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NEW YORK (AP) - Pete Rose is getting back in baseball while he awaits a ruling on his reinstatement request - as a television analyst.The career hits leader, who agreed to a lifetime ban from the sport 26 years ago, has been hired by Fox as a guest studio...

A look at what's happening all around the major leagues Wednesday:---CLOSING TIMEThe Royals plan to activate All-Star closer Greg Holland (strained pectoral muscle) before their game against Cleveland. It might be just in time, too. Fellow reliever Kelvin Herrera had his appeal heard Monday by Major League Baseball in...

PHOENIX (AP) Cory Hahn had his dream of playing professional baseball snatched away by a freak accident on a baseball diamond.That forced Hahn to shift his dream to another aspect of baseball: Running a major league team.A quick study with beyond-his-years baseball knowledge, he appears to be on...

TORONTO (AP) Troy Tulowitzki and Josh Donaldson each homered in a six-run third inning as Toronto's bats broke out at home for an 11-8 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Monday night that trimmed the Blue Jays' deficit to 2-1 in the American League Championship SeriesRyan Goins...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Alcides Escobar sped into second, turned and saw third base coach Mike Jirschele jumping and waving him toward third. And Jirschele kept waving him home.''I said wow! I have a chance to make this,'' Escobar said. ''That's nice. That's a lot of fun right...

Venezuela rallies to beat Dominican in Caribbean SeriesBy The Associated PressMEXICO CITY (AP) Rene Reyes hit a two-run homer to cap a three-run rally with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning and Venezuela beat the Dominican Republic 4-3 on Sunday in the Caribbean Series.With Venezuela...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Astros have left veteran reliever Chad Qualls, part of their last playoff team in 2005, off their roster for their AL Division Series against the Kansas City Royals.Qualls was on the 25-man roster for the Astros' wild-card game against the Yankees but did...

Bregman powers Astros past Indians to boost playoff hopesCLEVELAND (AP) Houston rookie Alex Bregman continued his hot hitting with a two-run homer that helped the Astros beat Cleveland 6-2 on Monday to boost their playoff hopes while ending the Indians' six-game winning streak.The Astros stayed within two games...

The OAKLAND and the BOSTON will both be gunning for a victory on 9/12/2017 at 7:10 PM when they meet in a game matchup. GAME: Oakland Athletics (63-80) at Boston Red Sox (81-62) DATE/TIME: Tuesday, September 12 - 7:10 PM EST WHERE: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts ROT TEAM PS OU RL 969 OAKLAND 9.5 (-175) (-175) 9.5 (-110) 165 -175 970 BOSTON TV: 7:10 p.m. ET, NBCSN California (Oakland), NESN (Boston) PITCHING...

ATLANTA (AP) The Mets left slugger Yoenis Cespedes out of the starting lineup Sunday for just the second time since he was acquired from Detroit on July 31.Cespedes had declined manager Terry Collins' offer for extra rest Saturday night, then changed his mind. Cespedes hit his eighth homer...

Locke, Ellis, McGowan finalize deals with MarlinsMIAMI (AP) Left-hander Jeff Locke has signed his $3,025,000, one-year deal with the Miami Marlins.The team also announced contracts with catcher A.J. Ellis and right-hander Dustin McGowan on Monday. The deals were reached last week at the winter meetings.Locke's deal includes performance...

The SEATTLE and the LA ANGELS will both be gunning for a victory on 10/1/2017 at 3:05 PM when they meet in a game matchup. GAME: Seattle Mariners (78-83) at Los Angeles Angels (79-82) DATE/TIME: Sunday, October 01 - 3:07 PM EST WHERE: Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, California ROT TEAM PS OU RL 921 SEATTLE 8.5 (105) (115) 8.5 (-110) -125 115 922 LA ANGELS TV: 3:07 p.m. ET, TBS,...