Orlando Cepeda

OAKLAND — The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, as it was once known, is an unlovely concrete bowl squatting near the city's airport and waterfront, in the rough part of town called the flats. It's where the A's play baseball and long ago a lucky...

NEW YORK (AP) — Steroid-tainted stars Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and former Chicago Cub Sammy Sosa were denied entry to baseball's Hall of Fame, with voters failing to elect any candidates for only the second time in four decades. Bonds received...

With the way the Orioles have mixed and matched this season, bringing in rookies and former All-Stars, once-weres and never-have-beens to form an eclectic group that keeps winning when it's supposed to fall back to reality, perhaps Wednesday's 12-2...

It isn't June yet, so the White Sox are trying to keep their expectations low, which is just fine with first-year manager Robin Ventura. Ventura isn't one for going overboard, even with a team that went into a weekend series against the American League...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. - Roberto Alomar stared at the adoring crowd and was nearly rendered speechless, the tawdry episode of his stellar career long since forgotten. Bert Blyleven, who won his big-league debut at age 19 for the 1970 Minnesota Twins, was...

A few weeks ago, I was sitting at Dodger Stadium doing research for another book, when Dodger coach Manny Mota came over to say hello to my interview subject. I told Mota I had just finished reading a new book......

THE 2011 inductees to the baseball Hall of Fame were introduced in Manhattan today. Roberto Alomar, Jr. and Bert Blyleven addressed the media and spoke about getting the call that confirmed they were going to Cooperstown, NY and their most memorable...

TV SPORTS Women's College Basketball-Michigan at Purdue, 5:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Penn State at Northwestern, 7:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Idaho at Nevada, 10 p.m. (ESPNU) Men's College Basketball-Xavier at Cincinnati, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); Villanova at...

Aug. 29, 1970: Joe Torre made the difference in the Dodgers' 1-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. This wasn't the case of a managerial goof. This was Torre the Cardinals' power-hitting third baseman, whose ninth-inning home run against Don Sutton provided...

The San Francisco Giants will honor arguably the greatest player in franchise history Wednesday, when Hall of Famer Willie Mays throws out the ceremonial first pitch before Game 1 of the World Series against the Texas Rangers. Mays will be......