American League East

Take heart, Dodgers and Angels fans: Others are suffering too

2013-05-11 17:06:00

The Dodgers — and their world-record payroll — have sunk to the bottom of the National League West. The Angels — and their collection of superstar hitters — are flailing in the depths of the American League West. We thought we...

Rating the majors, Kentucky Derby style

2013-05-05 00:00:00

With a nod toward Saturday's Kentucky Derby, these are Times staff writer Kevin Baxter's rankings as the teams come out of the clubhouse turn. (Statistics through Friday's game. Last week's rankings in parentheses): Setting the pace 1; BOSTON Trying...

Petco Park changes haven't helped Padres

2013-04-27 15:45:00

Powering down The San Diego Padres moved in the outfield fences this season, a nod to hitters frustrated when a home run anywhere else would be an out at Petco Park. In the Padres' first 10 home games, three balls that would have been outs last season...

Derek Jeter out until after All-Star break, Yankees GM says

2013-04-18 14:50:00

Derek Jeter, the New York Yankees' venerable captain, will not make his return this season before the All-Star break after another examination Thursday revealed a new fracture in his injured left ankle. Jeter, who injured the ankle in October against...

Earl Weaver dies at 82; Hall of Fame manager of Baltimore Orioles

2013-01-19 17:11:00

Irascible, chain-smoking, umpire-baiting longtime Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver penned his own epitaph. "On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived,'" he once said. Weaver, 82, a member of baseball's Hall of Fame and the...

A-Rod and Derek Jeter will provide some of AL's best story lines

2013-02-11 10:33:00

With spring training starting this week, it's time to look at some of the most intriguing story lines across Major League Baseball. Writers from the Tribune Co. will discuss the American League on Monday and the National League on Tuesday. Feel free to...

Orioles manager Earl Weaver dead at 82

2013-01-19 08:00:00

Earl Weaver penned his own epitaph. "On my tombstone just write, ‘The sorest loser that ever lived,’ " he once said. Weaver, the Orioles’ irascible, chain-smoking, umpire-baiting manager who led the team to four American League...

Was that a shocking 'Moneyball' end to the regular baseball season?

2011-09-29 16:32:47

Angels pursuing Rays' Andrew Friedman for GM

2011-10-20 16:33:17

Rays would have edge over Angels, Red Sox in three-way tie

2011-09-22 16:33:41

Scioscia disputes criticism from Detroit about lineup decisions

2011-09-28 16:33:46

Baseball books in play

2011-03-06 00:00:00

Ah, the sounds of spring. The crack of the bat, the smack of the ball hitting the catcher's mitt, the ka-ching of cash registers totaling up sales of books on baseball out this season. Just as ESPN seems to lean toward the American League East for...

Instead, the Orioles won four of those five divisional series and went 9-6 in those 15 games, even though they did not get enough innings out of the starting rotation.

2013-04-24 00:00:00

Even though the Boston Red Sox are leading the American League East, the Orioles are actually getting some long-awaited respect from the out-of-town media.

2013-04-11 00:00:00

It happens every game, but it still makes you feel good every time you go to Camden Yards. Since the 1970s, the Orioles have been playing John Denver's iconic song. A tradition during the seventh-inning stretch at Camden Yards, it never gets old.

2013-04-02 12:13:00