Tom Gordon

The Kansas City Royals have gone through some lean years since winning the World Series in 1985.  A big reason for those struggles was a series of personnel decisions that sent Royal favorites on to future stardom.  Here's a look at the Top 10 "Royals...

Mike Flanagan is attending his first major league general managers meeting as the unquestioned leader of the newly restructured Orioles front office, so inquiring minds are probably wondering the same thing that crossed my mind when I ran into him...

Sony will stop manufacturing of the Walkman in Japan, the company announced after 30 years of building the portable cassette players. This move will render the product mostly unavailable in US markets, though it will continue to be available in select...

The Baseball Writers Association of American (Philadelphia Chapter) handed out our annual awards before Wednesday's game. Here's how it broke down: Cliff Lee edged Roy Halladay in a down-to-the-wire battle for the Steve Carlton Award and Shane Victorino...

The Pepper Project is a nonprofit organization committed to establishing a market for Cambodian products in the United States. Founders Cris Peterson and Tom Gordon decided to pursue this project as a means to help Cambodian pepper farmers reestablish...

June 3 1986 - Former Minnesota Twins player Rod Carew, 40, announced his retirement from baseball. 1991 - Scott Erickson of the Minnesota Twins won the battle of the top American League pitchers as he beat the Kansas City Royals and Tom Gordon 4-1....

Every debate word between Republican Christine O'Donnell and Democrat Chris Coons -- and there were a lot of them....

OLYMPIC LEGEND: In Back to the Future II, a bat "autographed" by "Ken Griffey III" is used in a scene set in 2015. STATUS: False. Few films seem to spawn as many rumors, myths and legends as the Back to......

Scott Mathieson had the best fastball in the Phillies organization before his career was delayed by three elbow surgeries, including two Tommy John procedures. Even after the operations, many believe the 27-year-old Canadian still has the best fastball in...

Yes, the White Sox are alone atop the American League Central. But manager Jerry Manuel is not about to throw a party. "We still have a long ways to go," he said after watching his team's 7-3 victory over Texas on Thursday night. "We have men, good men....

Cal Ripken's first major-league hit came against Dennis Lamp of the Chicago White Sox on Aug. 16, 1981. His last hit came against Frank Castillo of the Boston Red Sox in Game 1 of a doubleheader on Oct. 5, 2001. Ripken finished his career with 3,184...