L.A. Times - Baseball News
http://www.latimes.com/sports/baseball/mlb/
Headlines from latimes.com
Sport Covered: MLB/Baseball
Posts per week: 29
| Recent Articles |
Torii Hunter to have surgery to repair sports hernia
He suffered the injury mid-season and played hurt. He expects to be ready for spring training.
>
He suffered the injury mid-season and played hurt. He ...
Tags:
MLB
Torii Hunter
Giants' Tim Lincecum wins his second straight Cy Young Award
He beats out Cardinals aces Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright in one of the closest votes in history.
>
He beats out Cardinals aces Chris Carpenter and ...
Tags:
MLB
St. Louis Cardinals
Chris Carpenter
Adam Wainwright
San Francisco Giants
Cy Young
Tim Lincecum
Dodgers won't be pursuing John Lackey
Despite needing help in the pitching rotation, the club isn't looking to sign the veteran ace. President Dennis Mannion rules out 'any outlandish-type decisions.'
>
...
Tags:
MLB
Los Angeles Dodgers
John Lackey
Mike Scioscia runs away with AL manager-of-the-year honors
Angels field boss receives 15 of 28 first-place votes. Minnesota's Ron Gardenhire is second.
>
Tragedy struck three days into the 2009 season, when ...
Tags:
MLB
Los Angeles Angels
Ron Gardenhire
Nick Adenhart
Mike Scioscia
Bud Selig vows to condense the postseason
In response to Mike Scioscia's criticism of the lengthy playoff format, the commissioner says, 'I think he was right.' But it's unclear how it would change.
>
...
Tags:
MLB
Bud Selig
Mike Scioscia
Bud Selig still isn't worried about the Dodgers
Commissioner won't discuss what the future might hold given the McCourts' divorce proceedings but says team is 'in good hands.'
>
Commissioner Bud Selig ...
Tags:
MLB
Bud Selig
Los Angeles Dodgers
Jim Tracy is NL manager of the year
After announcement, the Colorado Rockies reward him with a three-year contract.
>
After announcement, the Colorado Rockies reward him with a three-year ...
Tags:
MLB
Colorado Rockies
Jim Tracy
Mike Scioscia named AL manager of the year
Angels' manager wins award for second time after guiding his team to American League Championship Series and an AL West title.
Tags:
MLB
Los Angeles Angels
Mike Scioscia
Zack Greinke earns AL's Cy Young Award
Kansas City ace easily beats out Seattle's Felix Hernandez.
>
Kansas City ace easily beats out Seattle's Felix Hernandez.
Tags:
MLB
Kansas City Royals
Felix Hernandez
Zack Greinke
Cy Young
Angels GM says focus is not on outfielder Matt Holliday
Tony Reagins says re-signing John Lackey and Chone Figgins remain the top priorities. Vladimir Guerrero and Darren Oliver are also still in play.
>
General Manager Tony Reagins on ...
Tags:
MLB
Tony Reagins
Los Angeles Angels
Matt Holliday
John Lackey
Chone Figgins
Vladimir Guerrero
Can Dodgers' road get any lower?
Readers continue to weigh in on the McCourts.
>
Mark Cuban says he wants to buy the Dodgers but, oh yeah, they're not for sale. Jamie McCourt, the "baseball ...
Tags:
MLB
Los Angeles Dodgers
Jamie McCourt
Juan Pierre
Ned Colletti
Dodgers put a low price on decades of experience
George Genovese, the team's 87-year-old scout, gets a 56% pay cut -- to $8,000. Times are tough, the club says.
>
After spending the last couple of weeks ...
Tags:
MLB
Los Angeles Dodgers
Matt Kemp and Orlando Hudson win Gold Gloves
Manager Jim Riggleman will have interim tag removed in Washington.
>
Manager Jim Riggleman will have interim tag removed in Washington.
Tags:
MLB
Jim Riggleman
Washington Nationals
Matt Kemp
Orlando Hudson
Jamie McCourt denies affair, says accusations are 'devastating'
"It would not have been my choice to ever have anything put out there," she says in her first public comments since the breakup of her marriage from Dodgers' Frank McCourt.
>
...
Tags:
MLB
Jamie McCourt
Torii Hunter wins 9th consecutive Gold Glove
The Angels' outfielder is one short of the record for consecutive Gold Gloves by an American League outfielder.
>
The Angels' outfielder is one short of the ...
