Teams combine for 7 home runs as Pirates win 8-5. ...more

March 14, 2009

State Sen. Nancy Detert, R-Venice, is pushing a change in the law that would allow Sarasota to keep state money while seeking a Major League Baseball team to replace the Cincinnati Reds as a spring training attraction. This is the Reds' final spring training in Sarasota. She said her goal is to "hopefully steal teams from Arizona," where tax breaks have led to six teams leaving Florida since 1998. ...more

March 11, 2009

Ben Zobrist leaves everyday tasks like car repair and plumbing to the professionals, opting to "stick to the talents God has given me." ...more

March 7, 2009

A former Major League baseball player was charged with simple domestic battery Thursday afternoon after an argument with his ex-wife turned physical, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

March 7, 2009

A former Major League baseball player was charged with simple domestic battery Thursday afternoon after an argument with his ex-wife turned physical, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said. Christopher M. Spurling's former wife said he "threw" her to the floor after a "minor dispute," a sheriff's report said. Spurling, 31, was a right-handed relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers and Milwaukee Brewers from 2003 to 2007, according to Major League Baseball's official Web site. ...more

March 6, 2009

Not long after the regular season begins next month, Gary Sheffield likely will hit the 500th home run of his career. He needs one more to join a club currently occupied by only 24 other players in Major League Baseball history. ...more

March 5, 2009

New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez is scheduled to have surgery to remove a cyst from his hip and will need 10 weeks to rehabilitate, according to reports. ...more

March 5, 2009

The Tampa Bay area remains the spring training baseball capital of Florida, with the Yankees, Phillies and Blue Jays playing spring home games at Tampa, Clearwater and Dunedin, respectively. ...more

March 4, 2009

Alex Rodriguez says he's happy to put behind him a meeting with baseball officials about his use of steroids more than five years ago. ...more

March 3, 2009

Alex Rodriguez had a two-hour meeting with Major League Baseball officials Sunday. How much he told them about steroids is a secret - at least so far. ...more

March 1, 2009