Baker to manage son's youth team
- 10/09/2008 11:31 AM CDT
Dusty Baker is going back to youth baseball.
Dusty Baker is going back to youth baseball.
Manny Ramirez hit an RBI double against Cole Hamels, and the Los Angeles Dodgers took a 1-0 lead over the Philadelphia Phillies after three innings Thursday night in Game 1 of the NL championship series.
The San Diego Padres dismissed as "highly speculative" a report that owner John Moores will sell 49 percent of the team as part of a divorce settlement with wife Becky.
Daisuke Matsuzaka will be on the mound for the Red Sox when the AL championship series begins Friday night against the Tampa Bay Rays.
The weatherman is calling for beautiful early autumn weather when the National League Championship Series begins Thursday night in the City of Brotherly Love. The NL East champion Phillies will send Cole Hamels to the mound to face Derek Lowe of the West-winning Dodgers. The winner of the best-of-seven series goes to determine who goes to the World Series.
New York Mets pitcher Ambiorix Burgos will be jailed for three months while awaiting trial for a hit-and-run accident that killed two women.
After four ho-hum division series matchups, I can't remember anticipating a pair of League Championship Series' as much as I am looking forward to these two.
Rich Harden's $7 million option for next year was exercised Wednesday by the Chicago Cubs, one day after a test showed the hard-throwing right-hander had no structural damage in his pitching shoulder.
The Los Angeles Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies will battle for the right to represent the National League at the World Series when the best-of-seven NLCS gets underway on Thursday at Citizens Bank Park.
The Minnesota Twins exercised the 2009 option on catcher Mike Redmond on Thursday.
Winning creates a rivalry, the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays claim, rather than years of testy relations between the teams.
Chase Utley hit a tying two-run homer and Pat Burrell added a solo shot off Derek Lowe in a three-run sixth inning, giving the Philadelphia Phillies a 3-2 lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday night in Game 1 of the NL championship series.
The Tampa Bay Rays' amazing run continues on Friday, as they open the best-of-seven American League Championship Series against the Boston Red Sox at Tropicana Field.
Major League Baseball has announced its umpire crews for the 2008 American and National League Championship Series.
Young, eager and brimming with confidence. The surprising Tampa Bay Rays spent the entire season dispelling the notion that they were too inexperienced to compete with the Boston Red Sox, and the AL East champions aren't about to stop believing in themselves now that they're four wins from the World Series.
A look at the best-of-seven American League championship series between the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays:
The Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays will battle for the right to represent the American League at the World Series when the best- of-seven ALCS gets underway on Friday at Tropicana Field.
The Chicago Cubs exercised the 2009 option for pitcher Rich Harden on Wednesday.
Sporting freshly trimmed, thick braids instead of his usual dreadlocks, Manny Ramirez has a slightly new look for the NL championship series to go with his reformed West Coast attitude. On the field, it's the same old Manny. He just keeps hitting.
Curt Schilling could have been ready to pitch in the AL championship series, according to his surgeon.