 11/19/08 6:49 AM NEW YORK — Dustin Pedroia could easily be mistaken for a mechanic, carpenter or plumber, most anything except a major leaguer.
- Around the horn
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Updated: 11/19/08 6:49 AM • The Seattle Mariners have named Oakland bench coach Don Wakamatsu as their new manager. Wakamatsu, who will become the first Asian-American manager in the majors, is to be introduced in Seattle today. The 45-year-old beat out Joey Cora, Jose Oquendo and four other finalists.
- Cards’ Pujols earns second MVP
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 11/18/08 6:59 AM NEW YORK — Albert Pujols views MVP voting a little differently these days.
- Wood gets ready to move on from Cubs
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 11/16/08 5:28 AM CHICAGO — Kerry Wood prepared himself mentally and emotionally last season, knowing it might be his last one with the Chicago Cubs. Turned out, it was.
- Yanks plan big offer for CC
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Updated: 11/15/08 6:58 AM NEW YORK — Joe Girardi said this week he’d enjoy showing free agents around the new Yankee Stadium. CC Sabathia is one of the players the New York manager has in mind for a tour of the spacious clubhouse, players lounge, indoor batting cage and underground hot tub.
- Johnson files for free agency at 45
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 11/14/08 6:47 AM PHOENIX — Randy Johnson filed for free agency on Thursday after failing to reach a contract agreement to return to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
- Cubs add closer
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Updated: 11/14/08 6:47 AM CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs acquired reliever Kevin Gregg in a trade with the Florida Marlins, a move that appears to end Kerry Wood’s career with the team.
- Yanks get Swisher
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Updated: 11/14/08 6:47 AM NEW YORK — The New York Yankees started their offseason makeover by acquiring Nick Swisher from the Chicago White Sox.
- Lee claims Cy Young Award
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NEWS SPORTS REPORTER
Updated: 11/14/08 8:02 AM Just over 15 months ago, Cliff Lee’s baseball career was at a serious crossroads. An 18-game winner for the Cleveland Indians in 2005, the left-hander was enduring an injury-plagued 2007 campaign and a pennant race didn’t allow for any patience with him.
- Maddon, Piniella voted top skippers
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 11/13/08 6:35 AM NEW YORK — Joe Maddon had a good reason for interrupting his honeymoon.
- Around the horn
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Updated: 11/13/08 6:35 AM • The Oakland Athletics completed their trade with the Colorado Rockies for star outfielder Matt Holliday, securing the big bat Oakland sought for the middle of its order. Colorado received right-handed reliever Huston Street, lefty starter Greg Smith and promising outfielder Carlos Gonzalez from the A’s.
- Cy Young voting: Lincecum rules
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 11/12/08 6:26 AM NEW YORK — Tim Lincecum was a big winner on a woeful team, which fit him perfectly.
- Score dies at 75
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Updated: 11/12/08 6:26 AM CLEVELAND — Herb Score, the Cleveland Indians pitcher and former broadcaster whose promise on the mound was shattered by a line drive, died Tuesday. He was 75.
- Around the horn
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Updated: 11/12/08 6:26 AM • Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Salomon Torres retired Tuesday after 12 major league seasons. The 36- year-old reliever issued a statement through the team saying he wanted to spend more time with his family and faith. Torres was 7-5 with a 3.49 ERA and a career-high 28 saves in 71 relief appearances last season.
- Longoria, Soto top rookies
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Updated: 11/11/08 6:38 AM The rookie races were all but over by July, when Evan Longoria and Geovany Soto gave an All-Star glimpse of things to come.
- Holliday heading to Oakland
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Updated: 11/11/08 6:38 AM Star outfielder Matt Holliday appears headed to the Oakland Athletics in a surprising move for a franchise known more for shedding stars than adding them.
- Pettitte a free agent
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Updated: 11/10/08 6:36 AM Yankees left-hander Andy Pettitte filed for free agency after repeatedly saying he hopes to return to the club next year.
- Yankee Stadium dirt, mound move
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 11/09/08 6:46 AM NEW YORK — During the Yankees’ last game at their old stadium in September, players dug their hands into the ballpark dirt to take some home along with the memories.
- Randolph to Brewers
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Updated: 11/09/08 6:46 AM MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers hired former New York Mets manager Willie Randolph as bench coach.
- Signing pitchers to big contracts is risky business
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THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Updated: 11/07/08 6:57 AM When last seen, Carsten Charles Sabathia was walking Brett Myers, who is a pitcher, and then giving up a grand slam to the Phillies’ Shane Victorino in the division series.
