Given the season, it figured, it just figured. The clock on the wall at Yankee Stadium said it was 1:52 in the morning. It's never too late to make it a Rays night. ...more

July 16, 2008

Bob Gibson wore a smile, rather than a scowl. Known for throwing hard, high and tight, the no-nonsense pitcher presented a much different face Tuesday. He waved to thousands of fans and beamed for their snapshots as a parade of Hall of Famers rolled through midtown Manhattan in a prelude to the All-Star Game. ...more

July 16, 2008

Baseball commissioner Bud Selig on Tuesday repeated his oft-made assertion that the Rays, Florida Marlins and Oakland Athletics can't compete unless they get new ballparks. ...more

July 16, 2008

Yankees owner George Steinbrenner made quite the entrance Tuesday night, waving to the crowd as he rode in on a golf cart before the All-Star Game. ...more

July 16, 2008

What is your top memory of Yankee Stadium? I really have a lot of them, but none will surpass July 30, 1949. It was my 15th birthday. I was a huge Yankees fan, and they were playing the Chicago White Sox. We were sitting in the upper deck. Before the game started, they brought a huge birthday card onto the field. I turned to my mother and said, "How could you do this to me, embarrass me like this?" Well, it turned out that it was Casey Stengel's birthday, too. That's who the card was for. ...more

July 16, 2008

Monday night, Evan Longoria was at Yankee Stadium, and when the stars came out, he came with them - and looked like he belonged. ...more

July 15, 2008

The opening question at the All-Star news conference was about the closer. ...more

July 15, 2008

Since opening for business in April 1923, Yankee Stadium has been home to some of baseball's greatest stars, the site of some of the game's greatest moments. ...more

July 14, 2008

The Rays have made it pretty clear they don't want Scott Kazmir to pitch in Tuesday's All-Star Game, and it seems highly unlikely he will take the mound despite some last-minute hedging Sunday. ...more

July 14, 2008

David Ortiz, on the disabled list since May 31 with a torn tendon sheath in his left wrist, is expected to return to Boston's lineup on July 25 for the opener of a series against the New York Yankees. ...more

July 13, 2008