As satisfied as the Yankees are with José Molina?s pitching and a three-game series sweep, the specter of Jorge Posada?s injured shoulder is a festering problem.

Right-hander Miguel Batista, who was pitching in his second season with the then-Montreal Expos farm team in the Dominican Republic in 1989, has looked his age more times than not this season. Now 37 years old, Batista started against the Indians in

An anticipated pitchers? duel melted away, leaving in its place a battle on the basepaths that the Mets won, 7-5, in 10 innings.

He was not happy and sparred with some of the media asking questions. The veteran right-hander later apologized for his demeanor, blaming his mood on the continuing problems incurred during a season that has not gone nearly like he, or the Mariners,

Is it a bad omen that the Yankees, even after a weekend sweep of the Oakland A?s moved them four and a half games behind first-place Tampa Bay, have the sixth-best record in the American League?

The flu bug, which swept through the Washburn family during the All-Star break, has been conquered, and he said the illness cost him three pounds -- and postponed his first start of the second half by two days. And so, instead of facing the Indians, he

Putz, who converted 40 of his 42 save chances last season, had been sidelined since June 11 with a hyperextended right elbow before pitching a 1-2-3 seventh inning in Sunday afternoon's series finale against the Indians at Safeco Field. 'I feel really

Right-hander J.J. Putz returned to action with one inning of perfect relief on Sunday afternoon, after spending over a month on the disabled list, and power-armed Brandon Morrow has developed into a dependable game-ender. And that could make the final

Jesus Montero flew around the bases and started calling the scouts who signed him, saying, 'Hey, you won't believe what your boy just did.' It was a spring training game against the Phillies and the 18-year-old Montero had just taken an awkward swing

Tyler Greene's solo home run to lead off the eighth inning put Springfield ahead to stay, as the Cardinals beat the Northwest Arkansas Naturals by a score of 4-1 on Sunday evening, in front of a sold-out crowd at Hammons Field. St. Louis Cardinals'