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Joe Maddon, once again trying to be the smartest kid on the block, with your fancy glasses and wacky pregame guests and funny haircuts. How dare you bring your closer in during the eighth inning. With runners on base, no less! Who do you think you...

CLEVELAND -- Good afternoon from Progressive Field, a.k.a. Terry Francona's place of work, one he can now find without assistance while walking from his apartment, a couple of blocks away. One initial impression from our first visit here this seas...

Terry Francona has 80 more games to find his way to Progressive Field. His first trip was an adventure.

Marcio Jose Sanchez/Associated Press Buster Posey's 2011 plate collision has organizations rethinking having valuable catchers block the plate. PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- The Mets have decided catching prospect Travis d'Arnaud is too valuable to be bl...

The Cincinnati Reds have blocked ace Johnny Cueto from pitching for the Dominican Republic in next month's World Baseball Classic.

Significant issues such as contract demands and draft-pick compensation are stumbling blocks, but David Wright did make a recruiting call to free-agent outfielder Michael Bourn. "I just wanted to let him know that he would be a great addition here...

I know there are some Texas Rangers fans pleased today that the club was able to move a player that declined in 2012 - by his lofty standards - and could possibly block the progress of some of the younger talent on the team. But while Michael Youn...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Chicago Cubs have been pleased to find plenty of interest in veteran players such as outfielders Alfonso Soriano and closer Carlos Marmol. And although these winter meetings have been more about free-agent signings than block...

Not every team will make a trade at this week's winter meetings in Nashville, but every team could. With that in mind, let's take a look at one player (or more) who could be on the trade block this week from each of the 30 teams. American League ...

Blog | December 02, 2012

Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa are set to appear on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time, and fans will soon find out whether drug allegations can block the former stars from reaching baseball's shrine.

From Brier Dudley of the Seattle Times, on the Seattle Mariners' new video board at Safeco Field: At 201.5 feet by 56.7 feet, the display is nearly a block long and wider than the record-holding jumbo display at Dallas Cowboys Stadium. It's ten ti...

The implosion of former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company left the state of Rhode Island with a $100 million mess -- and Paul DeBlois with a clock.

Marco Scutaro's journey to the NLCS MVP trophy began long before Matt Holliday's takeout slide.

Computers, speaker systems and even a pool table that once belonged to Curt Schilling's video game company are on the auction block.

Twenty-three years after Pete Rose's banishment from baseball, the five-page signed document detailing its conditions is hitting the auction block.

CHICAGO -- The new Chicago Cubs front office might be in the midst of a house cleaning, but they quickly identified an asset worth keeping. It wasn't long into the season when president of baseball operations Theo Epstein went on the record saying...