By Buster OlneyESPN The Magazine The Houston Astros are engaged in serious discussions to acquire veteran left-hander Randy Wolf of the . Wolf, 31, is 6-10 with a 4.74 ERA this season. He began his career with the Philadelphia Phillies -- the former

Associated Press PORTLAND, MAINE -- slugger David Ortiz singled twice, walked, and flied out Monday night in his first of three rehab appearances for the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs. Ortiz went 2-for-3 in his fourth minor league game since he was

With the help from the Twins Community Fund, the Minnesota Twins have stepped up to the plate to make the Twins Cities a major component of the RBI program. It is the Twins' strong belief that investing in the success of the RBI programs is an

For Twins manager Ron Gardenhire, who played across town for the Mets from 1981-1985, Yankee Stadium holds special memories of players he watched while growing up. 'I thought about that, whether I should take the camera and take some pictures,'

The Twins prospect, who is 5-10 with a 4.18 ERA in 22 starts for the Red Wings this season, is not unfamiliar with international competition. Duensing pitched for Team USA last November in the IBAF World Cup in Taiwan. He started the gold medal game

Before Monday's game, Punto fielded ground balls and took swings during batting practice for the first time since receiving a cortisone shot in his left ring finger on Friday night. 'It's getting better,' Punto said of his finger. 'It's tolerable, and

Talking with some of the current Twins players, they have the same sort of emotions. Everyone has their own special memory of this ballpark, from Joe Nathan attending games here as a youngster to Mike Redmond talking about his first game here. I'll

Blackburn exited his start early once again, this time due to a poor pitching performance in an 12-4 loss to New York. He lasted just 1 2/3 innings, giving up six runs (three earned) on seven hits. After the right-hander put the Twins in a 2-0 hole in

PORTLAND, MAINE ? Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz singled twice, walked, and flied out Monday night in his first of three rehab appearances for the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs. Ortiz went 2-for-3 in his fourth minor league game since he was sidelined

CHICAGO - Jerome Holtzman, a longtime baseball writer who made the Hall of Fame, created the saves rule and later became Major League Baseball's official historian, has died. He was 81. Holtzman died Saturday in Evanston. 'As a baseball writer, columnist