Right-hander Brad Thompson makes his fifth start of the season tonight as the St. Louis Cardinals visit PNC Park for the opener of a three-game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Thompson, who's started just 22 times in 150 major-league appearances, is

Lefty Cliff Lee can begin applying the finishing touches to a potential Cy Young Award season tonight when the Cleveland Indians open a four-game series with the visiting Kansas City Royals at Progressive Field. Lee, a 30-year-old from Bentonville,

London, September 12: While sports freaks worldwide believe that baseball developed in America in the 1790s, evidence in a handwritten diary now suggest that the game might have been invented in genteel Surrey. An entry in the diary describes the game

The competitor in Billy Wagner would love to say he'll return late next season and help the Mets win a championship. But Wagner isn't about to make a hollow guarantee. He knows he's done with the Mets. A day after Tommy John surgery to reconstruct his