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Melky Cabrera and Pablo Sandoval sent the National League to a big early lead. Matt Cain and the rest of an imposing pitching staff finished off a Giant blowout in the All-Star game.Flashing their bright orange spikes and booming bats, the San Francisco sluggers keyed a five-run blitz against Justin Verlander in the first inning that powered the NL to an 8-0 romp over the American League on Tuesday night.Cabrera homered and won the MVP award in the ballpark where he played last season, and Cain got the win in the NL's most-lopsided All-Star victory.Chipper Jones singled in his final All-Star at-bat at age 40 as the NL, under retired manager Tony La Russa, once again claimed home-field advantage in the World Series.La Russa asked Jones to address the team before the game and the Atlanta third baseman told players: "Whether you're 19 or 40, we are all equals here.""I am not going out losing my last one. So, you with me?" he added.Said La Russa: "I thought Chipper set the tone."Jones rece...
NEW YORK - With a bevy of aces to choose from for his National League All-Star staff, manager Charlie Manuel thought there was no reason to rush rookie sensation Ste...
The National League eyes a third straight win over the American League this evening when the respective All-Star teams battle in the 83rd edition of the Midsummer Cl...
Chipper Jones was named to the National League All-Star team on Tuesday, replacing injured Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp.Jones was one of the players named for the Na...
PHOENIX, Arizona (Reuters) - Toronto slugger Jose Bautista drew a record 7.45 million votes to lead the list of Major League Baseball All Stars announced on Sunday a...
Travis Blackley went nearly eight years between victories in the majors before being claimed off waivers by the Oakland Athletics.The lefty now appears capable of wi...
Bryce Harper remembered back to Oct. 27, when just 414 fans were at Scottsdale Stadium to watch his Scorpions play the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League.Down...
How America's national pastime helped boost the country's morale in World War II
Ryan Cook thought about the assembled stars and wondered whether he belonged."Sometimes I'm like, 'Huh, I don't know,'" Oakland's rookie closer said before adding: "...
There are no better words to hear if you are a baseball fan than "Opening Day." Amazing as it seems, the 2013 Major League Baseball season is now upon us.And as we h...
It's been a long time since fans in Toronto have anticipated a baseball season more than this one.Manager John Gibbons isn't the only new face in the Blue Jays' dugo...
Most teams across baseball would have saw the addition of one Upton brother as a major upgrade. But the greedy Atlanta Braves went out and got two and they hope that...
If you had both the Washington Nationals and Pittsburgh Pirates leading their respective divisions at the All-Star break, you are either a liar or could be making a ...
With a World Series MVP award already under his belt, St. Louis Cardinals third baseman David Freese was still in search of his first All-Star nod.Until now.Freese i...
Pablo Sandoval and Melky Cabrera turned the All-Star game into a Giant blowout.Flashing their bright orange spikes and booming bats, the San Francisco sluggers keyed...
Melky Cabrera, Pablo Sandoval and Matt Cain helped the National League to a Giant blowout in the All-Star game.After all the talk about AL dominance during an offsea...
It's much easier to build a winning baseball team when you have a huge payroll at your disposal.Still, money can't buy everything. It can't buy chemistry. It can't b...
The start to Aaron Harang's 12th season in the majors didn't exactly go as planned.Getting traded twice in the first three weeks of the year will do that.Finally set...
Jeanmar Gomez pitched five shutout innings while making a surprise spot start and the Pittsburgh Pirates downed the Seattle Mariners 4-1 on Tuesday night.Andrew McCu...
NEW YORK (AP) — With a bevy of aces to choose from for his National League All-Star staff, manager Charlie Manuel thought there was no reason to rush rookie sensatio...