American League News

It is a tranquil Saturday morning riding the hook -- the anchor -- on the ship at this Pacific Ocean terminus of the Panama Canal.

When Bruce Springsteen played the Bradley Center in Milwaukee earlier this month, he led into his encore with "No Surrender," sending its haunting refrain of "no retreat, no surrender" echoing around the arena.

The ballot for the 2010 Major League Baseball Hall of Fame was announced on Friday, andA 26 players will be waiting on the phone call to join the most elite group in baseball.

They're the ones who may have been overlooked because of the teams they played on, the markets they represented or the roles they had.

Former big-league shortstop Luis Rivera, who won an American League pennant with the Red Sox, will spend next season developing players for the Blue Jays.

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay has been the talk of countless trade rumours in recent months.

This offseason, the competition with the West is expected to take a different form, with the Angels a prime contender for free agent left fielder Jason Bay .

The 2007 Major League Baseball season should have been one of the ages. There were broken records, Canadian firsts, historic comebacks and epic collapses .

23, 2007. These can't be the rosiest of times for A's co-owner Lew Wolff. His battle to find a new home for his baseball team continues, with no obvious end in sight.

In the convoluted spheres of American democracy, the voters rarely deserve praise.

Federal officials are asking for a rehearing of an appeals court decision that said the government illegally seized drug-testing samples and records of baseball players who allegedly tested positive for steroids.

Two AL Central teams might end up figuring prominently in the future of the Red Sox - the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins .

The Boston Red Sox are looking to add another quality starter to their five man rotation.

November 24, 2009 3:11 PM In conjunction with national feature currently up on ESPNRISE.com , we are proud to present the CalHiSports.com All-State All-Decade Team for baseball.

Major League Baseball 2K10 is the new iteration in the long running baseball series, now 2009 American League Gold Glove and Silver Slugger Award recipient Evan Longoria of the Tampa Bay Rays on the cover.

Keeping pace in the increasingly competitive American League East has become a year-round pursuit, and as is the case from April through October, the Yankees represent the biggest threat to the Red Sox .

The Cardinals' Albert Pujols topped the National League with 47 home runs in 2009 and flirted with a Triple Crown, finishing with a .327 batting average and 135 runs batted in.

If Joe Mauer was a lock for the American League MVP, then Albert Pujols is a lock, deadbolt, and steel reinforced wall to win the National League honors.

Ken Griffey Jr . is being rewarded for his leadership and seniority. According to contract figures obtained Monday by The Associated Press, the deal Griffey signed this month to return to the Seattle Mariners for one more season as a 40-year-old calls for a $2.35 million base salary for 2010.

For years, the BBWAA picks for the Cy Young Awards and MVP were the subject of incredible scorn, especially among the sabermetric community.