at Fenway Park Tonight (7:05, NESN, WRKO 680): LHP David Purcey (3-5, 5.23) vs. RHP Tim Wakefield (8-10, 4.11).Tomorrow (12:35 p.m., NESN, WRKO): TBA vs. RHP Paul Byrd (11-11, 4.39).Tomorrow (7:05 p.m., NESN, WRKO): TBA vs. RHP Bartolo Colon (4-2,

Gov. Benigno R. Fitial has signed into law a bill naming a Rota baseball field after a retired government worker and former umpire.The baseball field in Sinapalo, Rota, is now called the Joaquin Mesngon Ogo Baseball Field in recognition of Ogo's

With the Los Angeles Angels cruising along with a 7-0 lead after seven innings, Francisco Rodriguez was kicking back in the bullpen, figuring he wouldn't get his chance to tie a record. Then Seattle scored three runs in the eighth, put runners on first

LONDON, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Historians in Surrey, England, say they have proof that baseball was played on British soil long before the first pitch was hurled in the United States. A diary, found a Surrey garden shed, belonged to William Bray, who worked

DETROIT -- The Tigers face a lot of decisions as they head into the offseason, and the bullpen will likely be foremost among them. Though Tuesday's loss to the A's and Leyland's postgame remarks brought the relief corps back into the forefront, the issue

NEW YORK -- Fans know of five-tool players, the highest designation given by scouts of an individual's ability. An award that fans can assist in bestowing is for six-tool players. That sixth tool is devotion to community service. The six-tool player is

DETROIT -- Justin Verlander is 1-4 against both the White Sox and Indians this season, and he's 9-7 against everyone else he has faced. Verlander's next two starts will be in Chicago on Friday and Cleveland next weekend. That's the way the rotation order

DETROIT -- Tigers third baseman Carlos Guillen was feeling 'much better' as of Wednesday, according to manager Jim Leyland, but he remains a distance away from returning to action. Guillen, sidelined since late August with soreness in his lower back, has

DETROIT -- Curtis Granderson was certain Magglio Ordonez's ninth-inning drive was going past A's center fielder Rajai Davis, if not the center-field fence as well. Thus, Granderson rounded second and kept on running. Three innings earlier, Mike Hessman

DETROIT -- All talk about the Tigers' involvement in a late-season playoff race dissipated a while ago. Quietly, however, Detroit's right fielder has been hitting himself back into the American League batting title race. These days, Magglio Ordonez isn't