world series champion

Ruben Amaro Jr. will replace Pat Gillick as general manager of the World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies on Monday.

Amaro just completed his 10th season as assistant GM and was considered the front-runner for the job after Gillick said last year this would be his last season.

The Phillies will introduce Amaro at a news conference Monday, just five days after the team beat the Tampa Bay Rays to...

It is now time, whether all those playoff-privileged East Coast fans want to admit it or not, to face up to the very tangible possibility that both the Yankees and the defending World Series champion Red Sox might be on the outside looking in this postseason.

Alex Rodriguez won the popular vote and a slew of Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs will join him in the starting lineup at the All-Star game.

Manny Ramirez, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia and Kevin Youkilis were elected by fans from the World Series champion Red Sox.

Alfonso Soriano, Kosuke Fukudome and rookie catcher Geovany Soto of the Cubs were chosen in results announced Sunday.

Two dozen cameramen raced for position. Four boom mikes loomed overhead. One country was back in the throes of Dice-K mania.

Daisuke Matsuzaka stood at the edge of the Tokyo Dome dugout after Friday's workout as photographers clicked away, a national treasure coming back as a World Series champion to the field where he made his pro debut eight years ago as an 18-year-old fireballer.