Home Run King Bonds Wishes He Played 1 More Year
Barry Bonds so badly wanted to play one final season.
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Barry Bonds so badly wanted to play one final season.
Zimmermann struck out three and walked two in seven innings. The Tigers have dropped three straight following a four-game winning streak.
Don Baylor, the 1979 AL MVP with the California Angels who went on to become manager of the year with the Colorado Rockies in 1995, has died. He was 68.
Candelario was the prize of the package the Tigers received from the Cubs in exchange for Justin Wilson and Alex Avila.
It's official: Tebowmania is a hit for the St. Lucie Mets, and for the Florida State League.
All five home runs were hit off Anibal Sanchez (3-2), who yielded a career-high tying eight runs and 10 hits in three-plus innings.
Sanchez limited the Yankees to two runs and six hits over 6 2/3 innings, striking out three and walking one in a 3-1 victory Tuesday.
Justin Upton homered in a third consecutive game for the Tigers, who were unbeaten in August after trading away three stars before the non-waiver trade deadline.
"It felt really good," said Avila, who was acquired on Monday to back up Contreras. "I glad to get it over with and out of the way."
"For me it just wasn't the right time to say some stuff like that," Joyce said. "I fired back and obviously as soon as you fire back you regret saying anything, because it's just not worth it."
Before being called up by the Tigers, Drew VerHagen posted alright numbers with the Mud Hens this year. In 19 starts, VerHagen is 7-7 with a 4.90 ERA and a career-high 69 strikeouts.
Verlander (7-7) struck out 10 and gave up two runs and six hits over seven innings. He's 10-5 lifetime against Baltimore, including 8-1 at Camden Yards.
The final pitch came after midnight, just about five hours beyond the scheduled starting time.
The Cleveland Indians' pitching staff has taken two big hits: All-Star reliever Andrew Miller is on the disabled list, and starter Josh Tomlin is out six weeks.
Jordan Zimmermann pitched his first scoreless outing for Detroit in 1 1/2 seasons - and the Tigers went on to beat the Yankees.
The Philadelphia Phillies have canceled plans to honor Pete Rose next week because of a woman's claim she had a sexual relationship with baseball's hit king when she was a minor.
This is beyond the realm of a slump. This is categorically a bad year.
Jackson raced toward right-center, jumped high and jack-knifed into the Boston bullpen to rob Hanley Ramirez of a leadoff home run in the fifth inning Tuesday night.
Tampa Bay's third baseman shrugged him off with "there's a long way to go" and went about his business.
Washington Nationals ace Max Scherzer hit his first career home run Tuesday night before a neck spasm cut short his outing against the Miami Marlins after he pitched only one inning.
Justin Wilson took a flight from New York to Detroit on Monday morning. He said hello to his family, put his two suitcases in his car and drove to Chicago.
Who knew Justin Wilson had such good moves?
The Lions dropped 28 passes last season, the third most in the NFL.
Martinez is a fine player. So is Wilson. But neither was truly the ideal trade chip.
In no case, Avila went on, was he offered a package of players that made it worth eating a significant amount of Verlander's salary.