Tags:
MLB
Torii Hunter
Jamie McCourt says accusations are 'devastating'
In her first public remarks on the breakup, she tells Times columnist T.J. Simers "this is not something I would have played out in public."
Tags:
MLB
T.J. Simers
Jamie McCourt
Fans turn out in droves for Metrodome garage sale
Some fans arrived at dawn to purchase autographed baseballs, banners celebrating Kirby Puckett's entrance into the Hall of Fame and life-sized cutouts of Kent Hrbek.
>
...
Tags:
MLB
Metrodome
Kirby Puckett
Hall of Fame
Mark Cuban says he'd be interested in buying the Dodgers
Cuban says he'd base a decision on his ability to buy a controlling share as part of an ownership group. The Dodgers are not for sale, but the McCourt divorce raises questions about team's future.
>
...
Tags:
MLB
Los Angeles Dodgers
It looks as if Joe Torre wants more
Manager is talking about staying with the Dodgers beyond next season.
>
Manager is talking about staying with the Dodgers beyond next season.
Tags:
MLB
Los Angeles Dodgers
Joe Torre
Manny Ramirez will remain with Dodgers
The outfielder will not exercise the escape clause in his contract that would have let him re-enter the free-agent market.
>
The Dodgers have learned that ...
Tags:
MLB
Manny Ramirez
Los Angeles Dodgers
Diamondbacks exercise option on Brandon Webb
The pitcher, who missed most of last season because of an injury, will make $8.5 million.
>
The pitcher, who missed most of last season because of an ...
Tags:
MLB
Arizona Diamondbacks
Brandon Webb
Angels give GM Tony Reagins a long-term contract extension
While the teams he has shaped won the AL West the last two years, he still wants to build one thing: a World Series champion.
>
While the teams he has ...
Tags:
MLB
Tony Reagins
Los Angeles Angels
Manny Ramirez will stay with Dodgers
His agents says the slugger will not exercise his escape clause in the two-year deal and returns with a price tag of $20 million next season.
Tags:
MLB
Manny Ramirez
Los Angeles Dodgers
Angels re-sign Abreu
Last summer the Angels spent about $1,600 buying a couple of baubles for Bobby Abreu in recognition of career milestones the outfielder achieved largely while playing for other teams.
Tags:
MLB
Los Angeles Angels
Bobby Abreu
Jamie McCourt is denied bid for reinstatement as Dodgers' CEO
Divorce hearing chief says the court can't rule on employment. Dodgers' ownership is seen as 'substantial' trial issue.
>
Divorce hearing chief says the ...
Tags:
MLB
Los Angeles Dodgers
Jamie McCourt
Joe Torre, witness to domestic abuse, helps others to manage
Dodgers manager seeks to help fight the cycle of domestic abuse through his Safe at Home Foundation.
>
Dodgers manager seeks to help fight the cycle of ...
Tags:
MLB
Los Angeles Dodgers
Joe Torre
Mr. October tells of time it rained chocolate on him
Reggie Jackson says on his Sirius XM radio show that a home run he hit on opening day in 1978 was hailed by fans with a shower of candy bars named after him in celebration.
>
...
Tags:
MLB
Reggie Jackson
Angels, Bobby Abreu agree to two-year deal
Veteran outfielder play a key role in helping the Angels earn the AL West title.
Tags:
MLB
Los Angeles Angels
Bobby Abreu
Jamie McCourt bid to be reinstated denied, but she has more to say
Her attorney says she is concerned about the direction the team is taking in her absence.
Tags:
MLB
Jamie McCourt
Hideki Matsui plays Godzilla and champions featured at Staples Center
Text messages from press row . . .
>
Text messages from press row . . .
Tags:
MLB
Hideki Matsui
Yankees win their 27th World Series
Hideki Matsui drives in six runs to help New York eliminate Philadelphia in six games and claim first championship in nine years.
>
Hideki Matsui drives in ...
Tags:
MLB
Hideki Matsui
Philadelphia Phillies
New York Yankees
Phillies Ryan Howard stays in the cleanup spot for Game 6
Manager Charlie Manuel says demoting the slugger to lower in the batting order is not the answer to his lack of hitting.
>
Manager Charlie Manuel says ...
Tags:
MLB
Charlie Manuel
Philadelphia Phillies
Ryan Howard
Vicente Padilla is treated for a minor gunshot wound
Agent says the pitcher's right thigh was grazed by a bullet during a hunting accident in Nicaragua.
