TUCSON, Ariz. – The official word from the Arizona Diamondbacks is that Brandon Webb, limited to one start in 2009, is likely to start the season on the disabled list.
The unofficial word is that Webb absolutely will be put on the DL [...]
13. March 2010
JUPITER, Fla. — St. Louis manager Tony La Russa has a phrase he likes to use when one of his players does something exceptional.
“I’ll say, ‘He Sullied it,’” La Russa said.
Going off the book definition, that doesn’t sound like much of [...]
11. March 2010
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Boston general manager Theo Epstein made what were, for him, a couple of unusual moves this winter.
He signed a couple of high-priced free agents to short-term contracts. Adrian Beltre was enticed away from Seattle for one year and [...]
10. March 2010
TAMPA, Fla. (AP)—Alex Rodriguez(notes) may soon be talking to federal authorities, and he hopes it will happen close to spring training. Lawyers for the Yankee slugger are setting up an interview as part of an investigation into a Canadian doctor who is the focus of a cross-border drug smuggling case involving human growth hormone. Rodriguez said the site is under [...]
Continue reading...9. March 2010
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Even during a Tuesday afternoon of threatening clouds and chilly winds, the Estrella Mountains looked majestic in the distance behind the walls of the Ballpark at Camelback Ranch.
No place in the Cactus League has a larger seating capacity.
Oh, and [...]
9. March 2010
GOODYEAR, Ariz. — This Aroldis Chapman thing makes no sense. The guy’s fastball is a blur. His motion is wonderfully fluent whenever he takes the mound with his lanky frame of 6-foot-4 and 185 pounds. He is left-handed — and in case [...]
8. March 2010
The Dodgers learned Sunday that Russell Martin, their starting catcher, has a pulled groin muscle and will miss somewhere between a month and six weeks. That means he’s done for the rest of spring training and almost certainly out for Opening Day [...]
7. March 2010
The second in our Spring Training Roundtable series, this time the American League is the focus. Does Nick Johnson have what it takes to replace Johnny Damon in the Yankees lineup? Do the Mariners finally have enough support around Ichiro to be [...]
Continue reading...4. March 2010
NEW YORK — It was a different Rob Manfred (right) than the one who was called to Capitol Hill to explain the deficiencies in Major League Baseball’s drug program last decade.
“You live and learn,” smirked Manfred, MLB’s executive vice president [...]
3. March 2010
It just didn’t feel right watching Garret Anderson play so far from home last season, the nearly lifelong Californian toiling away all the way over in Atlanta.
The veteran outfielder returned to more familiar pastures Wednesday, reportedly signing a minor league deal [...]
14. March 2010
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