Major League Baseball

7 Apr 2013

There was an unseasonable chill this past week blowing across New England down to New York. Baseball weather this was not and the only thing colder than the temperature was the prognosis for the...

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A-Rod among MLB players named in doping report

30 Jan 2013

New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez and other Major League Baseball players were named in a report detailing the records of a Miami clinic that allegedly supplied them performance-enhancing drugs...

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Baseball greats applaud Hall of Fame decision

11 Jan 2013

Keep the cheats out of our club was the prevailing sentiment from US baseball Hall of Famers who were happy to see Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa excluded from the Cooperstown...

3:30AM

Short Sport, December 27, 2012

27 Dec 2012

Former Major League Baseball star centrefielder Andruw Jones was free on bond after being arrested in suburban Atlanta early on Tuesday on a battery charge, according to jail records.

2:07AM

Big 3 deserve a big 'no' on Hall of Fame ballot

30 Nov 2012

It could have been the greatest Hall of Fame class since Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb were installed in the very first vote back in 1936.

It would have been if those eligible had allowed their...

2:39AM

Sport Digest, November 7, 2012

7 Nov 2012

Ferguson statue to be erected at Old Trafford

12:13AM

Opinion

Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

2:53AM

Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

3 comments

3:37AM

Late inning heroics see Yankees, A's win thrilling play-off games

Historic home runs by Raul Ibanez rallied the New York Yankees to an unlikely Major League Baseball play-off triumph, while Coco Crisp's last-inning heroics kept Oakland's title dreams alive.

2:39AM

Giants stave off post-season elimination by beating the Reds

The San Francisco Giants took advantage of two Cincinnati miscues to beat the Reds 2-1 in 10 innings and avoid elimination from the National League Division Series.

5:12AM

Rampant cards crush Nats to level series

Allen Craig and Daniel Descalso homered early to build a nice cushion and Carlos Beltran added two long shots in a 12-4 rout over the Washington Nationals that evened the best-of-five series at a...

3:30AM

BASEBALL

Detroit beats Oakland in playoff opener

Detroit’s Justin Verlander struck out 11 batters and surrendered only one run in seven innings to spark the Tigers over Oakland 3-1 on Saturday in a Major League Baseball playoff game.

11:42AM

BASEBALL

Greenberg grabs chance to go out swinging

Adam Greenberg, hit on the head by the first Major League Baseball pitch he faced back in 2005, struck out on his return to the batters' box seven years after his ill-fated first visit.

2:09AM

Short Sport, October 1, 2012

Blue Jays spoil Yankees' final sprint

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