And they're a little bummed on the flight home." Expect to see crowds in Scottsdale Stadium, where the San Francisco Giants play their Cactus League games. Go to spring training, and you might begin a lifelong friendship in the most unexpected of places.

JUPITER, Fla. A 23-year-old rookie for the American League Milwaukee Brewers, Matheny was leaving the field after catching the first inning of his first major league start whe

Because it's mandated by federal law that every sports journalist wrote about Jeremy Lin (statute 22D-31), I wanted to make sure I am in compliance. Trying to find a baseball comparable -- someone who goes from unknown to national sensation virtually ove

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. The reigning American League Manager of the Year isn’t going anywhere. That is, unless you’re counting spring training, where Joe Maddon is eager to get to work after agreeing to a three-year contract extension that could keep him i

If he had seen his own tribute last night, Ted Williams would have smiled throughout the ceremony. He would have looked up at the Fenway press box and observed that local and national writers - knights of the keyboard, he called them - were actually at F

From entrance signs honoring the likes of Fred Lynn, Mark McGwire and Randy Johnson to the 12 national championship banners hanging so proudly as you step just a few feet inside the stadium to the Prior Plaza wall — which has 184 hanging plaques to comme