Red Sox add another Ramon Ramirez

The Red Sox have claimed right-hander Ramon Ramirez on waivers from theTampa Bay Rays -- giving them two pitchers with the same name.

...WI - APRIL 8: Barry Larkin #11 of the Cincinnati Reds running to third base against the Milwaukee Brewers...

Martinez, McGriff also among candidates

Roberto Alomar is among 15 first-time candidates of this year's Hall of Fame ballot, joining holdovers Mark McGwire, Andre Dawson and Bert Blyleven.

Gonzalez, Blue Jays agree

Free-agent shortstop Alex Gonzalez has agreed to a one-year deal with the Blue Jays with a team option for 2011.

Thanksgiving comes early

In Rick Reilly's pre-Thanksgiving 2009 column, he writes of Perry Hogsten -- a 52-year-old trucker down on his luck -- who discovered he had a son, Nick Jones (a DE at Abilene Christian), and came to know him 20 years into the young man's life.

ESPN RISE All-Decade Baseball Team

ESPN RISE All-Decade Baseball Team

...of the New York Mets bats against the Cincinnati Reds on July 12, 2009 at Citi Field in...

Brandon Tierney with Brandon Phillips

Reds 2B Brandon Phillips hops on with 1050 New...talk about the prospects of being dealt from Cincinnati, possibly to a team like the Mets

Hernandez, Reds agree to deal

Ramon Hernandez agreed to a one-year deal with the Reds on Monday.

Chapman kept defection plans from kin

Aroldis Chapman simply left his room at the Domina Hotel in Rotterdam last July and went down to the lobby. The Cuban pitcher's defection during a tournament in the Netherlands lacked any of the drama a movie script writer would want.

Fontenot earns last spot in arbitration

Cubs infielder Mike Fontenot earned the last arbitration spot for players with between two and three years of major league service, beating out Orioles center fielder Adam Jones and Reds pitcher Micah Owings on a tiebreaker.

Griffey to return for 2010

Ken Griffey Jr. has reached agreement on a one-year deal to return to the Seattle Mariners in 2010, said a baseball source.

Reds' Marmolejo suspended 50 games

A minor league pitcher in the Cincinnati Reds' organization has been suspended for 50 games for using and possessing a performance-enhancing substance.

...bat during a World Series game against the Cincinnati Reds in October, 1961 at Yankee Stadium in New...

...at the New York Yankees' dressing room in Cincinnati Ohio, after the players gained the World's Baseball Championship, defeating Cincinnati Reds in the fourth straight game of the World...