Topic: Minnesota

Andy Pettitte to start Game 2 for Yankees, Phil Hughes goes in Game 3The New York Yankees have bumped struggling starter A.J. Burnett to the bullpen for the AL playoffs against Minnesota.Game 1 starter CC Sabathia would start on three days' rest ...
Texas, ranked 23rd according to Major League Baseball's latest payroll figures, won the AL West. Tampa Bay, just 20th, beat out the high-spending New York Yankees and Boston to win the AL East. Cincinnati won the NL Central and is going to ...
Several states, including Colorado, Arizona, Florida, Minnesota, Tennessee and Texas, already allow school bus advertising. Opponents of school bus ads say there is scant evidence that these ads generate much revenue, and point out that ads by some political groups -- picture ...
Average baseball salary falls just short of $3 million this yearThe average baseball salary fell just short of $3 million this year, with the percentage increase slowing to its lowest level since 2004.The 926 players in the major leagues before rosters expanded ...
A-Rod's swinging strong, but starting pitching in prime form for Yankees after sweep of TwinsCC Sabathia was superb, A.J. Burnett followed suit and Andy Pettitte added to his resume of postseason success.While everyone was talking about Alex Rodriguez's breakthrough playoff performance, the ...
Davis, DeMuth, Tschida and West picked as umpire crew chiefs for 1st round of playoffsGerry Davis, Dana DeMuth, Tim Tschida and Joe West have been selected as the umpire crew chiefs for the first round of the playoffs.Davis will work the series ...

The Yankees Make the Playoffs

The New York Yankees became the first team to make the postseason as Texas lost to Oakland on Tuesday night, meaning the Yankees cannot mathematically finish behind the No. 2 team in the wild-card race. The Yankees then rallied to beat the ...

American League Standings

All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Toronto 5 2 .714 _ Baltimore 4 2 .667 1/2 New York 3 3 .500 1 1/2 Tampa Bay 3 3 .500 1 1/2 Boston 2 3 .400 2 Central Division W L ...

National League Standings

WLPctGB New York36 26 .581_ Atlanta 35 29 .547 2 Philadelphia 33 31 .516 4 Florida 31 33 .484 6 Washington26 37 .41310 1/2 Central Division WLPctGB Milwaukee 34 29 .540_ Chicago 28 34 .452 5 1/2 St. Louis 27 33 .450 ...