A cause has yet to be determined in the death of former major league pitcher Tommy Hanson, but authorities believe an overdose is possible.
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Major League Baseball teams have already started releasing their exhibition schedules for next year, but Commissioner Rob Manfred is hoping to make some alterations that would include spring training games in Cuba.
Matt Williams is back with the Arizona Diamondbacks as their third-base coach, according to reports.
Colorado Rockies shortstop Jose Reyes was arrested on Halloween night after being accused of grabbing his wife by the throat and shoving her into a sliding glass door.
Former Atlanta Braves pitcher Tommy Hanson, once considered among baseball’s most promising young talents before being beset by shoulder injuries, has died in Atlanta at age 29, the team said on Tuesday.
Ken Griffey Jr. and Trevor Hoffman lead first-time Hall of Fame candidates and join 17 holdovers up for vote to be enshrined in Cooperstown with slugger Mark McGwire and shortstop Alan Trammell in their final year on the ballot.
Dusty Baker may not have been the first choice as the new manager for the Washington Nationals. But the veteran skipper and former All-Star outfielder may end up being the right pick for general manager Mike Rizzo and the Lerner ownership family.
Jonny Gomes wasn’t even on the Royals’ postseason roster, but that didn’t stop the veteran outfielder from stealing the show Tuesday at Kansas City’s World Series victory parade.
Throngs of fans greeted the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday as the city celebrated its first World Series championship in 30 years.
A lifelong Mets fan said he doesn’t regret getting a tattoo of the team’s logo surrounded by the words “WORLD-CHAMPS” and “2015” inscribed on his side before New York lost the World Series to the Kansas City Royals.
The Washington Nationals have named veteran Dusty Baker as their new manager, the Major League Baseball team announced on Tuesday.
In a feat as improbable as the Royals’ magical run, Las Vegas sports bettor Dave Oancea claims to have won almost $2.5 million ($2,457,200 to be exact) in future bets on Kansas City to win the World Series.
Don Mattingly was introduced Monday as the 14th manager in Miami Marlins franchise history — including eight skippers, counting interims, since 2010.
Because guys who started the baseball season pitching for the 51s apparently will get you only so far, this World Series might be remembered as being more anticlimactic than memorable.
Kansas City ended a 30-year wait for a World Series title as the Royals reigned over Major League Baseball with a 7-2, 12-inning victory over the New York Mets on Sunday.
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