Baseball News

BOSTON - DeMarlo Hale is the new bench coach for the Boston Red Sox under manager Terry Francona. Full Story »

CHICAGO - Omar Vizquel is joining a team with a long history of Venezuelan shortstops, and that was part of the attraction in coming to the Chicago White Sox. Full Story »

NEW YORK - Joe Mauer sat behind a table on a podium in a conference room at the Metrodome when Justin Morneau shouted out the last question of the day. "Are you finally going to buy dinner now?" Morneau said to his teammate from the audience, one MVP to another. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - The Nationals say No. 1 draft pick Stephen Strasburg has a dislocation in his left knee joint and should be fine for spring training. Full Story »

NEW YORK - Major League Baseball has the perfect gift to bust a budget in a recession. Full Story »

ST. LOUIS - St. Louis Cardinals season ticket prices are increasing an average of 3 percent next year. Full Story »

CHICAGO - Pitcher John Grabow became the first of the 171 free agents to reach agreement on a new deal, getting a $7.5 million, two-year contract Friday from the Chicago Cubs. Full Story »

For so many years, the formula for winning a Cy Young Award was pretty simple: Win a lot of games. Full Story »

SAN FRANCISCO - Tim Lincecum has been so dominant in his first two full major league seasons that even his top bosses don't know how he can get much better. Full Story »

PHOENIX - Reliever Aaron Heilman was acquired Thursday by the Arizona Diamondbacks from the Chicago Cubs for two minor league prospects. Full Story »

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Minor league outfielder Desmond Jennings and pitchers Jeremy Hellickson and Alexander Torres have been added to the Tampa Bay Rays' 40-man roster. Full Story »

TAMPA, Fla. - Roberto Alomar has career numbers that compare favorably with many of baseball's greatest second basemen. The question is how will one memorable lapse impact his bid to make the Hall of Fame. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tim Lincecum of the San Francisco Giants claimed the National League Cy Young Award for the second successive year Thursday, winning in a close vote over Cardinals starters Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright. Full Story »

CHICAGO - Some teams lost money in 2009, baseball commissioner Bud Selig said Thursday after the final owners meeting of the year. Full Story »

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Major League Baseball still faces an uncertain U.S. economy that led to lower attendance and financial losses at some clubs this year, the commissioner of the U.S. sports league said on Thursday. Full Story »

NEW YORK - The Yankees' Andy Pettitte and the Mets' Fernando Tatis have become the final players to file for free agency this year. Full Story »

DALLAS - Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks is putting together a group of local investors, including Hall of Fame quarterback Roger Staubach, for a bid that would enable him to keep majority ownership of the team. Full Story »

DENVER - The Colorado Rockies have rewarded manager Jim Tracy with a three-year contract. Full Story »