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Torii Hunter hit a two-run single in Los Angeles' four-run first against A.J. Burnett and John Lackey pitched shutout ball after a shaky start to lead the Angels to a 4-0 lead over the New York Yankees through six innings Thursday night in Game 5 of the AL championship series. Lackey, who won Game 7 [...]

Torii Hunter hit a two-run single in Los Angeles' four-run first against A.J. Burnett and John Lackey pitched shutout ball after a shaky start to lead the Angels to a 4-0 lead over the New York Yankees through three innings Thursday night in Game 5 of the AL championship series. Lackey, who won Game 7 [...]

Red Sox right-hander Tim Wakefield wants to pitch as long as possible after undergoing back surgery. The veteran knuckleballer said he has no plans to retire after Wednesday's operation for a herniated disk that derailed his first All-Star season. Retirement "never crossed my mind. I was fully confident in what our doctors were telling me," [...]

Stung by a rash of blown calls in the playoffs, Major League Baseball is breaking tradition and sticking with only experienced umpires for the World Series. Longtime crew chiefs Joe West, Dana DeMuth and Gerry Davis, along with Brian Gorman, Jeff Nelson and Mike Everitt will handle the games, three people with knowledge of the [...]

Bobby Valentine would manage on Mars. He'd settle for Cleveland. Back after six years in Japan, the former New York Mets manager had his second interview with the Indians on Thursday. The 59-year-old admitted he has a lot of catching up to do after being away from the major leagues, but would embrace the opportunity [...]

Some Dodgers lingered in the dugout, staring at another wild Phillies celebration on the infield. Most of them headed back to the clubhouse. After all, the Dodgers saw this show before. The sequel was just as bad as the original. Bounced again in the NL championship series by Philadelphia for the second straight year, the [...]

CC Sabathia taps his beefy right hand on the wooden door of his clubhouse locker and grins. Not that the power pitcher who's on a playoff roll for the New York Yankees needs a lot of luck. Still, he's not taking any chances. "I don't want to jinx anything or say anything I shouldn't, but [...]

Nearly two weeks after his team was swept in the first round of the playoffs, Tony La Russa is still trying to decide whether he wants to return for a 15th season as St. Louis Cardinals manager. He and the rest of the organization are relieved that Albert Pujols' elbow surgery earlier this week was [...]

Detroit Tigers All-Star third baseman Brandon Inge will undergo surgery on both knees next month. The team said Thursday that the Nov. 3 procedure at the Detroit Medical Center will address patella tendinitis that plagued Inge throughout this past season. Inge is expected to be ready for the start of spring training in February.

Ryan Howard added another piece of hardware with three familiar letters to his trophy case. Howard was picked MVP of the NL championship series after helping the defending champion Philadelphia Phillies return to the World Series by beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-4 in Game 5 on Wednesday night. The big slugger already had the [...]