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Barry Larkin wants to keep baseball's most exclusive club clean.

Hall of Famer Barry Larkin has been hired by the Brazilian baseball federation to manage its national team in a qualifying round for next year's World Baseball Classic.

Brandon Phillips hit his first home run in August, Mike Leake pitched effectively into the seventh inning and the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-2 on Saturday to strengthen their hold on the top spot in the NL Central.

The Cincinnati Reds retired Barry Larkin's No. 11 before Saturday's game against the St. Louis Cardinals, paying tribute to the Hall of Fame shortstop who led them to the 1990 World Series title.

The Reds will retire Barry Larkin's No. 11 jersey on Aug. 25, a month after he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

First base: Lester loses again. It was a brutal weekend for the Boston Red Sox as they got swept at home by the Toronto Blue Jays by the scores of 6-1, 7-3 and 15-7. Jon Lester was terrible again, allowing 11 runs in four innings on Sunday, including...

Next year's Hall of Fame voting will create tough choices for writers voting on PED-implicated players, but could also create tough calls for already elected Hall of Famers.

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Former Cincinnati Reds star Barry Larkin, and the late Ron Santo, star third baseman for the Chicago Cubs and later a broadcaster for the team, have been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Read the en...

Former Cincinnati Reds star Barry Larkin and the late Ron Santo, star third baseman for the Chicago Cubs, have been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

On the day before Barry Larkin and the late Ron Santo are inducted into the Hall of Fame, Tim McCarver and Bob Elliott were the center of attention.

Barry Larkin's 19-year career with the Cincinnati Reds will land him in the Hall of Fame on Sunday. Our writer covered him through some of his most memorable accomplishments.

Big deal if the Baseball Hall of Fame is still giving Pete Rose the cold shoulder. The Hit King might be Hall-worthy at other shrines.

Getty ImagesThe Mets face (l to r) right-handers Bronson Arroyo, Homer Bailey and Johnny Cueto this weekend at Citi Field.METS (35-29, second place/NL East) vs. CINCINNATI REDS (35-27, first place/NL Central) Friday: RHP Dillon Gee (4-4, 4.42) vs....

Larkin won a silver medal in the 1984 Olympics. Welcome to SportsNation! On Friday, we'll have the newest member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, and ESPN MLB analyst, Barry Larkin, stopping by to chat about the MLB season. Larkin, a 12-time all-s...

Spending his entire 19-year career with his hometown team makes election to the Hall of Fame even more special for Barry Larkin.

Former Cincinnati Reds shortstop and current ESPN analyst Barry Larkin was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Monday, getting 86.4 percent of the vote by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.