http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=960&32=3991&7=-1&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com This is a baseball feed en-us Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:36:52 GMT 2012-02-10T08:36:52Z en-us http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182236&44=139074194&32=3991&7=192497&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fsports%2Fbaseball%2FMets_rsquo__Alderson_rsquo_s_tweets_draw_some_atttention_02-10-2012.html Even Mets general manager Sandy Alderson can’t resist pointing out the team’s financial difficulties. The team tweeted Thursday afternoon that Alderson had started a Twitter account (at)MetsGM. Alderson’s first tweet: “Getting ready for Spring Training-Driving to FL but haven’t left yet. Big fundraiser tonight for gas money. Also exploring PAC contribution.” Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:36:52 GMT 74ef394cae4a27c1d068c03dfaf8c87e 2012-02-10T08:36:52Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182236&44=138831554&32=3991&7=192497&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fsports%2Fbaseball%2FRockies_acquire_Guthrie_from_O_rsquo_s_02-07-2012.html The Colorado Rockies acquired veteran right-hander Jeremy Guthrie from the Baltimore Orioles on Monday, a move that bolsters their young rotation. In exchange, the Rockies sent reliever Matt Lindstrom and right-hander Jason Hammel to the Orioles. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:33:14 GMT b9cae15ae1c66dc88811e8f24272ad3d 2012-02-07T08:33:14Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182236&44=138377979&32=3991&7=192497&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fsports%2Fbaseball%2FNew_owner_won_rsquo_t_change_Astros_rsquo__name_01-31-2012.html New Houston Astros owner Jim Crane says he won’t change the team’s name. Crane said last week he was considering a switch. But he emailed a video message to season-ticket holders on Monday saying, “one thing that we are not going to change is the name.” Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:15:20 GMT 7d8a71a343b0f4829bbd01d4084a71bc 2012-01-31T08:15:20Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182236&44=137647183&32=3991&7=192497&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fsports%2Fbaseball%2FRangers_land_a_whirling_Darvish_01-19-2012.html Yu Darvish is coming to America to pitch. Japan’s best pitcher and the Texas Rangers agreed before Wednesday’s deadline to a $60 million, six-year contract. In addition to the salary, the Rangers will pay a posting fee of $51,703,411 to the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters of Japan’s Pacific League. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:53:35 GMT 6826dc19aea2b7457092f8eae86923b7 2012-01-19T08:53:35Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182236&44=137547738&32=3991&7=192497&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fsports%2Fbaseball%2FLincecum_offered_record__17M_01-18-2012.html NEW YORK — Tim Lincecum asked San Francisco for $21.5 million in arbitration, just shy of the record for a player, and the Giants offered him a club-record $17 million Tuesday on a dizzying day when 79 players agreed to contracts. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:40:15 GMT 09b11d3f9bd0df2345e8e99063dc029f 2012-01-18T06:40:15Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182236&44=137237243&32=3991&7=192497&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fsports%2Fbaseball%2FSelig_gets_extension_though__rsquo_14_01-13-2012.html PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. — Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig says he couldn’t resist the pleas of team owners for him to stay on the job. His wife Sue has said all along there was no way her husband would walk away from the game. Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:20:34 GMT 92c2c8f18c862b90c64bd3bf5edd69c8 2012-01-13T06:20:34Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182236&44=136716193&32=3991&7=192497&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fsports%2Fbaseball%2FTorre_steps_down__may_buy_Dodgers_01-05-2012.html Joe Torre has resigned as Major League Baseball’s executive vice president for baseball operations to join a group trying to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers. Torre managed the Dodgers from 2008-10, then retired and joined MLB last February as a top aide to Commissioner Bud Selig. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:50:31 GMT 09bf883e379d9227f9be97601907c7c0 2012-01-05T08:50:31Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182236&44=136716058&32=3991&7=192497&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fsports%2Fbaseball%2FAP_source__Miami_gets_Zambrano_01-05-2012.html MIAMI — Carlos Zambrano will get a much-needed fresh start with the Miami Marlins. The Chicago Cubs traded their former ace Wednesday for Marlins right-hander Chris Volstad, pending physicals and approval by Major League Baseball, a person familiar with the negotiations said. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:49:43 GMT e2b331b039aa727ab9d2e02fa50d6437 2012-01-05T08:49:43Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182236&44=136127163&32=3991&7=192497&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fsports%2Fbaseball%2FCardinals_add_some_power_with_Beltran_12-23-2011.html ST. LOUIS — Carlos Beltran and the World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals agreed to a two-year contract pending results of a physical, a move that would fortify the team’s lineup following the departure of Albert Pujols. The team disclosed the agreement Thursday night and said it expects to make a formal announcement shortly after the holidays. Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:41:49 GMT ed00e68c16ae457b7ae77309081b0846 2011-12-23T08:41:49Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182236&44=136048808&32=3991&7=192497&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fsports%2Fbaseball%2FChicago_locks_up_Rose_with_5-year_extension_12-22-2011.html DEERFIELD, Ill. — Derrick Rose was going down the list, thanking just about everyone who helped him become one of the NBA’s best players, when he looked to his right. Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:10:27 GMT 8b3c5a012627722ed40836974c744517 2011-12-22T06:10:27Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182236&44=135906803&32=3991&7=192497&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fsports%2Fbaseball%2FPhiladelphia__Rollins_finalize___33_million__3-year_contract_12-20-2011.html PHILADELPHIA — When Jimmy Rollins had the chance to go somewhere else, he just couldn’t walk away from the Philadelphia Phillies. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:10:34 GMT 02d5448a538d4647be0c9522d30af5a9 2011-12-20T06:10:34Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182236&44=135637348&32=3991&7=192497&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fsports%2Fbaseball%2FBALCO__Bonds_saga_comes_to_quiet_conclusion_12-15-2011.html SAN FRANCISCO — The largest federal criminal investigation into sports doping began more than nine years ago with a tax agent digging through the trash of the now notorious Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative. Barring an appeal, the government’s work comes to an anti-climactic end Friday when Barry Bonds — the probe’s highest-profile catch — is sentenced for obstruction of justice. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:10:33 GMT 799a0959b3d288f1954b310574a6c908 2011-12-15T06:10:33Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182236&44=135422658&32=3991&7=192497&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fsports%2Fbaseball%2FBraun_doesn_rsquo_t_fit_stereotype_of_steroid_user_12-12-2011.html MILWAUKEE — Ryan Braun certainly doesn’t fit the image fans conjure up when they hear that a baseball slugger has been accused of using performance-enhancing drugs. Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:10:47 GMT fb86f2e63e2589eedf6aca3a5e174dba 2011-12-12T06:10:47Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182236&44=135398573&32=3991&7=192497&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fsports%2Fbaseball%2FMVP_Braun_tabbed_for_drug_use_12-11-2011.html NEW YORK — National League MVP Ryan Braun has tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance, a case still under appeal to an arbitrator under Major League Baseball’s drug program, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. Sun, 11 Dec 2011 08:10:31 GMT 5dac5fd0f7d21a850aa0c8646613696d 2011-12-11T08:10:31Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182236&44=135304528&32=3991&7=192497&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fsports%2Fbaseball%2FPujols_hits_jackpot_with_a_heavenly_deal_12-09-2011.html DALLAS — Albert Pujols could have been a wealthy Cardinal for life, planning for the day his statue would be erected outside Busch Stadium next to those of Stan Musial, Bob Gibson and the other St. Louis greats. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:25:33 GMT 26441cbd9c0df1436c2349a2ab906d37 2011-12-09T14:25:33Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182236&44=135304538&32=3991&7=192497&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fsports%2Fbaseball%2FSigning_shifts_power_in_American_League_OPINION_Jim_Litke_12-09-2011.html Kudos to whoever posted a security guard to watch over the statue of Albert Pujols outside his suburban St. Louis restaurant Thursday, even if that Albert Pujols stands 10 feet tall, weighs 1,100 pounds and hardly needed any protection. Let it be a lesson to the people in charge of the Cardinals’ baseball palace some 20 miles to the west. If only they’d paid more attention to the real-life version during the decade that Pujols toiled hard and honorably for the team, he might still be anchored there, too. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 06:30:14 GMT e0ef371b8bea04d442bced32e3a08d52 2011-12-09T06:30:14Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182236&44=135304533&32=3991&7=192497&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fsports%2Fbaseball%2FMarlins_adding_jewels_to_shiny__new_ballpark_12-09-2011.html MIAMI — A new playground for multimillionaires shimmers in the South Florida sun, all steel and glass and girders, looking like something beamed down from the future into the modest surrounding Little Havana neighborhood. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 06:30:12 GMT 8f58e4c80fdec52d475da34b48d72b1d 2011-12-09T06:30:12Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182236&44=135225713&32=3991&7=192497&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fsports%2Fbaseball%2FMarlins_reel_in_Buehrle_12-08-2011.html DALLAS — It is the new image of baseball’s moneyed elite: For the second time in three days, the Miami Marlins walked up to the winter meetings podium to introduce a high-priced free agent while working doggedly behind the scenes to bring more sparkling stars to baseball’s newest ballpark. Thu, 08 Dec 2011 06:10:25 GMT fdf2b104bb15f79b22d57f6b7fcdd42a 2011-12-08T06:10:25Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182236&44=135151078&32=3991&7=192497&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fsports%2Fbaseball%2FRollins_finds_little_interest_as_free_agent_12-07-2011.html When their 75-minute meeting with agent Dan Lozano ended Tuesday, Miami Marlins executives raced through the crowded lobby of the Hilton Anatole with reporters chasing and onlookers pointing. The Albert Pujols sweepstakes consumed this day for Lozano, who also represents Jimmy Rollins. Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:32:23 GMT cc825f86e1305f267b1e9e6482d6de3d 2011-12-07T08:32:23Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182236&44=135151063&32=3991&7=192497&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fsports%2Fbaseball%2FAnother_big_fish_hooked__12-07-2011.html DALLAS — Jeffrey Loria quickly marched down the hallway with his team president, trailed by their top aides, and hustled into a meeting room with a labor lawyer from Major League Baseball. Wed, 07 Dec 2011 06:50:25 GMT 38aa4829c861383d7c48871defcae54f 2011-12-07T06:50:25Z