The Tampa Bay Rays ultimately did not win the World Series, but their shocking rise to the baseball elite was certainly the major leagues? story of the year.

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After agreeing to a one-year, $8 million contract Friday, Randy Johnson is preparing to join his new San Francisco Giants teammates at the start of spring training in February.

MLB.com/Live set to re-air AL Central clincher on Sunday White Sox Headlines MLB Headlines After 162 games, the White Sox and Twins were even. After 163, the White Sox were better by one swing, enough to clinch the final playoff berth in 2008. A clutch

San Francisco Giants' Matt Cain reacts to giving up a solo home run to Arizona Diamondbacks' Chris Snyder in the third inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Paul Connors) The story will be a sweet one ? if the plot

Willy Taveras and the Cincinnati Reds have agreed to a two-year contract, filling the team?s need for a center fielder and a leadoff hitter. He batted .251 last season with the Colorado Rockies, leading the major leagues with 68 stolen bases.

New Yankee Mark Teixeira should slip comfortably into pinstripes - he's a big-city guy who idolized Don Mattingly and once harbored contempt for the hated Red Sox. The 28-year-old first baseman is known as a humble, hardworking ballplayer,

DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER Roger Clemens can't get to 2009 soon enough. Five days before the new year, Clemens received another professional setback and blow to his ego. Houston's Memorial Hermann Medical Center announced Saturday that it is removing

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A.J. Burnett and CC Sabathia will vastly improve the Yankee rotation ... Gross/Getty/ ... while Mark Teixeira will contribute to the lineup and in the field. Related News The Yankees have made three mighty splashes in the free agent pool this winter that