Baseball

Stolen away: Brooklyn pitcher Carl Erskine recalls 1951 sign-stealing scam

NEW YORK – Stealing signals. Banging on a trash can. Beating the Dodgers in October.Sounds…

Mets remain silent on new manager Carlos Beltran’s future with team

NEW YORK – While the Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox took decisive action in…

Blue Jays newcomer Shun Yamaguchi excited about change of scenery, opportunity to pitch in majors

TORONTO – Right-hander Shun Yamaguchi, the newest addition to the Toronto Blue Jays’ pitching staff,…

Israel’s baseball team hopes to keep surprising run going at Tokyo Olympics

TEL AVIV – As a baseball-crazed kid growing up in Miami, Danny Valencia dreamed of…

MLB could fight tech with tech to stop sign stealing

PHOENIX – If Major League Baseball really wants to stop its teams from electronically stealing…

Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame voters strike out on Tuffy Rhodes again

Tuffy Rhodes could be tough to figure out.Sometimes, he’d flash a big smile and crack…

Red Sox manager Alex Cora fired in sign-stealing scandal

BOSTON – The Boston Red Sox fired manager Alex Cora on Tuesday, a day after…

Former Hanshin Tigers catcher Koichi Tabuchi headlines Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2020 class

Koichi Tabuchi touched Senichi Hoshino’s Hall of Fame plaque and jokingly wondered why his friend…

Astros fire manager AJ Hinch, GM after MLB bans them for sign-stealing scandal

HOUSTON – The Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scandal cost manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff…

Samurai Japan has chance to reach new audience at Tokyo Olympics

Samurai Japan manager Atsunori Inaba, during a lecture in Hokkaido last month, noted there was…