Los Angeles Dodgers closer Takashi Saito left Saturday's 5-3, 11-inning loss to Florida due to tightness in his right elbow. The 38-year-old Japanese right-hander fanned the first two batters he faced in the ninth inning, but was then lifted due to the

LOS ANGELES - Their trip west started out like National Lampoon's Vacation, with one disaster after another. But it's turning into a romp on the beach, with the Marlins going win-crazy up and down the Southern California coast. And with the right

The Red Sox have spent the last week crafting an answer to all those who, bedazzled by the Tampa Bay Rays, hastened to proclaim a new world order in the American League East. It goes something like this: Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. Not that

The fence is badly in need of new paint. A dozen New England winters and springs will do that. But I can't bring myself to restore it, or paint over it. It represents a family moment, frozen in time. So the weathered wall is probably going to remain

BOSTON (AP) -- David Ortiz, on the disabled list since May 31 with a torn tendon sheath in his left wrist, is expected to return to Boston's lineup on July 25 for the opener of a series against the New York Yankees. 'I feel good,' the Red Sox designated

'Before the game, he said he would give a year of his life if he could hit a home run in his first game in the new stadium. The Babe was on trial, and he knew it better than anybody else.' - New York Times, April 19, 1923 Janet Marie Smith is in the

TORONTO (AP) -- On the day Alex Rodriguez passed Mickey Mantle on the major league home run list, the New York Yankees were left mourning Bobby Murcer -- the former star who replaced Mantle in the lineup long ago. Rodriguez's 537th homer moved him into

CHICAGO (AP) -- Rich Harden left his Cubs debut to a standing ovation with Chicago ahead by seven runs. The game, however, was far from over. Harden struck out 10 for the Cubs, who gave up two runs in the eighth and then blew a five-run lead in the ninth

NEW YORK (AP) -- Bobby Murcer succeeded Mickey Mantle, played in pinstripes with Don Mattingly and watched proudly from the broadcast booth when the New York Yankees returned to power. A cherished link from former Yankees greats to the club's current

NEW YORK (AP) -- Mets right-hander Pedro Martinez left his start against the Colorado Rockies after the fourth inning Saturday with tightness in his right shoulder, though the injury is not considered serious. Martinez walked Matt Holliday on five