- Pena snags first Gold Glove for Rays
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 11/07/08 6:57 AM NEW YORK — Carlos Pena grabbed attention for all those balls he hit. Now the Tampa Bay first baseman is getting noticed for the ones he caught.
- L. A. makes offer to Manny
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Updated: 11/06/08 6:32 AM The Dodgers want to keep Manny Ramirez in Los Angeles, and they made an offer that proves just how much.
- Selig sounds cautionary note on ripple effects from the economy
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 11/05/08 6:47 AM DANA POINT, Calif. — Commissioner Bud Selig warned baseball general managers about the national economy as they formally began their annual meeting Tuesday.
- Canseco gets probation
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Updated: 11/05/08 6:47 AM SAN DIEGO — Jose Canseco went to a Tijuana pharmacy looking for something to boost his testosterone level — low after years of admitted steroid use — and got himself in trouble again.
- Giambi, Pavano cut loose
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Updated: 11/05/08 6:47 AM DANA POINT, Calif. — The New York Yankees declined their 2009 options on first baseman Jason Giambi and pitcher Carl Pavano on Tuesday, making the pair eligible for free agency.
- CC gets Brewers’ offer
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Updated: 11/04/08 6:37 AM The Milwaukee Brewers have opened up the bidding for free-agent ace CC Sabathia.
- Selig is the plunger selling baseball down the drain
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Updated: 11/02/08 7:04 AM Remember when Reggie Jackson was “Mr. October,” the straw who stirred the drink? Now we have Bud Selig, “Mr. Nearly November,” the plunger who clogged up the World Series drain.
- Yanks weigh their plan
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Updated: 11/01/08 6:39 AM TAMPA, Fla. — Manny Ramirez in pinstripes?
- Mets pick up Delgado’s option
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 11/01/08 6:39 AM NEW YORK — Carlos Delgado’s $12 million option for next year was exercised Friday by the New York Mets.
- Wakefield to return
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Updated: 11/01/08 6:39 AM BOSTON — Tim Wakefield’s $4 million option for 2009 was exercised by the Boston Red Sox.
- Sports on the Air: Short finale pulled in the viewers
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Updated: 11/01/08 8:12 AM This is what I’m thinking: • Buffalo television viewers seem to have embraced the idea that Major League Baseball should consider playing three inning games. Kidding. Sort of.
- Phillies, fans party on
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 11/01/08 6:39 AM PHILADELPHIA — Manager Charlie Manuel hoisted the World Series trophy Friday while players basked in a swarm of confetti, the Phanatic mascot danced and hundreds of thousands of Phillies fans roared in celebration of the city’s first major sports championship in 25 years.
- Rays have launched higher expectations
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 10/31/08 6:46 AM One remarkable ride is over and the Tampa Bay Rays are already planning another.
- Royals acquire Jacobs
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Updated: 10/31/08 6:46 AM The Kansas City Royals acquired power-hitting first baseman Mike Jacobs, the Chicago White Sox declined a contract option on Ken Griffey Jr. and the Tigers parted ways with Edgar Renteria at the start of the offseason.
- Brewers hire Macha
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Updated: 10/31/08 6:46 AM Ken Macha was hired as manager of the Milwaukee Brewers, taking over from Dale Sveum following the team’s first postseason appearance since 1982.
- Early finish reason to pop the cork
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Updated: 10/31/08 6:46 AM PHILADELPHIA — There was something very different about being in the Phillies’ clubhouse ducking all the flying champagne Wednesday night. (Memo to self: Standing in a media scrum right next to Brad Lidge is a sure way to get soaked).
- Sterling run earns Hamels some hardware
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Updated: 10/30/08 6:27 AM PHILADELPHIA — He started the clinching game of the World Series two days ago and nearly got the win for it. It didn’t happen because the bullpen gave up a run, but that might have been the only thing that went wrong all October for Cole Hamels.
- Rays look for the bright side
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 10/30/08 6:27 AM PHILADELPHIA — The worst-to- first Tampa Bay Rays didn’t bedevil Philadelphia for long.
- Ful-Philled at last
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NEWS SPORTS REPORTER
Updated: 10/30/08 10:33 AM PHILADELPHIA — Two days of waiting. Another 78 minutes to wrap it up. But in the end the Philadelphia Phillies finally got the win they needed to get back on top of the baseball world.
- Chances good for a cold Series resumption
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News Sports Reporter
Updated: 10/29/08 11:29 AM PHILADELPHIA — There's no hint of the sun but no hint of any rain either this morning so things are looking good for the resumption of Game Five of the World Series tonight at 8:37 in Citizens Bank Park.
