NEW YORK (AP) -- Florida State's Buster Posey won USA Baseball's Golden Spikes Award on Wednesday, becoming just the second catcher to be honored as the nation's top amateur player. Posey, the Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year, led the NCAA in

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (AP) -- On-field skits with Alex and Cynthia Rodriguez look-a-likes and Madonna's hits playing between innings were just a couple of ways a minor league team near A-Rod's former baseball home tried to cash in on tabloid fodder. The

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The first bids for the storied Chicago Cubs baseball team and related assets are due by the close of business Friday in an auction that could fetch more than $1 billion, according to a source close to the process. Ten potential owner

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Matt Brown hardly seemed bothered when the Pacific Coast League entered the top of the ninth trailing the International League by two in the Triple-A All-Star game. 'Nobody was down, we had confidence,' Brown said. 'In the PCL,

Rangers shortstop Michael Young drives in Twins first baseman Justin Morneau with a sacrifice fly in the 15th inning to give the AL a . The win stretches the AL's unbeaten streak to 12 games and assures the league's representative of home-field advantage