Although Tim Lincecum readily acknowledged he was mostly awful in his first opening-day start, he left the ballpark excited about what happened.
For just about the first time since the NL Cy Young Award winner became a full-time major leaguer, he didn’t have to be outstanding for the San Francisco Giants to win.
Travis Ishikawa hit a [...]
Yovani Gallardo instinctively hacked at the high fastball, not thinking much about the pitching great who had thrown it, and his three-run homer dropped sharply beyond the fence in the left-field corner.
Although Gallardo has been alive only slightly longer than Randy Johnson has been a major league pitcher, the Milwaukee Brewers’ promising right-hander started off [...]
Matt Cain is regarded as one of the top young pitchers in the majors, but his record over the past two seasons hasn’t backed up that status thanks to a lack of run support from his San Francisco Giants teammates.
After the Giants struggled at the plate in their last game, the 24-year-old right-hander hopes to [...]
While his Milwaukee Brewers killed time in the Bay Area for two days before the majors’ final opener, new manager Ken Macha reconnected with several friends and favorite restaurants from his years managing the Oakland Athletics across the water.
When he finally gets to the San Francisco Giants’ waterfront ballpark on Tuesday, his trip will get [...]
Jeff Suppan happily agrees when he’s called the most boring guy in a Brewers uniform.
He won’t look into the future and he rarely looks back. He’ll talk about the pitch that Philadelphia’s Jimmy Rollins hit for a leadoff home run in Game 4 of last year’s National League Division Series, but it’s more difficult to [...]
If Derek Lowe had been this dominant last October, the Philadelphia Phillies might not be World Series champions.
Lowe pitched eight superb innings, three Braves hit home runs off Brett Myers, and Atlanta beat the defending champs 4-1 in the major league opener Sunday night.
Lowe (1-0) allowed two hits, no walks, struck out four and the [...]
Gary Sheffield’s next home run will be his 500th in the major leagues.
The question is: What uniform will he be wearing when he hits it?
The Detroit Tigers released the nine-time All-Star on Tuesday, leaving him without a team as he closes in on becoming the 25th player to reach the milestone.
Sheffield left camp as the [...]
Chipper Jones and the Atlanta Braves agreed Tuesday to a $42 million, three-year contract extension through 2012, a deal with an option that could become worth up to $61 million over four seasons.
The agreement virtually guarantees that the 36-year-old Jones will play his entire career in an Atlanta uniform.
A six-time All-Star, Jones was the NL’s [...]
Those split-squad bus rides heading down lonely desert highways or rolling past steamy Florida swamps? Soon they’ll be pleasant memories.
Those deep-fried Oreos in Surprise, Ariz., and seven-player-change fifth innings in Fort Myers, Fla.? Within a week they’ll fade, giving way to the bright lights and big cities of Major League arrival.
Beginning Sunday, April 5 at [...]
A few minutes after Trevor Hoffman told reporters that he was resigned to beginning the season on the disabled list, the Brewers formally made the move.
Hoffman was placed on the 15-day DL on Monday, retroactive to March 27, with a strained oblique muscle on the right side of his ribcage. He will miss at least [...]
