Team USA won three out of four games against Canada in an exhibition series in Durham, N.C., before heading off to Beijing for the Olympics. Ben Badler provides a closer look at eight players who stood out during the series.

It is hard to imagine that Joba Chamberlain will avoid the disabled list after being scratched from his next start and sent to meet with an orthopedic surgeon after tests on his shoulder.

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Even after Pedro Martínez returned to the Mets? rotation on Friday, a question mark hung over the team?s pitching staff heading into the coming weekend.

Instead of flying to Beijing with the Canadian Olympic baseball team on Tuesday, Vancouver native Scott Richmond delivered his second consecutive respectable start at the major-league level before watching his Toronto Blue Jays rally for an improbable

Fernando Tatis?s pair of home runs carried the Mets over the Padres, but the victory did not come without a scare.

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While Billy Wagner has been a confounding closer with seven blown saves in 24 chances, losing him to injury has a trickle-down effect on an already ragged bullpen.

'He's resting it right now more than anything else,' Gardenhire said. 'We'll know more once he gets out of the splint.' The positive news for the Twins, Gardenhire said, is that Casilla says he can swing right-handed without any pain. It's from the

A night after their young ace hurt his shoulder, the Yankees watched their stalwart left-hander fall flat against the Rangers in a road trip that could not be going worse.