>
Vicente Padilla, who revived his career in the ...
Tags:
MLB
Vicente Padilla
Los Angeles Dodgers
McCourts state their positions in court papers
Filed ahead of initial court hearing in divorce, Jamie McCourt seeks reinstatement as Dodgers' chief to maintain 'marital status quo,' while Frank McCourt's lawyers argue he had right to fire her.
>
...
Tags:
MLB
Los Angeles Dodgers
Jamie McCourt
McCourt's divorce will put Dodgers in an inevitable retreat
Frank and Jamie haven't been shy about rewarding themselves or asking fans to pay a premium for the product, but how will there be any positive returns under these circumstances?
>
...
Tags:
MLB
Jamie McCourt
Los Angeles Dodgers
Matt Kemp
James Loney
Clayton Kershaw
Fred Claire watches Pedro Martinez's career wistfully
The former Dodgers general manager says trading the pitcher, who is starting for the Phillies in Game 6 of the World Series, to Montreal for Delino DeShields was his worst trade.
>
...
Tags:
MLB
Los Angeles Dodgers
Philadelphia Phillies
Pedro Martinez
Four Yankees teammates go back a long ways
Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada and Mariano Rivera first played together in the minor leagues and have been together for much of the last 15 years.
>
...
Tags:
MLB
Derek Jeter
Andy Pettitte
Jorge Posada
Mariano Rivera
New York Yankees
Yankees' rule of three doesn't work out
Small pitching rotation, born of necessity, is a gamble they got away with in Game 4 but not this time, as Burnett lasts two innings with short rest.
>
...
Tags:
MLB
A.J. Burnett
New York Yankees
Phillies' Shane Victorino could miss Game 6
The Gold Glove center fielder is hit on the hand while trying to bunt in the first inning of Philadelphia's Game 5 victory and eventually has to come out. X-rays reveal no broken bones.
>
...
Tags:
MLB
Shane Victorino
Philadelphia Phillies
Jamie McCourt seeks to remove Dodgers from divorce hearing
Motion is expected to be heard Thursday. She is asking the court to throw out papers filed in the team's name that 'unnecessarily and gratuitously attack' her.
>
...
Tags:
MLB
Los Angeles Dodgers
Jamie McCourt
Phillies win Game 5, send World Series back to N.Y.
Chase Utley hits two home runs and has four RBIs in an 8-6 victory over the Yankees, who lead the best-of-seven series, 3-2.
>
Chase Utley hits two home ...
Tags:
MLB
Chase Utley
New York Yankees
Philadelphia Phillies
Brad Lidge, the perfect closer? Um, strike that
Lidge didn't blow a save last year, and got the last out in a World Series-clinching victory. He blew 11 this year, and took a loss Sunday that put the Phillies in a 3-1 hole in the 2009 Series. He wa
>
...
Tags:
MLB
Brad Lidge
Philadelphia Phillies
Johnny Damon just went on base instinct
After blooping a single to start the Yankees' game-winning rally in the ninth, he steals two bases on one pitch. 'Fortunately, it worked out,' he said.
>
...
Tags:
MLB
New York Yankees
Johnny Damon
Alex Rodriguez delivers again for the Yankees
His two-out double in the ninth inning plates the go-ahead run in a 7-4 victory over the Phillies that leaves New York one win from another championship.
>
...
Tags:
MLB
Philadelphia Phillies
Alex Rodriguez
New York Yankees
Umpires consult replay on Alex Rodriguez's home run
Fourth-inning assist was the first time the technology was used in postseason history.
>
Fourth-inning assist was the first time the technology was used in ...
Tags:
MLB
Alex Rodriguez
Cole Hamels and the league are all wet in this one
The left-hander, who was the darling of last season's World Series run by the Phillies, isn't the same pitcher. Meanwhile, baseball continues to mistreat its paying customers.
>
...
Tags:
MLB
Philadelphia Phillies
Cole Hamels
Andy Pettitte leads Yankees past Phillies in Game 3
He guts out six innings, drives in the tying run and scores the go-ahead run in an 8-5 victory that gives New York a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven World Series.
>
...
Tags:
MLB
New York Yankees
Philadelphia Phillies
Andy Pettitte
Yankees to start Nick Swisher in right field over Hideki Matsui
With Game 3 of the World Series in Philadelphia and no designated hitter in the lineup, New York Manager Joe Girardi says Matsui will pinch-hit or come off the bench in a double switch.
Tags:
