Baseball

They made it look easy. The Kansas City Royals swept the Baltimore Orioles in four straight games to advance to their first World Series since 1985! They completed the sweep with a 2-1 win yesterday in Kansas City.

The Tigers have seven consecutive games on the road, and today they hope to sweep Baltimore for the first time since 2005.

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Here is a chance for you to be in on the Opening day action. In fact, there are two ways to enter to make it even easier! The Tigers open the home season on Monday, March 31st and we've got tickets that we want to give you!

The West Michigan Whitecaps' ownership expects to rebuild Fifth Third Ballpark in the wake of a Friday blaze that damaged the Comstock Park facility. A space heater started a small blaze Friday morning at the ballpark, but workers believed they had put it out. They returned to find the space in flames, Plainfield Township Fire Chief David Peterson said. Fifth Third Ballpark is the home of the Midw

Michael Wacha allowed just two hits in seven innings, and the St. Louis Cardinals won the N.L. pennant and advanced to the World Series by beating the Los Angeles Dodgers, 9-0, in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series (NLCS) on Friday night.

According to the latest Nielsen ratings from the Houston area, no one - and we mean no one - was watching the struggling Houston Astros on Sunday.

Cincinnati Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips' butt has a lesson for all of you ball players out there -- don't slide head first.

If you've seen an opening pitch better than this, please let us know. At Jamsil Stadium in Seoul, South Korea, rhythmic gymnast* Shin Soo-ji threw this opening pitch.

What says "summer is finally here" better than being smacked repeatedly in the chest by a small child? Lemonade? Sure. The distant jangle of ice cream trucks? Absolutely. Fireworks and BBQ? Okay, fine, we get it. Lots of stuff is more summery than this, but none of those are nearly as funny as the indignation of a child whose father had the audacity to not catch a foul ball that was whiz

We've all seen those home video shows where some unsuspecting guy gets hit with something in that "special area" that brings him to his knees. Well, what happened Sunday to a player for Cal State Fullerton takes the whole "That's gotta hurt" thing to a new level...

We've all seen fans at sporting events try to match the competitors on the field from time to time. As the ball flies toward them, they make valiant efforts to grab a souvenir. Some are armed with gloves, while others choose instead to duck and cover...