Baseball
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Yankees' Alex Rodriguez Says He's Retiring After 2017 Season
NEW YORK — Alex Rodriguez says he plans to retire from baseball after the 2017 season. The New York Yankees slugger revealed his intentions Wednesday during an interview with ESPN. His plans were confirmed by spokesman Ron Berkowitz. Rodriguez, who returned last season from a one-year drug suspension,...
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Obama, Castro Cheer As U.S., Cuba Share Passion For Baseball
HAVANA — President Barack Obama capped an historic visit to Cuba on Tuesday by indulging in sports diplomacy — catching a few innings of a baseball game in a raucous stadium, Cuba's president at his side. Perched behind home plate, the American president, who has sought to open Cuba to the United...
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Nationals Show Confidence In Papelbon
Jonathan Papelbon yelled from his locker to Washington Nationals clubhouse attendant Mike Wallace in the middle of the room. The message: tell Gio Gonzalez to get on the stationary bike Out on the practice fields in Viera, Fla., Papelbon stopped a drill because Gonzalez wasn't doing it right, something...
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Cuban Baseball Leagues Struggling To Hold On To Talent
HAVANA — When President Barack Obama watches the Tampa Bay Rays play Cuba's national team Tuesday, it will come at the deepest moment of crisis in more than 50 years for the island's famed state-run baseball league. A flood of high-profile defections to the U.S. has gutted the country's teams. Stadiums...
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Mets' Wright Gets Two Hits In Spring Debut
At Port St. Lucie, Fla., New York Mets captain David Wright got two hits in his spring debut, a 12-7 loss to the Washington Nationals on Friday night. The All-Star third baseman was diagnosed with spinal stenosis last season and advised by doctors to take a month off after the World Series, delaying...
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Harvey Will Pitch Opening Day Against Kansas City
The Mets are giving the ball to Matt Harvey on Opening Day, when he will get another shot at the World Series champions. Manager Terry Collins announced the decision Thursday for the April 3 game in Kansas City. "Terry could have announced anybody," Harvey said. "So for me getting the nod it's a...
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Matt Harvey Mets Choice To Start Opening Day
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — The New York Mets are giving the ball to Matt Harvey, who will get another shot at the World Series champions on opening day. Manager Terry Collins announced the decision Thursday for the April 3 game in Kansas City. "Terry could have announced anybody," Harvey said. "So...
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A-Rod, Ortiz Bring Thaw To Relationship
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Alex Rodriguez and David Ortiz are back on speaking terms. For the first time in more than two years, the sluggers talked before A-Rod and the New York Yankees beat Big Papi and the Red Sox 6-3 Tuesday night. Their relationship soured after Ortiz thought a comment from Rodriguez's...
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New Ace Price Strikes Out Six Over Four Innings
FORT MYERS, Fla. — David Price got his first taste of the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry Tuesday night, striking out six over four innings for Boston during its 6-3 loss to New York. The new Red Sox ace gave up one run and three hits with no walks. His lone blemish came on Aaron Hicks' first homer of the...
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Stricker, MacKenzie Lead Valspar; Spieth Makes Cut
Jordan Spieth holed three shots from off the green and made the cut with one shot to spare Friday in the Valspar Championship at Palm Harbor, Fla. Now he has to figure out how to catch up to Steve Stricker and Will MacKenzie. Stricker, playing for only the fifth time this year, holed out from the...
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3-D Rendering Of Dunkin Donuts Park
The Hartford Yard Goats on Friday released a video that shows a 3-D rendering of Dunkin Donuts Park.
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Impressive Shaw Pushes Ramirez For Playing Time At First Base
BRADENTON, Fla. — Travis Shaw kept making a solid impression for the Boston Red Sox, homering and driving in three runs Wednesday during a 6-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Shaw had a two-run homer and an RBI single, giving him eight hits and two walks in 16 plate appearances. He is pushing converted...
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First Outing For Sabathia Much Smoother Than Bus Ride
JUPITER, Fla. — CC Sabathia spent four hours on the team bus to make his spring training debut. The outing went much quicker. Sabathia pitched two hitless innings Tuesday for the New York Yankees, who lost 1-0 to the Miami Marlins. Sabathia threw only six pitches in the first, all strikes. The lone...