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Manny Ramirez might not be ready to play for the Oakland Athletics by May 30 when his suspension ends.

Manny Ramirez went 0 for 4 for the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats on Saturday night as he began a 10-game minor league stint to prepare to be activated by the Oakland Athletics from his 50-game suspension for a second positive drug test.

Our experts discuss Manny Ramirez soon beginning a minor league stint with the A's, the first-place Indians and Adam Dunn (playing left field) and Andre Ethier (playing center) in the outfield.

The Sacramento River Cats' latest post on Facebook: "It's Manny Time."

Guillermo Mota became the third major leaguer ever to receive a 100-game for a second positive drug test, joining Manny Ramirez and Eliezer Alfonzo. The loss to the Giants is probably minimal, although not necessarily insignificant since Mota did ...

He's been away from Cuba for less than a year, but A's cleanup hitter Yoenis Cespedes is adapting quickly to the American way of life. Not to mention baseball.

San Francisco Giants reliever Guillermo Mota was suspended for 100 games on Monday, becoming just the third major league player penalized twice for positive drug tests.

The shocking thing about Albert Pujols' start, of course, is that if any player seemed immune to a slump it was him. After all, this is player who ranks eighth all time in career adjusted OPS, behind seven guys named Ruth, Williams, Bonds, Gehrig,...

The Mets' Bobby Bonilla isn't the only player who will be getting a paycheck long after his career ends. Doug Mittler compiles a list of other players -- both in MLB and in other leagues -- who've signed deferred contracts.

No, it didn't land around Ted Williams' seat some 502 feet away from home plate, but Josh Hamilton's blast on Tuesday night was still a mammoth shot at Fenway Park. (Williams hit his in 1946 and a red seat marks the spot). It was measured at 469 f...

Sooner or later, the Red Sox balloon was bound to burst. No franchise could be expected to sustain such a draining and taxing regimen for so long a time.

This is what will have American League pitchers and managers waking up in cold sweats all season long: Those stretches when Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder are both raking, eyes bulging as they pummel meaty fastballs over fences and into outfield s...

Memories rush back as Dodger Stadium turns 50.

Manny Ramirez, who did not travel with the A's to Japan, strained a hamstring last week and did not join the team in Sacramento.

A Florida prosecutor has dismissed a misdemeanor domestic battery charge against baseball star Manny Ramirez because his wife won't cooperate in the investigation.

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