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Sun Nov 23 02:44:06 2008 |
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Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Young Dodgers ace Chad Billingsley
suffered a broken left fibula Friday after slipping on a patch of ice outside
of his home in Reading, Pennsylvania.
The 24-year-old sustained a spiral fractu
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Fri Nov 21 12:47:59 2008 |
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Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - The Chicago White Sox have reportedly agreed
to terms on a lucrative contract with 19-year-old Cuban defector Dayan
Viciedo.
Viciedo, considered to be a five-tool talent at third base, defected from
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Thu Nov 20 20:28:39 2008 |
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - The Philadelphia Phillies acquired
outfielder John Mayberry from the Texas Rangers Thursday for outfielder Greg
Golson in an exchange of former first-round picks.
The 24-year-old Mayberry, the 19
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Thu Nov 20 17:41:00 2008 |
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Arlington, TX (Sports Network) - The Texas Rangers have sold the rights to
right-handed pitcher Kameron Loe to the Fukuoka SouthBank Hawks of Japan's
Pacific League for an undisclosed amount.
Loe, the club's 20th round pick in 2002,
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Thu Nov 20 14:05:06 2008 |
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Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - Major League Baseball owners approved a shift
of control of the New York Yankees from George Steinbrenner to his son Hal on
Thursday.
Steinbrenner's sons, Hank and Hal, had been named co-chairpersons of the
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Thu Nov 20 12:55:02 2008 |
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - The Philadelphia Phillies announced
Thursday that half of its starting infield -- All- Star second baseman Chase
Utley and third baseman Pedro Feliz -- will undergo surgery.
Utley will have surg
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Thu Nov 20 12:40:13 2008 |
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Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - New York Yankees right-hander Mike Mussina, as
expected, retired on Thursday after 18 seasons in the major leagues.
Reports circulated on Wednesday that Mussina had decided to call it quits
after the fi
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Thu Nov 20 11:31:19 2008 |
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(Sports Network) - The worst-kept secret in baseball started to leak out on
Wednesday, when it was revealed that right-hander Mike Mussina was indeed
going to hang up his spikes after 18 seasons.
The news certainly comes as no shock, as the
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Wed Nov 19 20:16:56 2008 |
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Oakland, CA (Sports Network) - Veteran right-handed reliever Chris Schroder,
who spent the previous three seasons with Washington, signed a major league
contract Wednesday with the Oakland Athletics.
During his career, a span of 62
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Wed Nov 19 19:16:40 2008 |
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Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - New York Yankees right-hander Mike Mussina is
reportedly retiring after 18 seasons in the major leagues.
According to a report on foxsports.com, Mussina has decided to call it a
career and will official
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Wed Nov 19 12:43:33 2008 |
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Seattle, WA (Sports Network) - The Seattle Mariners named former Oakland
Athletics bench coach Don Wakamatsu their new manager on Wednesday.
The hiring was the first major decision for new Mariners general manager Jack
Zduriencik, th
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Wed Nov 19 12:28:45 2008 |
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Boston, MA (Sports Network) - The Boston Red Sox have traded outfielder Coco
Crisp to the Kansas City Royals for right-handed reliever Ramon Ramirez.
The 29-year-old Crisp hit .283 last season with seven home runs, 41 RBI and 55
runs score
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Tue Nov 18 20:34:55 2008 |
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Seattle, WA (Sports Network) - New Mariners general manager Jack
Zduriencik has reportedly settled on a new manager, and he has apparently
raided the coaching staff of a division rival in the process.
The Seattle Times r
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Tue Nov 18 14:26:50 2008 |
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia
has been named the American League's Most Valuable Player, as voted on by the
Baseball Writers' Association of America.
Pedroia, last year's AL Rookie of the Yea
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Tue Nov 18 13:31:15 2008 |
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Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - The Chicago Cubs have apparently re-signed
right-hander Ryan Dempster. The Newark-Star Ledger and the Chicago Sun-Times
are reporting that the deal is for four years and is worth $52 million.
Dempster r
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Tue Nov 18 10:12:42 2008 |
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(Sports Network) - The Baseball Writers' Association of America will hand out
their final postseason award on Monday, as the American League's Most Valuable
Player will be announced.
But unlike most of the awards that have already been ha
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Mon Nov 17 14:25:08 2008 |
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert
Pujols has been named the National League's Most Valuable Player, as voted on
by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
Pujols, who won this award in 200
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Sat Nov 15 23:11:09 2008 |
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Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - The New York Yankees have sold the contract of
pitcher Darrell Rasner to a team in Japan's Central League, according to a
report by ESPN.
The report states that the contract was sold to the Tohoku Rak
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Sat Nov 15 02:59:46 2008 |
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Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - The Los Angeles Dodgers have
withdrawn the franchise record-setting offer they made to left fielder
Manny Ramirez last week, but the club is still interested in bringing the
slugger
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Sat Nov 15 02:32:03 2008 |
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Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - The New York Yankees offered free agent pitcher
CC Sabathia a six-year, $140 million contract on Friday.
Yankees co-chairman Hal Steinbrenner confirmed the offer in a story on the
team's Web site. The deal
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