Voice of America
The United States had edged Puerto Rico to advance to the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic.
After trailing most of the game, Team USA needed strong hitting and some luck in the bottom of the ninth inning to overcome a two-run deficit against Puerto Rico. The United States got a break when [...]

WASHINGTON — Miguel Tejada, a Major League Baseball (MLB) player, has pled guilty to misrepresentations to a Congressional Committee investigating the wrongful use of steroids and other performance enhancing drugs in baseball, U.S. Attorney Jeffrey A. Taylor and Joseph Persichini, Jr., Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, announced.
Tejada, 34, of the [...]

Voice of America
WASHINGTON — Major League Baseball star Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees has admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs between 2001 and 2003, when he was a member of the Texas Rangers. The three-time American League Most Valuable Player made the admission on Monday in an exclusive interview with the cable sports television [...]

By Todd DeFeo
HarpBlaster.com News Wire
FLUSHING, N.Y. – When it comes to baseball stadiums, Shea Stadium doesn’t usually top the most charming ballpark list.
The so-called “cookie cutter” stadium opened in 1964 as the home of the hapless New York Mets and the New York Jets until 1983 when they left the city and started calling New [...]

By Parke Brewer
Voice of America
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 30, 2008 — The Philadelphia Phillies are the 2008 World Series baseball champions, after beating the Tampa Bay Rays, 4-3, in a game that had been suspended Monday night because of rain.
The Philadelphia Phillies of the National League have won the best-of-seven World Series against the American League’s Tampa [...]

Voice of America
The U.S. State Department says baseball great Cal Ripken, Jr., will visit Nicaragua in mid-November in his role as an American public diplomacy envoy.
A statement issued Wednesday says Ripken will make the five-day trip with Nicaraguan native Dennis Martinez, who played with Ripken for the Baltimore Orioles.
During the trip, Ripken and his group [...]

By Parke Brewer
Voice of America
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 28, 2008 — Heavy rain forced the suspension of Game 5 of the World Series in Philadelphia on Monday night. And with bad weather remaining in the area, Major League Baseball officials decided they will not try to resume play between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Tampa Bay Rays [...]

By Parke Brewer
Voice of America
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 28, 2008 — Heavy rain forced the suspension of Game Five of Major League Baseball’s World Series in Philadelphia, Monday night. The host Philadelphia Phillies and Tampa Bay Rays were tied a 2-all in the sixth inning when field conditions were ruled unplayable.
Early in the game there was just [...]

By Parke Brewer
Voice of America
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 27, 2008 — The Philadelphia Phillies have taken a three-games-to-one lead in Major League Baseball’s best-of-seven World Series. The host Phillies trounced the Tampa Bay Rays, 10-2, Sunday night, in Game Four.
This was the first lopsided game of this World Series. The Phillies ran up the score by blasting [...]

By Parke Brewer
Voice of America
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 26, 2008 — The Philadelphia Phillies have taken a two games to one lead in Major League Baseball’s best-of-seven World Series. The host Phillies beat the Tampa Bay Rays, 5-4, in a dramatic Game 3 contest that ended well past midnight Saturday.
The Phillies scored on a short infield hit [...]