Tag: Baseball
Seven sports battle for Olympic inclusion
Seven sports bidding for two places on the Olympic Games program have made their pitch to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) hoping to make the cut next year.[MORE]
Phillies take World Series crown
The Philadelphia Phillies ended their long wait for a World Series title with a short burst of baseball as they clinched the crown by completing a rain-suspended 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.[MORE]
Baseball federation announces shield roadshow
The Australian Baseball Federation has announced an expanded Claxton Shield series that will take the game to regional centres around Australia.[MORE]
World Series game five on hold again
Plans to restart game five of baseball's World Series have been washed out after gusting winds, rain and even snow swept through the Philadelphia area.[MORE]
Soggy World Series game suspended at 2-2
Game five of the World Series was suspended in Philadelphia this afternoon (Australian time) with Philadelphia and Tampa Bay deadlocked 2-2 as heavy rain left the field virtually unplayable.[MORE]
Phillies edge closer to World Series title
The Philadelphia Phillies crushed the Tampa Bay Rays 10-2 in Game Four today to move within one win of their first World Series crown in 28 years.[MORE]
Phillies seize World Series advantage
Carlos Ruiz singled home the winning run in the ninth inning to lift the Philadelphia Phillies to a 5-4 win over the Tampa Bay Rays in the rain-hit third game of the World Series.[MORE]
Shields sharp as Rays level World Series
Righthander James Shields struck out four and the Tampa Bay Rays scored two runs in the opening inning then held on to beat Philadelphia 4-2 in game two of the World Series.[MORE]
Utley homer helps Phillies to World Series lead
Chase Utley hit a two-run homer and Cole Hamels pitched seven innings as the Philadelphia Phillies escaped with a 3-2 win over Tampa Bay Rays in game one of the Major League World Series.[MORE]
Cummings becomes Hall of Fame legend
Melbourne horse trainer Bart Cummings has been elevated to legend status in the Sport Australia hall of Fame.[MORE]
Aussie Balfour on verge of World Series
Pitcher Grant Balfour is on track to become only the second Australian to play in baseball's World Series, after helping the Tampa Bay Rays advance to this week's American League Championship Series against the Boston Red Sox.[MORE]
Yankees go out winners in emotional Stadium farewell
American baseball said so long to an old friend on Monday (Australian time) as Yankee Stadium hosted its final Major League Baseball game.[MORE]
South Korea upsets Cuba for baseball gold
South Korea has won the baseball gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, dethroning defending champion Cuba 3-2 in a dramatic final.[MORE]
No major leaguers, no Olympics: Rogge
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge took in some of the final-day action before baseball is dropped from the Olympic program and hinted the sport would not be back until Major League players were allowed to take part.[MORE]
US downs Japan for baseball bronze
The United States has beaten Japan 8-4 to win the bronze medal as baseball prepares to bow out of the Beijing Olympics.[MORE]
Top baseballers not interested in Olympic medal
Major League Baseball's standouts will not be in their national team uniforms competing for the last gold medal before the sport is axed from the Olympics for the 2012 Games.[MORE]
Griffey Jnr launches into baseball hall of fame
Cincinnati Reds slugger Ken Griffey jnr has joined a very impressive list of baseball hall of famers, becoming just the sixth player in Major League Baseball history to hit 600 career home runs. [MORE]
New charges allege Barry Bonds lied about steroids
A federal grand jury has brought a longer array of perjury charges against baseball home run king Barry Bonds, after a judge tossed out earlier allegations of lies about past steroid use.[MORE]
US Congress calls for Clemens perjury probe
The US Congress asked the Justice Department overnight to investigate whether star baseball pitcher Roger Clemens had committed perjury when he denied doping allegations during a key hearing.[MORE]
Knoblauch gives little away over baseball doping affair
Chuck Knoblauch, the only player asked to testify before US lawmakers about the Major League Baseball doping scandal, said little in making his first public comments to the New York Times.[MORE]
Clemens ready to answer questions under oath: lawyer
The attorney for Roger Clemens says his client is ready to answer questions under oath before United States lawmakers about his former trainer's claims that the star pitcher used performance-enhancing drugs, if he can make time to testify. [MORE]
Former Yankee Leyritz arrested after car death
Former New York Yankees baseballer Jim Leyritz was arrested on charges of drink driving and manslaughter on Friday after a woman died in a Florida car crash.[MORE]
Clemens denies steroid use in video broadcast
Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens denied in a video overnight he had ever used steroids as alleged in baseball's Mitchell Report.[MORE]
Aussie named in US baseball drugs report
The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) says it is studying a report which has linked an Australian Olympic silver medallist to steroids.[MORE]
Baseball revelations troubling: Bush
United States President George W Bush has called on baseball owners and players to treat an investigation into steroid use seriously.[MORE]
