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AP Baseball WriterRangers working to lay foundation for success in new parkBy STEPHEN HAWKINSARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Elvis Andrus and the Texas Rangers have left the building, the ballpark the team called home for 26 seasons.While their new stadium with a retractable roof is still being built across the...

AP Sports WriterDavid Ross on list of possible candidates for Cubs managerBy JAY COHENCHICAGO (AP) The field of candidates to be the next manager of the Chicago Cubs is beginning to take shape.President of baseball operations Theo Epstein said Monday that former catcher David Ross is on the...

AP Sports WriterPirates fire manager Clint Hurdle after 2nd half collapseBy WILL GRAVESPITTSBURGH (AP) The Pirates fired manager Clint Hurdle before Sunday's regular season finale against Cincinnati following a stunning second-half collapse that dropped Pittsburgh to the bottom of the National League Central and included a series of...

AP Sports WriterManager Joe Maddon won't be back with Cubs next seasonBy JAY COHENFrom the moment Joe Maddon joined the Chicago Cubs, taking the reins in a Wrigleyville bar five years ago, he talked about winning.He was the right manager at the right time for a franchise that had...

Associated PressAnderson earns AL batting title at .335 as White Sox winBy JOHN JACKSONCHICAGO (AP) Tim Anderson became the third Chicago White Sox player to win an American League batting title, finishing at .335 after going 0 for 2 in a season-ending 5-3 win over the worst-in-the-majors Detroit...

AP Sports WriterPirates fire manager Clint Hurdle after 2nd half collapseBy WILL GRAVESPITTSBURGH (AP) Clint Hurdle's booming voice and unrelenting optimism helped shake the Pittsburgh Pirates out of two decades of misery. His charisma gave the moribund franchise an identity, one that reconnected the franchise with a fan...

AP Sports WriterHurdle fired, Reds beat Pirates 3-1 in season finaleBy WILL GRAVESPITTSBURGH (AP) Aristides Aquino hit his 19th home run, Tyler Mahle pitched five shutout innings to pick up his first win since May and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pirates 3-1 Sunday shortly after Pittsburgh fired...

AP Sports WriterManager Joe Maddon won't be back with Cubs next seasonBy JAY COHENFrom the moment Joe Maddon joined the Chicago Cubs, taking the reins in a Wrigleyville bar five years ago, he talked about winning.He was the right manager at the right time for a franchise that had...

AP Sports WriterPirates fire manager Clint Hurdle after 2nd half collapseBy WILL GRAVESPITTSBURGH (AP) Clint Hurdle's booming voice and unrelenting optimism helped shake the Pittsburgh Pirates out of two decades of misery. His charisma gave the moribund franchise an identity, one that reconnected the franchise with a fan...

AP Sports WriterManager Joe Maddon won't be back with Cubs next seasonBy JAY COHENFrom the moment Joe Maddon joined the Chicago Cubs, taking the reins in a Wrigleyville bar five years ago, he talked about winning.He was the right manager at the right time for a franchise that had...

AP Sports WriterManager Joe Maddon won't be back with Cubs next seasonBy JAY COHENFrom the moment Joe Maddon joined the Chicago Cubs, taking the reins in a Wrigleyville bar five years ago, he talked about winning.He was the right manager at the right time for a franchise that had...

AP Sports WriterPirates fire manager Clint Hurdle after 2nd half collapseBy WILL GRAVESPITTSBURGH (AP) The Pirates fired manager Clint Hurdle before Sunday's regular season finale against Cincinnati following a stunning second-half collapse that dropped Pittsburgh to the bottom of the National League Central and included a series of...