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TOKYO (AP) Byung Ho Park bolstered his MLB credentials with a three-run homer in the fifth inning as South Korea routed the United States 8-0 Saturday to win the inaugural Premier12 baseball tournament.Hyun Soo Kim added to a 2-0 lead with a bases-loaded double to make it 4-0...

MILWAUKEE (AP) The Brewers' youth movement is carrying over to the front office.Milwaukee hired 30-year-old David Stearns on Monday to take over as general manager. Stearns replaces Doug Melvin, a baseball lifer who announced last month that he was stepping down following a 13-year tenure.Stearns had been with...

MIAMI (AP) Even by the Miami Marlins' thrifty standards, reigning NL batting champion Dee Gordon deserved a long-term deal.Gordon avoided salary arbitration and agreed to a $50 million, five-year contract with Miami, a person familiar with the negotiations said Wednesday. The person confirmed the deal to The Associated...

AP Sports WriterToronto-Texas feud simmering since playoffs erupts in brawlBy SCHUYLER DIXONARLINGTON, Texas (AP) A feud simmering since Jose Bautista's bat flip in last year's AL division series boiled over into a brawl in the final game of the season between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Texas...

Wesley Wright agrees to minor league deal with Texas RangersARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Left-handed reliever Wesley Wright has agreed to a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers and will report to major league spring training.The club also said Friday that right-hander Brady Dragmire has cleared waivers and been...

The Latest: Cubs starting Schwarber at DH in Series openerCLEVELAND (AP) The Latest on the World Series (all times Eastern):4:10 p.m.Chicago Cubs slugger Kyle Schwarber is starting Tuesday night's World Series opener against the Cleveland Indians at designated hitter.Schwarber is batting fifth in Game 1 against starter Cleveland...

AP Sports WriterSager surrounded by family for memorable return to WrigleyBy JAY COHENCHICAGO (AP) Craig Sager carried around a picture from his childhood with Billy Williams, and he showed it to the Hall of Fame slugger in the home dugout at Wrigley Field. He introduced his family to...

LEADING OFF: Indians play home opener, Red Sox fight fluBy The Associated PressA look at what's happening all around the majors Tuesday:---HELLO AGAINThe Indians play their first game in Cleveland since losing an epic Game 7 to the Chicago Cubs in the World Series last season. Most of the...

Associated PressTanaka says he isn't thinking about ability to opt outBy MARK DIDTLERTAMPA, Fla. (AP) New York Yankees ace Masahiro Tanaka says he is not thinking about his opt-out provision.Tanaka's $155 million, seven-year contract allows him to terminate the deal after this season, give up a $23 million...

Yovani Gallardo grew up watching the Texas Rangers, often going to their ballpark and dreaming of one day pitching in big games for his local team.''Even with my cousins, it's one of those things we always talked about, having that goal for myself to put on the Ranger uniform...

LOS ANGELES (AP) Don Mattingly won't return as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers next year after agreeing with his bosses that he and the team needed a fresh start.Before they came to that decision, the parties discussed extending Mattingly's contract beyond next year, its final season.''When we...

CINCINNATI (AP) Pete Rose's application for reinstatement was rejected Monday by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred, who cited his continued gambling.Rose agreed to a lifetime ban from baseball in August 1989 after an investigation for Major League Baseball by lawyer John Dowd concluded Rose placed numerous bets on the...