Baseball cracks down on security
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Acting on recommendations in the Mitchell Report, Major League Baseball cracked down on clubhouse security Monday in an effort to prevent the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
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Fresh faces on the mound signal a changing of the guard this MLB postseason.
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There will be police escorts and protection for the Chicago White Sox team buses during their series against the Royals. Kevin Hallinan, Major League Baseball&#39;s vice
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With some of its biggest stars under suspicion and lawmakers demanding action, Major League Baseball adopted a tougher steroid-testing program that will suspend first-time offenders for 10 days and randomly test players year-round.
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Baseball players and owners have made progress toward toughening rules on steroid testing, a move that would pre-empt congressional intervention.
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One of the continuing trends in the major leagues is how diligent teams have become about safeguarding young pitchers like the Yankeesâ Joba Chamberlain and Bostonâs Clay Buchholz.
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The school's baseball manager tires of seeing his catchers getting skulled by the ball, and he comes up with a solution that revolutionizes the game.
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BOSTON -- Although Red Sox nation was relatively subdued following this weekend&#39;s World Series games at Fenway Park, four men were arrested after Saturday&#39;s game.
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Police in riot gear cleared several large crowds gathered around Fenway Park early Monday after the Red Sox won their second World Series title in four years.
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Ballpark essentials: hot dogs, peanuts, a well-worn glove and ... Nintendo's portable gaming device? The Redmond, Wash.-based company is making a pitch to turn its portable DS Lite into a baseball staple, bringing interactive technology to fans through a pilot program being tested this season at the Mariners' Safeco Field.
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anny Ramirez was finally talking. After playfully telling reporters to leave him a telephone message or send him a fax, then putting a bag of bats in front of his locker to block their access
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TechWeb - Baseball team keeps its eye on the technology ball by assembling an outside IT team to deploy Wi-Fi for fans.
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A student was killed last week as police tried to curb unruly celebrations. Would a World Series win turn violent? By Sara B. Miller | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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A city police officer was attacked by a man with a baseball bat early this morning in the 115th precinct in Queens, police said. The uniformed police officer, who is on an impact post, was patrolling on foot at about 1:20 a.m. at 102nd Street and 39th Ave., about a mile west of Shea Stadium in the Corona neighborhood. He was approached by a man with a baseball bat, who struck the officer in the head with the bat and stole his gun. A second police officer saw the commotion from a distance, unaware that it was a fellow officer who had been attacked, police said. He chased the bat-wielding man, capturing him and recovering the gun before making an arrest.
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The key is to be discreet. The mayhem that is the hallmark of any postseason series victory, a champagne-spraying, beer-guzzling clubhouse riot, has to be orchestrated behind the scenes, and it has to be done carefully.
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Major League Baseball launched a department of investigations Friday, a permanent branch of the commissioner's office. In his report last month on drug use in baseball, George Mitchell had recommended the formation of the unit. Adopting another of Mitchell's recommendations, MLB is establishing a tip line for team employees to make the commissioner's office aware of violations of drug, betting and other rules.
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BOSTON Go figure this World Series. An old maxim in baseball is you always give away more runs with shoddy defense than you gain with torrid bats.