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Art Savage, owner of Oakland A's farm club, dies
Art Savage, the majority owner of the Sacramento River Cats, the Triple-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics, has died. He was 58.
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Nationals top pick Strasburg won't need surgery
The Nationals say No. 1 draft pick Stephen Strasburg has a dislocation in his left knee joint and should be fine for spring training.
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Pricey gift: MLB offers Series film set for $2,229
Major League Baseball has the perfect gift to bust a budget in a recession. A 20-DVD set of World Series films can be bought for $2,299, and it contains authenticated autographs of 12 Hall of Famers, including Yogi Berra, Bob Gibson, Reggie Jackson ...
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St. Louis Cardinals announce season ticket pricing
St. Louis Cardinals season ticket prices are increasing an average of 3 percent next year.
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Grabow gets $7.5 million, 2-year deal from Cubs
Pitcher John Grabow became the first of the 171 free agents to reach agreement on a new deal, getting a $7.5 million, two-year contract Friday from the Chicago Cubs.
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Giants ace Lincecum wins second straight Cy Young
Tim Lincecum has been so dominant in his first two full major league seasons that even his top bosses don't know how he can get much better.
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Diamondbacks acquire RHP Aaron Heilman from Cubs
Reliever Aaron Heilman was acquired Thursday by the Arizona Diamondbacks from the Chicago Cubs for two minor league prospects.
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Rays add 3 to 40-man roster; activate Pena from DL
Minor league outfielder Desmond Jennings and pitchers Jeremy Hellickson and Alexander Torres have been added to the Tampa Bay Rays' 40-man roster.
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Alomar hoping for election to Hall of Fame
Roberto Alomar has career numbers that compare favorably with many of baseball's greatest second basemen. The question is how will one memorable lapse impact his bid to make the Hall of Fame.
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Tigers minor league 3B Ron Bourquin suspended
A minor leaguer in the Detroit Tigers' organization has been suspended for 50 games after testing positive for an amphetamine under baseball's minor league drug program.
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Diamondbacks acquire RHP Aaron Heilman from Cubs
Reliever Aaron Heilman was acquired Friday by the Arizona Diamondbacks from the Chicago Cubs for two minor league prospects.
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Giants' Lincecum wins second consecutive Cy Young
San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum won the NL Cy Young Award on Thursday for the second straight year, emerging from one of the tightest votes in the history of the honor to become the first repeat winner since Randy Johnson.
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Pettitte, Tatis file for free agency on final day
The Yankees' Andy Pettitte and the Mets' Fernando Tatis have become the final players to file for free agency this year.
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Tracy wins NL manager award, gets 3-year contract
The Colorado Rockies have rewarded manager Jim Tracy with a three-year contract. The Rockies announced the deal Wednesday, less than an hour after he won the NL Manager of the Year award.
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Selig: Baseball will tighten playoff schedule
Baseball plans to cut down on off days during the postseason next year. Commissioner Bud Selig said Wednesday he's working on tightening up the 2010 playoff schedule so there will be fewer gaps between games.
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Scioscia, Tracy win Manager of the Year awards
The Los Angeles Angels could have crumbled when pitcher Nick Adenhart was killed in a car accident in April, overcome by waves of grief and sadness.
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Hicks trying to keep majority ownership of Rangers
Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks is putting together a group of local investors, including Hall of Fame quarterback Roger Staubach, for a bid that would enable him to keep majority ownership of the team.
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Selig: Baseball will tighten playoff schedule
Baseball plans to cut down on off days during the postseason next year. Commissioner Bud Selig said Wednesday he's working on tightening up the 2010 playoff schedule so there will be fewer gaps between games.
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Nationals hire Davey Johnson as senior adviser
The Washington Nationals have hired former major league manager Davey Johnson as a senior adviser.
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Tracy wins NL manager award, gets 3-year contract
The Colorado Rockies have rewarded manager Jim Tracy with a three-year contract. The Rockies announced the deal Wednesday, less than an hour after he won the NL Manager of the Year award.
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Tracy, Scioscia win manager of the year awards
Jim Tracy of Colorado won the NL Manager of the Year award on Wednesday and Mike Scioscia of the Los Angeles Angels was selected for the AL honor.
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Ramirez, Darvish named MVPs of Japanese baseball
Venezuelan outfielder Alex Ramirez was named MVP of Japan's Central League for the second straight year on Wednesday while pitcher Yu Darvish took the Pacific League honors.
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Royals ace Zack Greinke wins AL Cy Young Award
Zack Greinke fidgeted a bit and spoke softly. Winning the Cy Young Award brought up a whole lot of unwanted attention.
