Bud Selig Nervously Informs Ozzie Guillen That White Sox Aren't Making Playoffs
CHICAGO—With the regular season winding down and the White Sox seven games out of first place, a sweating, visibly shaking Bud Selig entered...
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Trevor Hoffman: 'I Want To Be A Hall Of Famer Right Now'
SAN DIEGO—Moments after recording his 479th career save Sunday, placing him ahead of Lee Smith as baseball's all-time saves leader, Padres...
Frank Thomas Credits Recent Power Surge To Steroids
OAKLAND, CA—After two seasons marked by nagging injuries and sub-par home-run totals, Frank Thomas credited his career rejuvenation and...
Alfonso Soriano Regrets Joining 40-40 Club After Meeting Other Members
WASHINGTON, DC—Upon recording his 40th stolen base of the season, in addition to his 45 home runs, and gaining entry into baseball's...
Roger Clemens Evidently Pretending To Pitch For New York Yankees
HOUSTON—According to Houston fans, media, and fellow players, Roger Clemens is clearly pretending that he is a member of the playoff-bound...
Post-Game Comments Reveal A-Rod Unsure Whether Yankees Won Or Lost
NEW YORK—In an interview following Sunday afternoon's Yankees-Twins matchup, Alex Rodriguez's comments seemed to suggest that he was unaware...
A-Rod Has Some Creative Input On Baseball-Card Photo
NEW YORK—Alex Rodriguez announced yesterday that his 2007 Topps Major League Baseball Series 2 baseball-card photo would serve as a...
The Media: Are They Ganging Up On A-Rod?
NEW YORK—The Columbia Sports Journalism Review has released the results of a study initiated in mid-August to investigate whether an...
A-Rod: 'I Hate Being A New York Yankee'
NEW YORK—Yankee third-baseman Alex Rodriguez, whose tenure in pinstripes has been plagued by his inability to live up to expectations set by...
Alex Rodriguez Placed On Emotionally Disabled List
NEW YORK—After suffering through much of the year with an aching heart, shattered self-image, and severely hurt feelings, Alex Rodriguez was placed on the ...
Ozzie Guillen Fined $10,000 For What He Just Thought
CHICAGO—MLB disciplinary officials announced that Ozzie Guillen would be fined $10,000 and ordered to undergo sensitivity psychoanalysis for the "irresponsible, offensive, and completely ...
Ailing Buck O'Neil Fails To Gain Admission To Hospital
KANSAS CITY—A fatigue-stricken Buck O'Neil, the 94-year-old former Negro Leagues star, is going to be forced to spend another year patiently...
Experts: 'Derek Jeter Probably Didn't Need To Jump To Throw That Guy Out'
BRISTOL, CT—Baseball experts agreed Sunday that Derek Jeter, who fielded a routine ground ball during a regular-season game in which the...
A-Rod Also Leading Yankees In Grammatical Errors
NEW YORK—After an embarrassing post-game interview in which Alex Rodriguez committed three sloppy grammatical errors in a single sentence,...
Jose Canseco Names 10,000 Baseball Players
WASHINGTON, DC—While speaking to reporters Tuesday, Jose Canseco released the names of 10,000 current and former baseball players whom he...
PNC Park Threatens To Leave Pittsburgh Unless Better Team Is Built
PITTSBURGH—After five years of serving Pittsburgh as their state-of-the-art sporting facility, PNC Park, the home of the rundown, poorly maintained Pirates, said Tuesday it ...
