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Oct 29, 2007 4:38 AM CDT

A-Rod Calls Bombers' Bluff and Opts Out

Uses clause in contract to declare himself a free agent

(Newser) - Superstar third baseman Alex Rodriguez is no longer a New York Yankee, Sports Illustrated reports. His agent tells the magazine that he notified the club that A-Rod is opting out of his $252 million deal to seek an even bigger one on the open market. The Yankees, who were reportedly...

Red Sox Champions—Again!

Oct 29, 2007 2:55 AM CDT

Red Sox Champions—Again!

Boston claims second World Series title in 4 years with sweep of Rockies

(Newser) - They didn't wait 86 years for this one: three years removed from their first World Series title in nearly a century, the Red Sox won their second in four years, doing it again as they did in 2004 with a four-game sweep, this time over the Colorado Rockies. Series MVP...

Sox 1 Away From Series Sweep

Oct 28, 2007 6:10 AM CDT

Sox 1 Away From Series Sweep

$103M pitcher goes 5 innings and slaps an RBI single as Sox win 10-5

(Newser) - The Red Sox are one win away from another World Series title, thanks to the heart of their lineup—the 9, 1 and 2 spots—of Daisuke Matsuzaka, Jacoby Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia. Matsuzaka pitched 5 1/3 solid innings, and together the three scored and drove in nine runs in...

Schilling, Okajima Stifle Rockies

Oct 26, 2007 3:14 AM CDT

Schilling, Okajima Stifle Rockies

Rex Sox are halfway to title with 2-1 win

(Newser) - Curt Schilling got his 11th postseason win, and Jonathan Papelbon his first October save, in Boston's 2-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies last night. Hideki Okajima bagged four strikeouts in two scoreless innings of relief, and J.D. Drew continued his redemption arc, going 2-for-2 with a walk and hit-by-pitch,...

Barry's Heart is in San Francisco

Oct 25, 2007 3:36 PM CDT

Barry's Heart is in San Francisco

Ex-Giants star not satisfied about ending things with his hometown team

(Newser) - He sounded like a man who wanted to stay. At a tribute to the former San Francisco slugger, Barry Bonds was read a list of his baseball accomplishments and then asked if he'd actually achieved all those marks. His response? "I did and then I got fired," a...

Steinbrenners Face 'Tough Decision'

Oct 25, 2007 6:48 AM CDT

Steinbrenners Face 'Tough Decision'

Owners won't demand immediate success from new Yankees manager

(Newser) - Yankee officials have now interviewed all three of Joe Torre's potential successors, and so far team owner George Steinbrenner and sons Hank and Hal are "impressed" with all of them—and concede they've got a "tough decision" to make. Whoever the "slight favorite" is, he'll take the...

Sox Offense Rocks Colorado

Oct 25, 2007 1:26 AM CDT

Sox Offense Rocks Colorado

Beckett dominant as Boston takes World Series Game 1

(Newser) - Josh Beckett struck out the first four batters he faced, and Dustin Pedroia belted Colorado starter Jeff Francis's second pitch of the game over the Green Monster to give Boston a surge of momentum the team would never relinquish, beating the Rockies 13-1 in Game 1 of the World Series....

Mattingly
Aimed to Take After Torre

Oct 24, 2007 6:49 AM CDT

Mattingly Aimed to Take After Torre

Yankees bench coach is favored by players, Steinbrenner

(Newser) - When Don Mattingly came out of retirement to join up as the Yankees' hitting coach, he already had his sights set on following in Joe Torre's managerial footsteps, reports the New York Times. "I’ve known from the beginning what I wanted," said Mattingly, who is said to...

Rockies Tickets Going, Going, Gone

Oct 24, 2007 12:17 AM CDT

Rockies Tickets Going, Going, Gone

After chaotic online lottery, some fans feel lucky, most don't

(Newser) - The Rockies managed to unload the remainder of their World Series tickets today, a day after their overwhelmed servers crashed after selling just 500 seats. The team blamed a malicious hacker onslaught, but problems persisted one day later and ticket sales were slow, reports the Rocky Mountain News.

Sox Shelve Wakefield for Series

Oct 23, 2007 11:06 PM CDT

Sox Shelve Wakefield for Series

41-year-old ends 17-win season due to nagging shoulder injury

(Newser) - With the Red Sox on the brink of the World Series, knuckleballer Tim Wakefield has decided to shut it down due to worsening inflammation behind his right shoulder. Wakefield was shelled in his only playoff start, Game 4 against Cleveland, allowing five runs, and doctors warned that he might suffer...

