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Colby Ramus, Tampa Bay Rays finalize $5M, 1-year contractST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Free agent outfielder Colby Rasmus and the Tampa Bay Rays have finalized a $5 million, one-year contract.Ramus can earn an additional $2 million in performance bonuses, the Rays said Monday.The 30-year-old has a .241 career average...

CLEVELAND (AP) A person familiar with the decision says Indians president Mark Shapiro is leaving the team to take the same job with the Toronto Blue Jays.Shapiro, who has been with Cleveland since 1992, will replace Paul Beeston, Toronto's CEO and president who is retiring. The teams will...

Associated PressStruggling Shields vows to keep pitching despite back painBy MIKE CRANSTONCHICAGO (AP) White Sox right-hander James Shields vowed Tuesday to stay in the rotation despite back pain and asked for patience from fans amid the worst season of his career.A day after Chicago manager Robin Ventura suggested...

All those home runs by Aaron Judge, all those wins by the Los Angeles Dodgers, nicely done. Except none of that matters now - a sinker that bounces to the backstop, a liner that hooks barely foul, the whole script flips. October has a way of doing that. The Major League...

MIAMI (AP) Moments into his introductory news conference with the Miami Marlins, Don Mattingly peeled off his sport coat to try on a team jersey for the cameras.''I'm hoping I'm not sweating underneath,'' he said with a smile.Mattingly hasn't lost a game yet, and he's already feeling the...

MIAMI (AP) The Miami Marlins have fired Tommy Hutton, their TV analyst for 19 years.The team said Tuesday it decided to go in a different direction and didn't elaborate on its decision.Hutton has spent 51 years in professional baseball. He played in the majors from 1966 to 1981.The...

Mariners, Safeco not extending naming rights dealSEATTLE (AP) The Seattle Mariners and Safeco Insurance announced Tuesday that they will end their stadium naming rights partnership after the 2018 season.Safeco Insurance has held the naming rights for the stadium since 1998, a year before Safeco Field opened.Safeco Insurance President...

MIAMI (AP) The Marlins managed nine hits against Bartolo Colon but couldn't score.The veteran right-hander pitched a nine-hitter and made a nifty behind-the-back toss on a grounder, and the New York Mets hit three homers in a 7-0 victory over Miami on Saturday night.J.T. Realmoto's double in the...

WASHINGTON (AP) Until he gets another start, Matt Harvey can ponder a Mets comeback that bailed him out in a big gameKirk Nieuwenhuis hit a tiebreaking, pinch-hit homer in the eighth inning off Jonathan Papelbon as the resilient Mets rallied from a six-run deficit to beat the Washington...

AP Baseball WriterBranca, pitcher who gave up 'Shot Heard 'Round World,' diesBy BEN WALKERRalph Branca's career was defined by that one high-and-inside fastball.The Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher who gave up Bobby Thomson's famed "Shot Heard `Round the World" that still echoes more than six decades later as one of the...

Miller goes to arbitration after awful start with D-backsST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Pitcher Shelby Miller has argued his salary arbitration case against Arizona after an awful first season with the Diamondbacks.A 26-year-old right-hander, Miller asked arbitrators Andrew Strongin, James Oldham and Phillip LaPorte for $5.1 million. Arizona argued...

Associated PressRookie shortstop Ahmed Rosario rising fast in Mets' futureBy BILL WHITEHEADPORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) In a New York Mets' clubhouse where Spanish words flow freely, a two-word description of Amed Rosario might be the best in any language.El Futuro.You don't have to be a slick-fielding, multi-skilled,...