Topic: AL East
The Boston Red Sox introduced Ben Cherington as their new general manager on Tuesday, promoting him after his three seasons as Theo Epstein's assistant -- and this season's major collapse.Cherington appeared at a press conference hours after the Cubs introduced Epstein as ...
Boston Red Sox pitcher John Lackey will have reconstructive surgery on his right pitching elbow and miss the 2012 baseball season.Ben Cherington delivered the news on Tuesday, at the press conference where he was introduced as the new general manager of the ...
The Chicago Cubs officially introduced Theo Epstein as their new president of baseball operations on Tuesday, the luckless Cubs hoping he can help them end a title drought as he did the Boston Red Sox."Baseball is best of all when you win. ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Theo Epstein took the reins of the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday, declaring he would engineer a "culture change" for the long-suffering club and recreate the excitement he had with his former team, the Boston Red Sox.Epstein, 37, acknowledged he ...
ARLINGTON, Texas (Reuters) - Jose Bautista of the Toronto Blue Jays and Matt Kemp of the Los Angeles Dodgers were named winners Monday of the Hank Aaron Award as the outstanding offensive players in their respective leagues.Bautista led the majors leagues in ...
The anticipated move of Theo Epstein from the front office of the Boston Red Sox to the Chicago Cubs was made official.Epstein, whose move had been rumored and reported for more than a week, officially resigned as Red Sox general manager to ...
(Reuters) - Theo Epstein, who helped the Boston Red Sox snap an 86-year World Series drought, has agreed to become president of baseball operations for the Chicago Cubs where he will try to lead the team to their first championship in over ...
St. Louis outfielder Lance Berkman and Boston's Jacoby Ellsbury were named baseball's 2011 Comeback Players of the Year on Thursday.Ellsbury, who played only 18 games in 2010 because of injuries, rebounded with a season in which he posted career highs in nearly ...
(Reuters) - Detroit Tigers slugger Delmon Young will miss the American League Championship Series against the Texas Rangers because of a strained stomach muscle, the team said just hours before the first game was due to start on Saturday.Young, Detroit's left fielder, ...
(Reuters) - On paper, the Texas Rangers look to have some advantages in their American League Championship Series (ALCS) against the Detroit Tigers, but playoffs are won and lost on the field as the New York Yankees would attest.The defending American League ...
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