WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Washington Nationals have signed second baseman Adam Kennedy to a one-year $1.25 million contract, the team said on Friday. The deal includes a $2 million club option in 2011 for the former Oakland Athletics player, the Nationals reported on their website (http://washington.nationals.mlb.com). "I really like Adam a lot as a player," manager ...

The 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 in September averaged $2,996,000, according to the annual report of the players' association ...

Andre Ethier belted a two-run homer and Vincente Padilla pitched seven shutout innings as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat St. Louis 5-1 to sweep their first-round playoff series. Manny Ramirez busted out of his long slump by knocking in two runs for the Dodgers, who won the best-of-five series 3-0 and advanced to the National League championhip series for the ...

Colorado at Philadelphia, 2:37 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8 Colorado at Philadelphia, 2:37 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10 Philadelphia at Colorado, 9:37 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11 Philadelphia at Colorado, TBA, if necessary Tuesday, Oct. 13 Colorado at Philadelphia, TBA, if necessary ___ L.A. Dodgers vs. St. Louis Wednesday, Oct. 7 St. Louis at L.A ...

Mr. Sun, Is it true that the streets named for cities near the Stratosphere reflect the Major League Baseball standings of the teams in those cities at the time? Local lore says thatÕs why Las Vegas has those short avenues named for New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Boston, Baltimore, Cleveland and Cincinnati. The source for that explanation is early ...

Rich Harden pitched six stellar innings to win a day game at Wrigley Field for the first time since last August and the Chicago Cubs moved into first place with a 5-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday. The Cubs have won 10 of their last 13 games to ...

ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Adam Jones's sacrifice fly in the eighth inning drove in the winning run to help the American League beat the National League 4-3 in Major League Baseball's All-Star Game on Tuesday. The victory was the American League team's 12th in the past 13 years, making it the longest All-Star unbeaten streak. The 2002 game ...

All five living presidents will appear in a video shown before next week's All-Star game. Major League Baseball said Tuesday it's the first time every living president will participate in a ceremony at a sports event. President Barack Obama will then throw out the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Yankees pitcher Wang Chien-ming has been placed on the 15-day disabled list after straining his right shoulder on Saturday, the team said. "He's not going to throw until we get back from the All-Star break, (when he'll) start playing catch. That's a couple weeks away, and then we'll go from there ...