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July 18--Q: You pitched for the New York Yankees for two years (1989-90). What was your first reaction when you heard George Steinbrenner had died? A: I was just sad. [...]

Oct. 25--Q: How would you say your season went this year (9-13, 2061/3 innings pitched, 3.88 earned-run average)? A: Personally, I improved in a lot of categories. I got a [...]

Apr. 20--CHICAGO -- Manager Tony La Russa met with slumping outfielder Rick Ankiel on Sunday shortly after the Cardinals' night game against the Chicago Cubs was postponed. La Russa, who [...]

Byline: Claire Smith MILWAUKEE _ Love him or hate him, you have to give Barry Bonds this: The most watched, criticized and critiqued man in baseball knows how to carve […]

Byline: Todd Zolecki PHILADELPHIA _ The contracts for relief pitchers have been lucrative this off-season, and Ugueth Urbina certainly stood to benefit from the bull market. He hasn't. Instead, the […]

A chartered bus pulled to a stop at the Michigan Avenue curbside outside Tiger Stadium at 4:25 Tuesday afternoon, and off stepped a blank-faced man in a gaudy green and […]

_Please be patient, Mr. Picasso, the brushes are in the mail. An artist can't perform without proper tools. That's the point Wade Boggs was making recently when he complained about […]

VERO BEACH, Fla. _ He is already being compared with the greatest catchers of all time, but Mike Piazza remembers when he thought he was one of the worst. In […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. _ For this interview with Jose Canseco, I had to make a deal, a three-way trade involving an autograph-seeking woman who was standing outside the Boston Red […]

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. _ A new and improved Barry Bonds reported Monday to Scottsdale Stadium. The 'new' Bonds appeared in the best shape since he joined the Giants in 1993, thanks […]

Q. How do you wind down after a game? _ Ryan, 8 A. When there are home games and it's late at night, most often I do a combination of […]

Q. What's the best advice you ever received about something other than baseball? _ Sam, 8, Lakeland A. The advice came straight from home: 'I could be anything in life […]

NEW YORK _ Don Mattingly has had the most distinguished career of any current major leaguer who has never played on a championship team. No other active player has been […]

LOS ANGELES _ He was through in '88 when his shoulder buckled, through in '91 when the Dodgers dropped him and the Angels watched him explode like a trick cigar. […]

CLEVELAND _ We've heard all about the new Jose Canseco. We've heard about the changed attitude and his rededication to the game. We've been told about the quieter, polite guy […]

LOS ANGELES _ Sunday is a big day for Fernando Valenzuela, so big that he preferred not to discuss his feelings about what will be his first start in Dodger […]

HOUSTON _ Lenny Dykstra bounded into the Philadelphia Phillies' locker room at the Astrodome, stripped to his blue jeans, stuck a Salem between his teeth, and disappeared for a while. […]

MIAMI _ Chuck Carr seems tired of explaining himself, tired of something. He says he is drained from the travel and charity appearances, from the long game the night before, […]

MIAMI _ Except for a direct hit they put on the Florida Marlins' mascot with a water bucket, the Dodger relievers didn't throw a thing Tuesday night. Not a ball, […]

(Editor's note: Minnesota Twins designated hitter Dave Winfield, the newest member of baseball's 3,000-hit club, answers kids' questions on baseball and life in his weekly column, Ask Dave. Winfield is […]

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ Each day this spring, before he arrives at Fort Lauderdale Stadium, New York Yankees' infielder/outfielder Randy Velarde has already played the perfect baseball game in his […]

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. _ Pete Rose was happy to be back at the ballpark, even if it was the Cleveland Indians' minor-league complex. The Tribe let Rose speak to their […]

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. _ Just a few years ago, Jose Canseco was one of the game's great and colorful power hitters, a charter member of the 40-40 club and Bash […]

CLEARWATER, Fla. _ Can you imagine Pete Incaviglia as a 98-pound weakling, getting sand kicked in his face, until he goes to the gym, lifts weights, and, shazam, emerges looking […]

LOS ANGELES _ All season long, Barry Bonds had no time to talk. Places to go, he said. Once, he said he had to go to the opera. Sunday, he […]

Knight-Ridder Newspapers CHICAGO _ Some clothing manufacturer offered him money to wear their sweatbands. Another asked about sweatpants. How much to wear sweatpants? How about a cap? Then there were […]