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Billy Butler broke out of a severe slump with five hits and five RBIs, and the Kansas City Royals kept Joe Blanton winless in eight starts this season with an 11-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night.

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Yoenis Cespedes drove in four runs, Seth Smith knocked in three with a bases-loaded double and the Oakland Athletics beat the Los Angeles Angels 10-6 on Tuesday.

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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington doesn't expect Jeff Baker to miss much time following Tuesday's knee injury. Baker left in the first inning of the 5-4, extra-inning loss to the Los Angeles Angels after crashing into the pad...

Mark Trumbo homered leading the bottom of the 13th inning and Albert Pujols doubled home two runs, leading the Los Angeles Angels to a 4-3 victory over Detroit on Sunday for their second straight series sweep of the Tigers.

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Behold this photograph of Nancy Reagan sitting on Mr. T's lap. It doesn't make much sense as it is, but imagine if, just after the flashbulb went off, the former First Lady shoved Mr. T out of the chair and then suplexed him onto the hard floor,...

Tristan H. Cockcroft says not to panic too much over a number of top hitters getting off to slow starts.

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim made a move Saturday that was much more interesting than it was significant. They put reliever Kevin Jepsen on the disabled list and called up a Double-A pitcher to replace him. That's not weird in and of itself,...

Atlanta catcher Evan Gattis is our first feel-good story of the season on a team that never loses. All that plus the rest of our MLB rankings.

The Los Angeles Angels' home-opening series couldn't have gone much worse. The Oakland Athletics dominated each game, outscoring the Angels 28-11 overall. The Angels held a lead for just half of an inning the entire series: 5-4 in the sixth inning...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Derek Holland has made two starts and has two no-decisions. He's deserved a much better fate. The wins will come. Holland has pitched beautifully to begin the season, allowing only two runs for the second straight start in a 2-...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- It doesn't make Mitch Moreland's batting average look that much better -- it's .059 entering Sunday. But the first baseman's towering home run in his first at-bat in the third inning of Saturday's 8-4 loss to the Los Angeles A...

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Eric Karabell lists several players he probably won't be ending up with in fantasy drafts this spring, including Buster Posey, Michael Bourn and Craig Kimbrel, and explains why he doesn't like them as much as other owners.

Blog | Conversation | March 15, 2013