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USA TODAY Sports The Mets face (l to r) Stephen Strasburg, Gio Gonzalez and Jordan Zimmermann this weekend at Citi Field. METS (7-7, third place/NL East) vs. WASHINGTON NATIONALS (9-6, second place/NL East) Friday: RHP Matt Harvey (3-0, 0.82) vs...

Orioles 12, Red Sox 9

In writing about the Mariners' catching woes in my previous post, I mentioned the Mariners have had only one All-Star appearance from a catcher in franchise history, Dan Wilson in 1996. I thought it would be fun to go back and look at the longest ...

ESPN.com's Jayson Stark took a look at the six divisions in baseball and ranked them. Here's how he did it: I surveyed one baseball executive in all six divisions, including three who formerly worked for teams in the AL East. I also had Dan Szymbors...

For MLB's Venezuelan players, stardom comes with a hidden danger.

The San Francisco Giants declined to tender a one-year contract to bearded closer Brian Wilson on Friday, making him a free agent as he recovers from a second ligament replacement surgery on his right elbow.

Now that the Texas Rangers have ended the 2012 season, let's take a look back at the past 11 months, starting with the moment the 2011 season ended in late October. Here is October and November, 2011: Oct. 30: Rangers players clean out their locke...

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Mike Scioscia sat in the Los Angeles Angels dugout before Wednesday night's game against the Oakland Athletics, leaning on an equipment box and sipping on a cup of water. As he watched his team take the field for batting practice, ...

Kendrys Morales and Chris Iannetta hit early two-run homers, C.J. Wilson snapped his 11-start winless skid and the Los Angeles Angels jumped all over new Boston starter Zach Stewart in a 10-3 victory over the Red Sox on Wednesday night.

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- It's hard not to look. It's even harder not to feel. Reality -- the cold, hard version of it -- is everywhere for the Los Angeles Angels these days. The Texas Rangers are so far ahead in the American League West -- a cool 10 gam...

Red Sox-Angels Preview

I just returned from vacation and spent a portion of the weekend catching up on the HBO series "The Newsroom." The show has been a little uneven -- what's with all the personal discussions and arguments taking place right in the middle of the newsroo...

Angels-Red Sox Preview

Stephania Bell names her all-injury All-Star team for 2012, led by Ryan Howard, Carl Crawford and Roy Halladay.

Brian Matusz allowed two hits and struck out nine in 6 1/3 innings, Steve Tolleson and Wilson Betemit both hit two-run homers, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1 on Tuesday night.

Updates. With AP Photos.