New York Mets manager Willie Randolph issued an apology Wednesday to team ownership, the club's TV network and players "for the unnecessary distraction" he created by suggesting he was portrayed in a different manner than white managers. ...more

May 22, 2008

The three winningest pitchers in baseball since Aug. 15 are Arizona's Brandon Webb (15-2), Chien-Ming Wang (12-3) of the Yankees and ... Andy Sonnanstine? ...more

May 21, 2008

This is the second season that Dunkin' Donuts has given away a free doughnut on the day after each win by the Tampa Bay Rays. That probably seemed like a safe marketing bet in 2007, when the team won only 66 games out of 162. ...more

May 20, 2008

Joe Maddon can see it coming, and so can James Shields. Sometime soon - perhaps tonight, in his fourth start of the season - Scott Kazmir is going to fall into that natural rhythm he has grappled to find so far and everything will come together. ...more

May 20, 2008

It's pretty hard to look at those gorgeous illustrations of the proposed new baseball stadium in downtown St. Petersburg, with its soaring sail covering, and not think to yourself that this is where I want to be on opening day in April a few years from now. ...more

May 19, 2008

With a new ballpark finally on the horizon, the Florida Marlins are beginning to loosen their purse strings. ...more

May 11, 2008

The Yankees are counting on Philip Hughes as a mainstay of their starting rotation after an injury-plagued 2007 season that saw the 21-year-old right-hander hampered by hamstring and ankle problems. ...more

February 19, 2008

As a resident of the Kansas City area through the 1970s and early '80s and a fan of the Royals during their rivalry years with the colorful but bizarre Yankees, suffice it to say the George Steinbrenner was far from the top of my list of admired or respected people. ...more

February 10, 2008

George Steinbrenner Stadium. A county commissioner and a city councilman think there's a nice ring to it and are pushing to rename Legends Field after "The Boss." ...more

February 2, 2008

She's been hearing about the new stadium plans for weeks now, but really hasn't paid all that much attention. She's all for it, though, if the taxpayers aren't stuck with the tab. ...more

November 28, 2007