American League News

Several versions of a post-season championship series existed long before the World Series.

Editor's note: Legendary sports writer and author Roger Kahn, an Ulster County resident, wrote this exclusive column for the Poughkeepsie Journal.

Instead of swaying palm trees, the roar of 747s greeted baseball's general managers as they began gathering for their annual meeting.

A year after doing business at an ostentatious resort perched on Southern California bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Major League Baseball is sticking with a minimalist theme for this week's annual meetings of general managers.

The Phillies are taking a chance. General manager Ruben Amaro Jr. announced Sunday night that the club declined its 2010 option on third baseman Pedro Feliz.

You may not know it, but there's more than mere Yankee pride riding on Wednesday night's World Series game.

The drama and unforgettable images of baseball are the World Series moments celebrated from generation to generation.

Hideki Matsui is a fraud. Last time I saw MLB Commissioner Bud Selig he was seen slinking his way through the bowels of the stadium in Philadelphia, avoiding exposure to fans.

When it was over, the clubhouse boys were stuffing gear into bags rather than wrapping plastic over lockers.

The Milwaukee Brewers finally gave J.J. Hardy the change of scenery he had been expecting.

The Minnesota Twins threw open the doors to their closets and storerooms Saturday, drawing thousands of fans eager to buy leftover bobblehead dolls and cardboard cutouts.

On Sept. 24, 2004, Pedro Martinez walked off the Fenway Park mound in the eighth inning a cauldron of frustration.

They went up the Canyon of Heroes on Friday, Joe Girardi leading the way in the front float through a flurry of ticker-tape, standing up alongside Hal Steinbrenner and the prettiest thing in baseball , the shiny gold Commissioner's Trophy.

The Minnesota Twins have picked up outfielder Michael Cuddyer's $10.5 million option for 2011.

As you probably know by now, the White Sox traded 2B Chris Getz and 1B/DH Josh Fields to Kansas City for OF/3B Mark Teahen.

In his 18 years with the Angels, Tony Reagins has set up bat-boy promotions, evaluated minor league players and signed one of the top center fielders in Torii Hunter.

It also cemented them as the team of the decade. From 2000-09, the Yankees won two titles - matching the Red Sox [ team stats ] ' total - while capturing two additional American League pennants.

J.J. Hardy was one of the more popular Brewers and hit .262 with 75 home runs in five seasons in Milwaukee.

Crowds roared and church bells rang in lower Manhattan on Friday as the Yankees' World Series championship celebration revved up with a ticker-tape parade.

Pitcher John Lackey and outfielder Matt Holliday were among 79 players who filed for free agency Thursday, the first possible day.