Miguel Batista

Seattle Mariners Manager Don Wakamatsu calling out ace Felix Hernandez had an immediate and positive result for the Mariners: Chris Jakubauskas noticed. "I was watching them run all over the place," the fill-in starter said Wednesday about the Angels...

AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST LOS ANGELES ANGELS (100-62, 1st) MANAGER: Mike Scioscia (10th season) PAYROLL: $110 million X-FACTOR: Top prospect Nick Adenhart wasn't ready last year but if he breaks into the rotation the Angels will have tremendous depth in...

The Cubs should be media-savvy enough to know the unforgiving eye of the TV camera always is focused on their dugout, just in case something unusual happens. "I know that," Michael Barrett said, laughing. "I don't know if Rich [Hill] knew that, but I...

Suggestions, anyone? "I just checked my e-mail for what I should do or what kind of lineup I should make out," White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said Wednesday after the Sox fell 3-2 to the Mariners for their fourth consecutive loss. "There will be 120 e-...

Rookie Danny Richar hit his first major-league home run Friday night -- a grand slam. But it wasn't enough to prevent the leakage caused by Jose Contreras in his return to the rotation in the White Sox's 5-4 loss at Seattle. Although Contreras' fastball...

The Mariners open a three-game series against Minnesota tonight at Safeco Field.       Miguel Batista starts for the M's and Francisco Liriano for the Twins.       The Twins are in the Central Division race, only half a game behind the White Sox.      ...

 PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) - Don Wakamatsu already has his first managerial "win," two days before the Mariners' exhibition games begin.       Wakamatsu had made wearing the practice jersey with numbers on the back a rule after the first day of camp, partly so...

PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) - Rich Harden would prefer questions about his health to disappear. But because of arm problems the past few seasons, the issue won't go away for the Chicago Cubs right-hander. "I totally understand, that's just the way it is," said...

Jose Lopez came up the hero again. Lopez blooped an RBI single in the 15th inning and the Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 8-7 Sunday. "That's a game we could have easily folded up and went home, but we didn't," Seattle manager Don...

Why is it that no matter how well the White Sox are doing they play second fiddle to every other ball club in the league? They have been the best team in baseball this year and all anyone talks about is how long can they keep it up. Am I missing something...

Greg Maddux has a ton of accomplishments in his 20-year career, including four Cy Young Awards, five World Series starts and 323 career wins. But one thing he has yet to do is win a game in Phoenix. Maddux's renaissance took a slight detour Wednesday...

Jason Giambi's two-run single capped a four-run rally in the seventh inning, and the Oakland Athletics rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night. A's starter Dallas Braden (4-5) was unexpectedly rewarded for battling through...