Leo Hildebrand is talking smack. Pitching in front of his Bensenville bungalow one day last week, he says he's got a fastball. He doesn't. 'I'll do better,' he vows, continuing to pitch. 'I'll give you a sidearm now.' But no one is giving Hildebrand a

Cubs infielder Mark DeRosa remembered what made Chris Carpenter a Cy Young Award-winning pitcher before elbow surgery interrupted his career. ''I hope I don't see the Carpenter of the past,'' DeRosa said Sunday of the St. Louis Cardinals starter. ''He

Should decide that games will only be played through the eighth inning and make said decision a weekend retroactive adjustment, the Dodgers would be viewing their weekend series against the mediocre Giants as quite the fruitful 72 hours. But since such

Fifteen years ago, when he was barely 17, Vladimir Guerrero left the family farm in Bani, Dominican Republic , for the long road to the major leagues. This was written by Tim Brown and appeared at Yahoo.com His decision, of course, was simple. The

Baseball's territorial blackouts, the scourge of so many frustrated television and streaming-video viewers, will be eliminated for the 2009 season if Major League Baseball's executive council follows suggestions president Bob DuPuy plans on presenting

BEIJING, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Lin Dan, a badminton superstar who is one of the most recognizable faces in China, won his Olympic opening-round singles match Monday. That eased the fears of his legion of fans, who were concerned he might repeat his

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Some players preferred it that way, others preferred not to know, some didn't consult the board until the next day. The next day's starting pitcher seldom was privy to the posting, often having left the clubhouse early to return home or to the hotel for

Here's what should be an uncontroversial statement: the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are the best team in baseball this season. At this writing, the Angels, who are fresh off a sweep of the New York Yankees, have a hefty 14-game lead in the American

SEATTLE There was much to be made of the names that weren't in the Rays' lineup for Sunday's 11-3 victory over the Mariners that was their franchise record-setting 71st of the season. But there was one name on the lineup card Rocco Baldelli that made the