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Sandy Alomar Jr. hired by Indians
Sandy Alomar Jr.'s baseball career has brought him back home. The Indians' popular former All-Star catcher has been hired by new Cleveland manager Manny Acta as the team's first-base coach. Alomar had spent the past two seasons as a catching ...
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Wally Backman starts over with Brooklyn farm team
Wally Backman wants another chance to manage in the majors. The former Mets second baseman, fired after four days with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2004, was introduced Tuesday as manager of the Brooklyn Cyclones, New York's Class-A farm team in the ...
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A's see Bailey's award as a positive sign
Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane sees Andrew Bailey's rookie of the year award as reinforcement that a youth movement is the way to go.
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Yankees decline $1.25 million option on Mitre
The New York Yankees have declined a $1.25 million option on pitcher Sergio Mitre. The right-hander was not on the Yankees' postseason roster. Mitre now becomes eligible for salary arbitration.
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Zack Greinke of Royals wins AL Cy Young Award
Zack Greinke won the American League Cy Young Award on Tuesday, beating out Felix Hernandez after a spectacular season short on wins but long on domination.
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Some Red Sox tickets to rise up to $5 next season
The Red Sox will raise some ticket prices as much as $5 next season after freezing all sections for 2009.
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A's Bailey and Marlins' Coghlan win Rookie awards
Andrew Bailey was driving along, talking to his agent on a handsfree cell phone, when another call came in.
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Indians hire Tim Tolman as bench coach
New Cleveland Indians manager Manny Acta's coaching staff is nearly complete. On Monday, Acta picked Tim Tolman as the bench coach, Steve Smith as third-base coach and Scott Radinsky as bullpen coach.
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US softball players try sports diplomacy in Cuba
Softball has been a passion for Michael Eizenberg since he was a child, but the 63-year-old has never been as excited about a game as the one played Monday on a children's ball field at a faded sports complex under Havana's warm Caribbean sun.
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Red Sox to keep most ticket prices at 2009 levels
The Boston Red Sox have announced that tickets for most Fenway Park seats will remain the same price while other seats will see a sight rise.
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Coghlan is NL Rookie of Year, Bailey wins AL award
Florida Marlins outfielder Chris Coghlan is the National League Rookie of the Year, and Oakland Athletics closer Andrew Bailey is the AL winner.
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Backman hired as manager of Brooklyn Cyclones
Wally Backman was hired Monday as manager of the New York Mets' Brooklyn Cyclones farm team in the New York-Penn League.
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CC Sabathia and Yankees stop Angels cold
CC Sabathia and the New York Yankees stopped the Los Angeles Angels cold in the AL championship series opener.
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Torre happy for Girardi, Yankees
Dodgers manager Joe Torre says he was pleased when successor Joe Girardi and the New York Yankees won the World Series this month.
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Wilson & Mariners agree to $10 million, 2-yr deal
After shortstop Jack Wilson arrived in Seattle in a trade last summer, it didn't take long for him to know he wanted to stay.
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Can baseball help bring US and Cuba together?
"Pingpong diplomacy" thawed relations between the United States and China in 1971. Can "baseball diplomacy" help do the same for the U.S. and Cuba?
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AP Interview: Chapman says no drama in defection
Aroldis Chapman simply left his room at the Domina Hotel in Rotterdam last July and went down to the lobby.
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M's coach Wetteland taken to hospital
A Seattle Mariners spokesman says former All-Star closer John Wetteland was taken to a Dallas-area hospital after authorities responded to a 911 call from his home.
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George Steinbrenner spends time at his office
George Steinbrenner returned to his office at the Yankees' spring training complex for the first time since New York won the World Series last week.
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Hudson agrees on 3-year deal to stay with Braves
Tim Hudson has agreed to a new three-year contract with the Atlanta Braves. Hudson could have returned to the Braves under a $12 million mutual option, but the two sides focused on talks for a longer deal after the right-hander showed he had overcome ...
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GMs head out to work on offseason trades
General managers grabbed their bags, caught a quick lunch and headed down the corridor a short distance to their flights Wednesday after their annual meeting ended in a hotel at O'Hare International Airport.
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Report: Clemens moves to have McNamee suit tossed
Lawyers for Roger Clemens filed a motion in Brooklyn federal court to dismiss a defamation lawsuit by the pitcher's former trainer, claiming statements that accused Brian McNamee of trying to shake down Clemens were not serious.
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AP sources: Riggleman staying as Nationals manager
No more interim tag for Jim Riggleman: He is going to be the Washington Nationals' full-fledged manager in 2010.
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Griffey stays with Mariners for 2010
Junior's back in Seattle, one more time. Ken Griffey Jr. and the Mariners agreed Wednesday to another one-year contract that will keep the popular player in town for what could be his final season.
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