History Links Fenway, Wrigley

Oct 23, 2007 10:45 PM CDT

History Links Fenway, Wrigley

Red Sox, Cubs look to the future while staying true to past

(Newser) - Boston’s Fenway Park, erected in 1912, and Chicago’s Wrigley Field, 1914, are baseball’s oldest ballparks and give their respective teams and fan base an identity, and the former holds lessons for the latter. “The one thing I noticed with both Fenway and the Cubs is the...

With Torre out, Yanks Start Interviewing

Oct 23, 2007 4:25 AM CDT

With Torre out, Yanks Start Interviewing

Steinbrenner's looking at Girardi, Mattingly, Pena for new manager

(Newser) - Former Yankee catcher Joe Girardi spent yesterday meeting with team officials, interviewing for Joe Torre's old job as New York's manager, reports the Times. He'll be followed today by the team's current bench coach Don Mattingly, and tomorrow Yankees first-base coach Tony Pena will jump into the interview pool.

Byrd's HGH
Use Was News
to Mitchell

Oct 23, 2007 12:13 AM CDT

Byrd's HGH Use Was News to Mitchell

Baseball investigator denies leaking info on Indians pitcher

(Newser) - Baseball investigator George Mitchell denied a report that he leaked information on Cleveland pitcher Paul Byrd’s use of human growth hormone. News broke before Cleveland lost Game 7 to Boston that Byrd had bought HGH online; he said it was used to treat a pituitary tumor. Mitchell said he...

La Russa Re-Signs with Cardinals

Oct 22, 2007 10:23 PM CDT

La Russa Re-Signs with Cardinals

Winningest manager in team history gets two-season deal

(Newser) - Tony La Russa, Cardinals manager for the past twelve years, will stick around for two more, reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A disappointing 78-84 season to cap his previous three-year deal, plus instability at general manager, had the four-time Manager of the Year initially uncertain as to whether he'd return.

Rockies Servers Crash, Halting Series Ticket Sales

Oct 22, 2007 5:15 PM CDT

Rockies Servers Crash, Halting Series Ticket Sales

'This is the biggest load of crap,' rants irate fan

(Newser) - The Colorado Rockies have suspended World Series ticket sales—both online and at the box office—after a partner company's servers crashed under overwhelming demand. Tix went on sale at 10am, but the site had massive traffic 90 minutes beforehand, and by the time sales opened the system was hopelessly...

Cleveland Pitcher Bought HGH

Oct 21, 2007 3:00 PM CDT

Cleveland Pitcher Bought HGH

(Newser) - Paul Byrd, the pitcher who's been critical in the Cleveland Indians' successful playoff run this season, bought almost $25,000 worth of human growth hormone between 2002 and 2005, the San Francisco Chronicle learned today. Byrd admitted taking HGH, but told Fox Sports he was using it legally with a...

Drew Slams Sox Past Indians

Oct 21, 2007 5:13 AM CDT

Drew Slams Sox Past Indians

(Newser) - Curt Schilling pitched seven strong innings last night and the Boston offense came through in a big way to launch the Red Sox over the Indians, 12-2, and force Game 7 of the ALCS, reports the Boston Herald. J.D. Drew set the tone in the first with a two-out...

Nippon Ham Fighter Gets Royal Summons

Oct 20, 2007 8:00 AM CDT

Nippon Ham Fighter Gets Royal Summons

Kansas City taps Japan league vet Hillman for manager's job

(Newser) - You can go home again if you're Trey Hillman. The longtime minor league manager in the Yankees farm system, who spent the last five years managing Hokkaido's Nippon Ham-sponsored squad in Japan's Pacific League, will be introduced on Monday in Kansas City as the new manager of the Royals.

Rockies Try
to Trademark 'Rocktober'

Oct 20, 2007 6:03 AM CDT

Rockies Try to Trademark 'Rocktober'

Fans free to celebrate improbable win streak by any other name

(Newser) - If the Colorado Rockies have their way, the only Christmas stockings and baby booties bearing the moniker "Rocktober" will be official Rockies merchandise. The team filed for exclusive rights to the word earlier this month after it appeared in local headlines to describe Colorado's undefeated (and to some, unexpected)...

Torre: That's
'An Insult'!

Oct 19, 2007 8:14 PM CDT

Torre: That's 'An Insult'!

Admits $5 million is 'nothing to sneeze at,' but says 1-year offer offended him

(Newser) - An emotional Joe Torre called the Yankees' one-year, $5 million offer "an insult" today. Three million dollars in incentives didn't help, he said: “I’d been there 12 years and did not feel motivation was needed." The offer was still sizable, despite a $2.5 million pay...