Spring Training

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Angels starter Billy Buckner threw a nasty first-pitch curve just off the outside corner to Kansas City Royals cleanup hitter Billy Butler with a runner on first in the fourth inning Saturday. One problem: Manager Mike...

CINCINNATI — Much to the chagrin of Dusty Baker, Cubs pitcher Travis Wood was shaking hands and hugging some of his former Reds teammates a couple of hours before Saturday's game at Great American Ball Park. Though he likes Wood, the Reds...

The Sports Xchange By Bob Bellone, The Sports Xchange Yankees go 11 innings to prove they're better than Rays ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The children in the television commercial are correct: Moore is better. At least that's true when it comes to Tampa...

The New York Yankees put outfielder Curtis Granderson on the 15-day disabled list with a broken knuckle on his left pinkie finger and recalled outfielder Brennan Boesch from triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Granderson was hit by Cesar Ramos' pitch in the...

When Arthur "Bill" Parsons Jr. catered for the Houston Astros management during spring training in Kissimmee in the 1980s, he felt like part of the team itself. Parsons owned Parsons Table Buffet for nearly 10 years until 1988 and fed Southern-style...

The Sports Xchange Yankees 4, Rays 3 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Matt Moore limited the Yankees to one run in six innings, but the Rays left-hander was unable to improve upon his 8-0 record Saturday at Tropicana Field. Instead, a 4-3 11-inning victory went...

It's late May, which means the White Sox are in play-well-or-sell mode. Here's a look at their landscape as they battle to reach .500 and stay in contention in the American League Central. Present Strong support for general manager Rick Hahn reaches...

The Sports Xchange MLB roundup: Granderson lands back on DL with broken pinkie The New York Yankees on Saturday placed outfielder Curtis Granderson on the 15-day disabled list with a fractured left pinkie. Granderson was injured Friday night in the...

Zach McAllister didn't appear out of nowhere for the Indians last September at U.S. Cellular Field. He was making his 25th big-league start, but he looked too good to have a 4.56 ERA. Turns out the six strong innings McAllister threw against the White...

CINCINNATI — No one really is surprised the Cubs are where they are two months into the season, and it appears evident what's going to happen next. In Year 2 of the rebuild, the only questions remaining are who will be gone before August and how...

IF Jose Iglesias, a shortstop by trade, played his second game at third base Friday night, the other one coming Wednesday night for Pawtucket. Iglesias, called up Friday, was 9-for-20 in six games with the Red Sox earlier this season and batted ninth...

CF A.J. Pollock had three singles and drove in a run Friday, giving him eight hits in his last 14 at-bats. He had two- and three-hit games against Colorado on Monday and Wednesday. "Just simplifying things," Pollock said of his hot stretch. "You go...