Duchscherer, perfect through five, outduels Beckett

Justin Duchscherer carried a no-hit bid into the seventh inning, Ryan Sweeney homered and the Oakland Athletics beat the Boston Red Sox 3-0 on Saturday night for their first series win in their past five.

Pitching gives Blue Jays a shot

Frank Thomas looked awful this spring -- maybe finished, which is a conclusion you sometimes hear when big guys with big swings get old and they look ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 05, 2008

Dice-K fans nine in six-plus innings as Red Sox hold off A's

Dice-K struck out nine and didn't walk a batter Tuesday night, allowing two hits and one run over 6 2/3 innings as the Red Sox beat the Athletics 2-1 in Oakland's home opener.

Joe Kennedy is gone, but not forgotten

Major league pitcher Joe Kennedy died in November, devastating his pregnant wife, Jami, and 16-month-old son, Kaige. But there's something we can do to help, writes Jeff Pearlman.

2001: Tampa Bay Devil Rays player Joe Kennedy poses for a portrait in the 2001 season. (Photo by Rogers Photo Archive/Getty Images

DENVER - APRIL 20: Starting pitcher Joe Kennedy #37 of the Colorado Rockies delivers a pitch against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Coors Field...

PHOENIX - FEBRUARY 24: Joe Kennedy of the Oakland Athletics poses for a portrait during Photo Day at Papago Park on February...

OAKLAND, CA - JUNE 06: Joe Kennedy #37 of the Oakland Athletics pitches against the Boston Red Sox during a Major League Baseball...

Medical examiner rules Kennedy died of heart disease

Former major league pitcher Joe Kennedy, who passed away in November, was found to have died of natural causes, specifically hypertensive heart disease, according to the Hillsborough County (Fla.) medical examiner department.

Shays not sure players will testify

All things considered, U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.) -- a member of the committee that will question Bud Selig, Don Fehr and George Mitchell o...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 15, 2008

Mets get little for Milledge

The questions that rival executives had about the Mets' trade of outfielder Lastings Milledge are built around this word: why. Why now? Why for a cat...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 01, 2007

There's much more to Kennedy than W-L record, ERA

Joe Kennedy's statistics may have been pedestrian, but his life most certainly wasn't.

Oakland Athletics pitcher Joe Kennedy throws to the San Francisco Giants in the fourth inning of a baseball game in Oakland...

Oakland Athletics pitcher Joe Kennedy throws during the first inning of a baseball game with the Kansas City Royals, Thursday, May...

A Sowers self-diagnosis

Jeremy Sowers went into the 2007 season projected to be in the middle of the Cleveland rotation, but he struggled early. Wrote Sowers an e-mail and as...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 28, 2007