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Cubans embrace baseball classic runner-up
Mar 21 2006 11:09PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Cubans lined the streets by the thousands Tuesday to welcome their national baseball team home, waving flags, roaring cheers and clutching flowers. Despite Cuba's loss to Japan in the final, even Fidel Castro was in a jovial mood.
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Perez to start opener for Pirates
Mar 21 2006 8:31PM (CT)
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) - Oliver Perez will start the Pittsburgh Pirates' season opener on April 3 rather than 2005 rookie star Zach Duke.
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Soriano situation on hold for a day
Mar 21 2006 8:26PM (CT)
VIERA, Fla. (AP) - Alfonso Soriano and the Washington Nationals were stuck in a holding pattern Tuesday. The team had a day off, and no one seems to know whether he will agree to move from second base to left field.
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Classic championship draws 1.8 rating
Mar 21 2006 8:17PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Japan's victory 10-6 over Cuba in the championship game of the World Baseball Classic drew a 1.8 rating, bumping up ESPN's average rating for the 12 games it aired to 1.1.
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Travel delays bog down Giants' Bonds
Mar 21 2006 7:55PM (CT)
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Barry Bonds was excused from the Giants' exhibition game Tuesday against the Oakland Athletics, and is expected back in the lineup Wednesday night.
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Arroyo sad about leaving Red Sox
Mar 21 2006 5:49PM (CT)
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) - Bronson Arroyo clutched his going-away gift, a black autographed bat from Manny Ramirez. A delivery containing a 3-wood golf club arrived as the pitcher stood in the clubhouse he would soon leave.
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Yankees' Wang pitches minor league game
Mar 21 2006 4:35PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - New York Yankees pitcher Chien-Ming Wang allowed five runs and seven hits in 3 2-3 innings of a minor league game on Tuesday.
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Braves' Andruw Jones tries to keep pace
Mar 21 2006 4:32PM (CT)
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) - Almost a decade behind schedule, Andruw Jones finally had the kind of season everyone expected of the teenager from Curacao who hit two homers in his first World Series game.
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Reds acquire catcher Ross from Padres
Mar 21 2006 4:11PM (CT)
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) - The Cincinnati Reds acquired catcher David Ross on Tuesday in a trade with the San Diego Padres for right-hander Bobby Basham.
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Reds acquire catcher Ross from Padres
Mar 21 2006 3:44PM (CT)
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) - The Cincinnati Reds acquired catcher David Ross on Tuesday in a trade with the San Diego Padres for right-hander Bobby Basham.
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Bucs send Burnett, Gorzelanny to Triple-A
Mar 21 2006 2:33PM (CT)
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) - Left-handers Sean Burnett and Tom Gorzelanny, two of the Pittsburgh Pirates' top prospects, were optioned to Triple-A among 11 roster cuts Tuesday _ leaving four pitchers competing for the final two spots in the season-opening rotation.
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Pirates' Wilson puzzled by benching
Mar 21 2006 5:05AM (CT)
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) - Craig Wilson was so valuable to the Pittsburgh Pirates two years ago, he didn't get a day off until mid-July.
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Japan euphoric over win in Classic final
Mar 21 2006 5:00AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese fans sang "We are the Champions" and jumped up and down Tuesday as their team won the first World Baseball Classic.
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Baseball crazy Cubans disappointed by loss
Mar 21 2006 4:55AM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - A stunned silence fell across hundreds of fans crowded around a giant outdoor television screen in Parque Central early Tuesday as they watched Japan beat their beloved Cuban national team 10-6 in the World Baseball Classic final.
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Japan beats Cuba 10-6 to capture classic
Mar 21 2006 4:53AM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The Japanese players tossed manager Sadaharu Oh in the air, took a victory lap with a giant flag and headed into the clubhouse for a champagne celebration.
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