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One day early this season, Padres first baseman Wil Myers stopped by manager Andy Green's office with a question. He left feeling better informed. Soon, a habit developed.

"I don't really know if it was just like, 'Hey, ...Read more

Essentially starting from the Penguins' first day of training camp in September, this question has been hanging over them:

Could they be the first team in nearly 20 years to successfully defend their Stanley Cup title?

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MIAMI -- For the first time since visiting San Diego last month, the Miami Marlins won a series Sunday.

The Marlins topped the Angels, 9-2, behind another big day from rookie shortstop J.T. Riddle to take two of three ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- Phillies right-hander Zach Eflin will surely be glad to flip the calendar. Eflin, like his team, has had a rough month of May that continued Sunday with an 8-4 loss to the Cincinnati Reds at Citizens Bank ...Read more

MIAMI -- The Angels' 10-game trip down the East Coast ended in disturbing fashion on Sunday.

Mike Trout left the game after spraining his left thumb. Trout underwent X-rays, which showed no fracture. There was no ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO -- Like Matt Cain, San Francisco Giants starter Ty Blach continues to dish out his best stuff in the pitcher-friendly confines of AT&T Park.

The only difference is that Blach actually received some run ...Read more

DENVER--Leave it to Adam Wainwright to throw a hairpin curve in his season.

After two successful, resurgent starts at home, the St. Louis Cardinals' veteran starter took his new look on the road for seven shutout innings ...Read more

MILWAUKEE -- With a five-game losing streak and coming off perhaps their toughest loss of the season, the Milwaukee Brewers needed somebody to step up in a big way.

Right-hander Chase Anderson did so in dramatic fashion. ...Read more

LOS ANGELES--The scene was among the most compelling in last year's "Hard Knocks" series about the Rams.

Lamarcus Joyner, a slot cornerback, met with former coach Jeff Fisher to explain his absence from a training camp ...Read more

HOUSTON -- The Orioles' struggles suddenly have them closer to the American League East cellar than first place, which they occupied at least a share of for 35 days in the season's first two months.

They suffered their ...Read more

PITTSBURGH -- The flock of New Yorkers gathered behind the visitor's dugout at PNC Park before Saturday's game serenaded Mets manager Terry Collins, standing nearby, with a song for his 68th birthday. Collins waved and ...Read more

CHICAGO -- The buck stopped here.

With the Tigers struggling to hit much of anything Saturday afternoon, losing the opener of a straight doubleheader in missed-opportunity fashion, in stepped right-hander Buck Farmer.

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CLEVELAND -- Some 10 minutes after he was ejected from Saturday's game, Royals manager Ned Yost took a telephone call in his office. His wife had put their 3-year-old grandson, Jordan, on the phone, and Jordan got straight...Read more

MIAMI -- Giancarlo Stanton laid down the gauntlet the night before with a monster home run.

Angels superstar Mike Trout wasted no time answering in the first inning Saturday with a moonshot over the Budweiser Bar onto the...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Just hours after the Padres watched Max Scherzer record a season-high 13 strikeouts, they helped San Diego State product Stephen Strasburg to a personal best.

Strasburg collected 15 strikeouts, a career high...Read more

TORONTO -- Just as they did while winning 10 consecutive games in mid-May, the Texas Rangers are now finding different ways to lose from night to night.

A decent outing by starter Yu Darvish on Saturday afternoon at ...Read more

BOSTON -- "This is embarrassing."

Nelson Cruz said it. Scott Servais hinted at it. And the rest of the Mariners players and staff in the cramped visitor's clubhouse had to be thinking it as they sat in silence following a...Read more