PM ETBy Thomas Harding / MLB.com DENVER -- Young and homegrown players helped the Rockies to the World Series last year, but they were instrumental in the slow start of 2008. For starters By the end of the first month, left-handed starter

In 1981, after George Steinbrenner had made David Winfield baseball?s highest-paid player, came the World Series with a bad performance by Winfield and a worse one by Steinbrenner.

PM ETBy Jeff Birnbaum / MLB.com DENVER -- It shouldn't have come as a surprise that Rockies manager Clint Hurdle masterfully juggled the National League bullpen during Tuesday's 15-inning All-Star Game. He's been patching together the Rockies'

Billy Beane, the Oakland Athletics? general manager, has decided to trade two starting pitchers during a playoff push.

PM ETBy Jeff Birnbaum / MLB.com DENVER -- After such a disappointing first half of the season, the Rockies couldn't have asked for a better way to kick-start the second half. The Rockies' dormant offense finally came out of hibernation, and Ubaldo

(AP) Hideo Nomo, who pitched a pair of no-hitters and led a rush of Japanese players to the major leagues, is finished. Nomo announced his retirement Thursday, agent Don Nomura said. Once known for a deceptive delivery and a devastating forkball, the

Diamondbacks general manager Josh Byrnes said the team was 'thrilled' to have Clark back in Arizona, where he spent three seasons and hit .266 with 53 homers and 154 RBIs. 'Just matching up day to day or late in the game is something we probably need,'

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) After watching his client dominate Triple-A hitters for the past month, the agent for Minnesota pitcher Francisco Liriano wants to know why the Twins have not called him up to the big leagues. Greg Genske has asked the players' union to

Yet Giants manager Bruce Bochy is leaving open the option of pushing Lincecum back if needed - and perhaps backing off his workload some in the second half. The hard-throwing right-hander was hospitalized in New York and missed his first All-Star game at

NEW YORK (AP) First baseman Richie Sexson and the New York Yankees reached a deal Thursday, a week after the Seattle Mariners cut the slumping slugger. A person familiar with the contract said Sexson would be paid a prorated share of the $390,000 minimum