STARTING LINEUP 1. Ichiro Suzuki RF, Mariners .362, 6 HRs, ...more

July 14, 2009

Say what you want about the World Baseball Classic but it was good baseball. ...more

March 24, 2009

Boston's Brad Penny pitched three hitless innings in his spring training debut in a 7-6 win over the Detroit Tigers. ...more

March 23, 2009

Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon on Thursday stood by a magazine interview in which he compared former teammate Manny Ramirez to cancer and said Boston made the right decision when it traded the slugger to the Los Angeles Dodgers last summer. ...more

March 13, 2009

With big-league stars on both sides and national pride at stake, the United States and Canada gave their World Baseball Classic opener an October feel. ...more

March 8, 2009

Joba Chamberlain walked four of the five batters he faced Thursday and failed to get an out in the first inning of the New York Yankees' 6-0 loss to Canada's World Baseball Classic team. ...more

March 5, 2009

The Red Sox didn't exactly bring their Opening Day lineup north from Fort Myers on Friday, but there were enough legitimate major-leaguers atop the lineup to give Jeff Niemann the taste he wanted. ...more

February 28, 2009

Whenever you doubt the capacity of baseball to embarrass itself at the worst possible time, remember nights like Monday. Only baseball could take its showcase event, the World Series, and turn it into a farce. ...more

October 28, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG Perhaps making it interesting to the point that everyone dismissed their chances was the only way for the Rays to do it. ...more

October 20, 2008

Rays manager Joe Maddon considered playing Rocco Baldelli in Games 5 and 6 of the American League Championship Series, but he opted to save him for Game 7. ...more

October 20, 2008