With baseball general managers set to discuss instant replay next week, the new league negotiator for major league umpires wants his members included in any talks. Baseball has resisted replays to help decide calls, but several GMs would like to see it adopted to determine whether home runs stayed fair or went foul, and whether balls at the tops of fences went over.
Bobby Abreu’s $16 million option for next season was exercised Friday by the New York Yankees. The 33-year-old right fielder overcame a slow start to hit .283 with 16 homers and 101 RBIs this year, when he finished second in the AL behind teammate Alex Rodriguez with 123 runs. Abreau has reached 100 RBIs in five consecutive seasons.
The Yankees were told by agent Scott Boras that they could not meet with Alex Rodriguez unless they presented an extension offer that guaranteed the star $350 million “as a floor.” Boras’ remarks, first reported Friday by ESPN.com, were made Oct. 25 during a conversation between the agent and general manager Brian Cashman, a baseball official said Friday, speaking on condition of anonymity because…
Tim Wakefield’s $4 million option was exercised Friday by the Boston Red Sox after the knuckleballer missed the World Series because of inflammation behind his right shoulder. The World Series champions also exercised a $3.85 million option on right-hander Julian Tavarez, announced catcher Kevin Cash had declined an outright assignment to Triple-A Pawtucket and elected to become a free agent, and…
Boston Red Sox pitching coach John Farrell pulled his name out of consideration Friday for the Pittsburgh Pirates’ managing job. Farrell wants to manage in the majors, and he moved from Cleveland’s front office to the Red Sox’s bench last season partly for that reason. Farrell, however, said in a statement that this is not the right time to leave a World Series-winning club.
The new Joe sounded more reticent than the old one. Joe Girardi appeared at Yankee Stadium for the first time since he was hired this week to replace Joe Torre, put on a pinstriped jersey with No. 27 and discussed his new job. He was asked which areas the Yankees need improve. “In my heart I have feelings of what we have to do, OK?
Joe Torre was an immediate success with the New York Yankees, managing them to four World Series titles in his first five years on the job. The Los Angeles Dodgers can only hope for similar results. Torre, who grew up in Brooklyn rooting against the Dodgers, was hired Thursday as their manager — a half-century after they moved west.
Watch the Raptors’ Chris Bosh nail a three-quarter court shot before the first-half buzzer for the Haier Play of the Day Nov. 2, 2007.
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King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia receives a ceremonial welcome from the Queen in central London.
An expert tells the race-fixing trial that jockey Kieren Fallon’s ride during a race in question was "quite extraordinary".
