Ryan Vogelsong

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Francisco Giants - INSIDE PITCH The Giants are back home, and they've got to be happy about that. The road didn't suit them last week. A 1-5 trip through Toronto and Denver ended with another clunker, Sunday'...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Washington Nationals - INSIDE PITCH Jordan Zimmermann was not able to get his eighth win of the season Saturday, but he remains the hottest starting pitcher in the Nationals' stacked rotation. Zimmermann, still...

Giant vulnerability? The San Francisco Giants rode their starting pitchers to two World Series championships in three years, and starters renowned for their health are at it again. None of the Giants' five starters has missed a turn this season....

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Francisco Giants - INSIDE PITCH Left-hander Madison Bumgarner has seven quality starts this season and just four wins. That's a ratio that is bound to improve, especially because he's supported by one of the...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Athletics 4, Giants 1 Athletics 4, Giants 1: Josh Donaldson homered and Dan Straily tossed six strong innings as Oakland edged visiting San Francisco for its fourth straight win. Straily (3-2) recorded his second straight...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Francisco Giants - INSIDE PITCH The Giants wound up with a minor casualty on Sunday after Angel Pagan's walkoff inside-the-park homer the day before -- Pagan. Pagan injured his left hamstring, but not while...

Talking baseball while hoping that it’s not a bad sign that the Blackhawks had to go into overtime to beat the Wild in their playoff opener: 1. Yoenis Cespedes was the guy last year. This time around, Hyun-jin Ryu is the guy. Just as Cespedes...

Former Dodgers and Angels are playing roles for teams all around the major leagues. Times staff writer Kevin Baxter ranks the teams and provides updates on them. (Statistics through Friday's games. Last week's rankings in parentheses): 1. TEXAS Ex-...

Carlos Quentin gets hit by a lot of pitches. Just ask him. That was part of his defense Thursday night after the Dodgers' Zack Greinke hit him near the left shoulder with a pitch. Quentin, the Padres' slugging outfielder, then charged the mound and...

Some games cannot be described, they have to be experienced. Over multiple hours. Saturday night the Giants beat the Dodgers, 10-9, in 10 innings, which is about the only simple thing that can be written about this little affair. For the second...

The Philadelphia Eagles have decided to discontinue holding training camp at Lehigh University, ending a relationship that began in 1996, according to a team statement ... Notre Dame seeks its first-ever PIAA semifinal berth against Saint Basil Academy in...

MIAMI – Talking baseball while wondering how badly Tiger Woods blows away the field at Augusta: 1. Nothing against tulips, wooden shoes and Bert Blyleven, but I wish Monday’s 7-6 game in Tokyo had gone the other way. While it’s cool...