A's Acquire Closer Jim Johnson From Orioles
The Oakland Athletics acquired AL saves leader Jim Johnson from the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night as a replacement for All-Star closer Grant Balfour.
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The Oakland Athletics acquired AL saves leader Jim Johnson from the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night as a replacement for All-Star closer Grant Balfour.
SF Giants 3rd base coach Tim Flannery continues his help for injured Giants fan Bryan Stow...
A person with knowledge of the negotiations says free-agent left-hander Scott Kazmir is closing in on a $22 million, two-year contract with the Oakland Athletics.
A filing Monday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco says Bonds paid the money Oct. 2. Bonds was fined $4,000, which goes to a crime victims fund, and given a $100 special assessment.
Former San Francisco Giant MVP Jeff Kent and fan favorite J.T. Snow are among 19 newcomers to be listed on this year's Hall of Fame ballot, joining steroid-tainted holdovers Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa.
Javier Lopez tested the market just as he wanted to do, then wound up right back where he has become so comfortable at this stage of his career.
Alex Rodriguez says he scoured the planet looking for "cutting edge" supplements, which miraculously led him to Miami. Alex must be the most unlucky athlete on earth, as his innocent quest for herbal truth landed him with Tony Galea and Tony Bosch.
Free agent left-hander Javier Lopez has reached agreement on a $13 million, three-year contract to stay with the San Francisco Giants.
The San Francisco Giants have finalized a $23 million, two-year contract with the free-agent pitcher, who began his career with Oakland.
Infielder Nick Punto has agreed to a one-year contract with the Oakland Athletics following a little more than a season with the Los Angeles Dodgers
It's a real quandary for the NFL, which has marketed its brand of sanctioned mayhem for many a year. Now, the league is trying to ease away from the madness a bit, imposing heavier fines on players who deliver blows to the head. The unintended consequence may be more injuries to the knees of players as tacklers aim lower.
Major League Baseball has suggested the Oakland A's temporarily share AT&T Park with the San Francisco Giants for a couple of years as lease extension talks between the A's and the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority have stalled.
Coco Crisp makes the Oakland Athletics go from the top of the order, and figures to be doing so again in 2014.
John Lackey gives up one run as Boston starters dominate six-game World Series for third Red Sox title in 10 years.
What's more American than baseball? The baseball movie. Here are our top 5.
Paying $1,100 for a bleacher seat or more than $20,000 for a pair of tickets in the first row of Fenway Park – prices for Wednesday's Game 6 of the World Series are selling for record prices.
Michael Wacha is 4-0 this postseason with a 1.00 ERA, and the St. Louis Cardinals send him to the mound in an elimination Game Six at Fenway Park.
After another dominant Red Sox effort on the mound in Game Five, the Cardinals bats will have to wake up if they want to win the title.
The St. Louis Cardinals would probably have chosen not to return to Fenway Park, but now after a pitching letdown in Game Four, they'll have no choice – and that's great for baseball and its fans.
With one swing of the bat, Jonny Gomes helped the Red Sox win Game 4 and tie the World Series at two games apiece.
By Sunday morning, most everyone had become an expert on the obstruction rule.
Baseball analysts cite win-loss record in close games as a sign. But what does it mean in the postseason?
In any seven-game series, Game Three is perhaps the most pivotal one. Who will win it on Saturday?
Two-time NL Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum has finalized his $35 million, two-year contract with the San Francisco Giants after passing a physical Friday.
The Boston Red Sox had not lost in the World Series since Game Seven of the 1986 World Series, after sweeping in both 2004 and 2007.
