CHICAGO (AP) — Some teams lost money in 2009, baseball commissioner Bud Selig said Thursday after the final owners meeting of the year.

"There was no question about...

WASHINGTON (AP) — After years of working with national teams, Davey Johnson is returning to the Nationals. The longtime major league manager joined the front office of the...

TOKYO (AP) — Venezuelan outfielder Alex Ramirez was named MVP of Japan's Central League for the second straight year on Wednesday while pitcher Yu Darvish took the Pacific League...

NEW YORK (AP) — Zack Greinke fidgeted a bit and spoke softly.

Winning the Cy Young Award brought up a whole lot of unwanted attention.

"A lot of stuff...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Sandy Alomar Jr.'s baseball career has brought him back home.

The Indians' popular former All-Star catcher has been hired by new Cleveland manager Manny Acta as the...

NEW YORK (AP) — Wally Backman wants another chance to manage in the majors.

The former Mets second baseman, fired after four days with the Arizona Diamondbacks in...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine's economic development department has a new acting commissioner to take the place of John Richardson, who's resigned to seek the Democratic nomination for...

NEW YORK (AP) — Andrew Bailey was driving along, talking to his agent on a handsfree cell phone, when another call came in.

Figuring it was probably his mom,...

Obama prods China to take global role on big issues — sharing 'burden of leadership' with US

BEIJING (AP) — President Barack Obama declared Monday the world is urgently watching...

CLEVELAND (AP) — New Cleveland Indians manager Manny Acta's coaching staff is nearly complete.

On Monday, Acta picked Tim Tolman as the bench coach, Steve Smith as third-base coach...

WASHINGTON (AP) — "Pingpong diplomacy" thawed relations between the United States and China in 1971. Can "baseball diplomacy" help do the same for...

SEATTLE (AP) — After shortstop Jack Wilson arrived in Seattle in a trade last summer, it didn't take long for him to know he wanted to stay.

"About an hour, hour and a half," Wilson...

NEW YORK (AP) — Aroldis Chapman simply left his room at the Domina Hotel in Rotterdam last July and went down to the lobby.

The Cuban pitcher's defection during a tournament...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jim Riggleman opened his first news conference in 10 years as a full-fledged, full-time, full-titled major league manager — no "interim" tag to...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jim Riggleman waited a decade for another chance to be a full-fledged manager in the major leagues — no interim tag attached. He finally earned that job with...

ATLANTA (AP) — Tim Hudson agreed to a $28 million, three-year contract with the Atlanta Braves on Thursday, giving the team a wealth of starting pitching and setting up a...

CHICAGO (AP) — General managers grabbed their bags, caught a quick lunch and headed down the corridor a short distance to their flights...