Aroldis Chapman, a 21-year-old Cuban defector with a 100-mph fastball, is expected to arrive in New York as early as today. According to his agent, Edwin Mejia, meetings with Major League teams will follow. The Red Sox and Yankees are... ...

DODGERS Furcal SS Belliard 2B Ethier RF Ramirez LF Kemp CF Loney 1B Martin C Blake 3B Padilla RHP PHILLIES Rollins SS Victorino CF Utley 2B Howard 1B Werth RF Ibanez LF Feliz 3B Ruiz C Notes: It's ideal weather... ...

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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- While there's not a lot of news on Tim Wakefield's back surgery yet, a Red Sox spokesman said that the procedure was "successful" in an email. The surgery, which was to address a herniated disk, occurred this... ...

The Phillies lead the Dodgers 3-1, the same margin by which the Yankees lead the Angels. The World Series isn't quite set, but it's getting close. If the Phillies do play the Yankees, even those fans in Boston waiting only... ...

A report in Wednesday's New York Post details the messy end of an affair between ESPN analyst and former Mets general manager Steve Phillips and a 22-year-old production assistant and has quickly become the hot topic of the day. According... ...

ANAHEIM - Former San Diego Padres general manager Kevin Towers said he'll take a couple of months off and enjoy some of the time (2010 season) remaining on his Padres contract before deciding his next step in baseball. Towers... ...

(UPDATE, 8:05) Derek Jeter led off the game with a single but was picked off first base by Scott Kazmir, who retired Johnny Damon (ground ball) and Mark Teixeira (strikeout). We're in the bottom of the first with CC Sabathia... ...

UPDATE, 9:57 p.m.: The game is long over by now, but the Yankees took Game 4 of the ALCS by a 10-1 score over the Angels. That means there will be champagne ready on Thursday in case the Yankees clinch... ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Though it might be just in the idea stage for now, the idea seems to be particularly captivating for Sam Kennedy. With the Fenway Sports Group having signed an agreement this week to help English Premier League... ...

ANAHEIM - Both managers, the league office and anyone assiciated with Mariano Rivera over the years swears Rivera didn't throw a spitter Monday night and has no history of doing so. A YouTube video might have shown something contrary... ...

Yusei Kikuchi isn't sure what he want to do. The 18-year-old high school lefty from Japan has met with representatives of eight Major League teams ? including the Red Sox ? and is debating whether to try pro ball in... ...

First there was the painfully ridiculous Joe Mauer is tipping pitches story. Now we have Mariano Rivera is spitting on the ball story. What's next? Perhaps Kevin Youkilis stores cans of Red Bull in his goatee that he sips between... ...

Mariano Rivera has used one devastating pitch -- his bat-shattering cutter -- to put together a career so accomplished that he will someday be enshrined in the Hall of Fame. For a brief moment during Game 3 of last... ...

UPDATE, 12:40 a.m.: Nope, so much for that. The Phillies scored twice in the ninth to win it. Jimmy Rollins, with one RBI in the entire postseason, hit a 99-mph Jonathan Broxton fastball to the gap in right for a... ...

UPDATE, 5:36 p.m.: That's it here in Anaheim. It's a series again, as Jeff Mathis comes up big in the final at bat, scoring Howie Kendrick with the winning run. It's now 2-1 in the ALCS with their 5-4 win... ...

UPDATE, 11:10 p.m.: We've officially reached the ridiculous stage as the Phillies lead 11-0. Every starter has scored at least one run. UPDATE, 10:29 p.m.: Manny getting the "steroids" chant from the fans here in Philly. J.C. Romero anybody? Its... ...

The Yankees won Game 2 of the ALCS tonight with Jerry Hairston Jr., Brett Gardner and Melky Cabrera manufacturing the winning run. Oh ? and with plenty of help from the suddenly sloppy Angels. Hairston singled to start the bottom... ...

UPDATE, 12:40 a.m.: Crazy game as the Yankees bat in the 12th inning with the score tied at 3-3. Joe Girardi has one reliever left, Chad Gaudin. Chone Figgins, in a 0-for-19 playoff skid, gave the Angels the lead before... ...

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