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A shaky outing by Scott Kazmir and some poor fielding landed the Angels in trouble against the New York Yankees. Now, Los Angeles is on the brink of elimination. The Angels' bullpen wasn't any better, and the Yankees came away with a 10-1 victory Tuesday night to take a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven American [...]

For the second straight offseason, Albert Pujols will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow. The St. Louis Cardinals said Tuesday in a brief news release that the two-time NL MVP will undergo a debridement procedure — which could be used to shave bone spurs — on Wednesday morning in Birmingham, Ala., at a medical [...]

Alex Rodriguez hit a two-run homer, CC Sabathia held the Los Angeles Angels in check while pitching on short rest and the New York Yankees built a 5-1 lead through six innings Tuesday night in Game 4 of the AL championship series. Trying to take a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series, the Yankees got [...]

CC Sabathia, pitching on short rest, matched zeros with Scott Kazmir through three innings in Game 4 of the AL championship series Tuesday night as the New York Yankees tried to take a 3-1 lead over the Los Angeles Angels. After consecutive extra-inning games that took a combined 9 hours, 31 minutes, the first three [...]

Video that appeared to show New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera spitting on the ball made the Internet rounds Tuesday, with Major League Baseball saying there was no reason to consider any discipline. A YouTube clip from Fox's broadcast of Monday's Game 3 of the American League championship series between the Yankees and Los Angeles [...]

Manny Acta led off the second round of interviews to be Cleveland's next manager. The heavy hitters are coming up. Acta, fired by the Washington Nationals in July after 2 1/2 rebuilding seasons, spent nearly eight hours meeting with Indians owners Larry and Paul Dolan, general manager Mark Shapiro and others on Tuesday at Progressive [...]

The Minnesota Twins have started what's sure to be a busy offseason. Team officials have been in annual meetings in Florida and Joe Mauer's contract status tops the list of roster issues needing resolution following Minnesota's fifth division title in the last eight years. The organizational to-do list is longer than usual, though.

Players and owners have agreed to push back the deadline for a collusion grievance over last winter's free agents until the end of this offseason. Agents for players have been asking the union for several months to file a grievance. "It preserves the players' claims, and the commissioner's office hasn't admitted any wrongdoing," union general [...]

Ned Colletti agreed to a long-term extension Tuesday to stay on as general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Under him, the team has reached the postseason in three of his four seasons, the first time a Dodgers GM has accomplished that feat. Colletti joins New York's Brian Cashman and Boston's Theo Epstein in doing [...]

Manny Acta had his second interview with the Cleveland Indians, who also plan to sit down with ex-New York Mets manager Bobby Valentine about their managerial opening. Acta, fired by the Washington Nationals in July, spent eight hours at Progressive Field on Tuesday. He interviewed with owners Larry and Paul Dolan, general manager Mark Shapiro [...]