- Forecast: Game Five finish possible
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News Sports Reporter
Updated: 10/29/08 10:16 AM PHILADELPHIA — There was no way to play here Tuesday because an ark would have been the most suitable form of transportation to Citizens Bank Park. So the first suspended World Series game in baseball history remains a work in progress.
- World Series: Game 5 postponed
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NEWS SPORTS REPORTER
Updated: 10/28/08 5:04 PM PHILADELPHIA - There will be no baseball tonight in Citizens Bank Park.
- World Series: Covering all the bases
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News Sports Reporter
Updated: 10/28/08 9:46 AM PHILADELPHIA — Game Five of the World Series was left in limbo Monday night by Mother Nature.
- Maddon’s lineup shuffle results in hits
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Updated: 10/28/08 6:39 AM PHILADELPHIA — Before the rains turned Game Five of the World Series into an oddity for the history books, the biggest story was that Carlos Pena and Evan Longoria actually got hits.
- Howard finds his swing at right time for Phils
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Updated: 10/27/08 6:28 AM PHILADELPHIA — Ryan Howard has spent much of the postseason looking lost at the plate, a slugger with most of the pop gone from his bat. It’s all come back the last two nights.
- Bombs away for Phillies
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Updated: 10/27/08 7:20 AM PHILADELPHIA — Joe Blanton started this season more than seven months ago in Tokyo, as the Opening Day starter for the Oakland Athletics. He never could have imagined what he’d be doing five days before Halloween.
- Phils survive early-morning thriller
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NEWS SPORTS REPORTER
Updated: 10/26/08 4:29 AM PHILADELPHIA -- Nothing is normal when you're playing a World Series game and the clock is approaching 2 a.m. So it was somehow fitting the Philadelphia Phillies pulled out a kooky thriller early this morning over the Tampa Bay Rays without hitting a ball out of the infield for an entire inning.
- Coste writes a new chapter to his impressive story
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Updated: 10/26/08 7:40 AM PHILADELPHIA — You want the feel-good story of this World Series? I know the national media is properly making a big deal about 45-year-old Jamie Moyer. This corner, however, feels totally provincial about Chris Coste.
- Phillies out to end city’s title drought
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NEWS SPORTS REPORTER
Updated: 10/26/08 7:41 AM PHILADELPHIA — The fans here have quite the nasty reputation. This is, after all, the place where Santa Claus once got booed and pelted with snowballs during a 1968 Eagles game at old Franklin Field. And now it’s tradition to boo Old St. Nick when he shows up at the city’s sporting venues.
- Phillies lineup stays the same despite struggles
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NEWS SPORTS REPORTER
Updated: 10/26/08 7:44 AM PHILADELPHIA — Phillies manager Charlie Manuel pondered some changes in key spots of his lineup but decided to keep the status quo Saturday night for the rain-delayed third game of the World Series.
- Rainout could cost Moyer his turn to pitch
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News Sports Reporter
Updated: 10/25/08 8:11 AM PHILADELPHIA — Forget about the pitching matchup, the struggling bats or the return of the World Series here for the first time in 15 years.
- Series falls short in WNY’s eyes
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Updated: 10/25/08 6:57 AM Western New York isn’t going gaga over this year’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and Tampa Bay Rays.
- Phillies swinging dead wood
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News Sports Reporter
Updated: 10/25/08 8:10 AM PHILADELPHIA — Back home in the city of Brotherly Love, the Philadelphia Phillies are desperate to find some love for their bats. The Phils are fortunate to even be in the World Series after a historic meltdown in the clutch during the first two games at Tampa Bay.
- Maddon’s quaint approach serves Rays well
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Updated: 10/24/08 6:40 AM ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Joe Maddon is not like your average manager. He quotes works of literature and reviews his daily music selections in news conferences (Bruce Springsteen’s “Streets of Philadelphia” was fast-forwarded through on his iPod Wednesday). He wears thick black glasses and has “theme days” when his team travels.
- Rays even it up
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Updated: 10/24/08 8:27 AM ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Some big work on the mound and some small ball at the plate. That was the combination the Tampa Bay Rays used Thursday night to get even in the World Series.
- Phillies rise to occasion
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News Sports Reporter
Updated: 10/23/08 7:38 AM ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Philadelphia Phillies didn't get much done at the plate when they needed to Wednesday night. Maybe they were rusty after their week off. But there was no problem on the mound, so their wait for the World Series opener was worth it.
- In roller-coaster season, Myers enjoys the ride
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Updated: 10/23/08 11:04 AM ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — An Opening Day starter who was so bad he was back in Triple-A by July 4. Now Brett Myers is starting Game Two of the World Series tonight in Tropicana Field. It’s been quite a roundabout season for the Philadelphia Phillies’ right-hander.
