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Two-time champions Japan will likely miss their US-based players in next year's World Baseball Classic, local media said Tuesday, after mega-star Ichiro Suzuki announced he would stay away from the tournament.

San Francisco catcher Buster Posey, who came back from devastating injury to help the Giants win the World Series, was named baseball's National League Most Valuable Player on Thursday.

San Francisco catcher Buster Posey, who came back from devastating injury to help the Giants win the World Series, was named baseball's National League Most Valuable Player on Thursday.

New York Mets knuckleball pitcher R.A. Dickey capped a storybook season by being named the National League's Cy Young Award winner.

Oakland Athletics Bob Melvin and Washington Nationals Davey Johnson have been named Managers of the Year for the second time in their Major League Baseball careers.

Los Angeles Angels center fielder Mike Trout was the unanimous choice on Monday as Major League Baseball's American League Rookie of the Year, beating out finalists Yoenis Cespedes and Yu Darvish.

The Colorado Rockies named former shortstop Walt Weiss as the sixth manager in club history.

The absence of Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish spells trouble for Japan in their bid to win the World Baseball Classic for a third straight time, national team manager Koji Yamamoto said Wednesday.

A precocious schoolboy pitcher with a 100-mile-an-hour fastball has set feathers flying in Japan's staid baseball establishment by vowing he will leapfrog straight to the US leagues.

John Farrell, who guided the Toronto Blue Jays for the past two Major League Baseball seasons, was named the new manager of the Boston Red Sox on Sunday.

Dusty Baker, who this year guided the Cincinnati Reds to their winningest Major League Baseball season since 1976, was rewarded with a two-year contract extension, the team announced on Monday.

Reigning World Series champion St. Louis, one strike from defeat, scored four runs in the ninth inning to stun Washington 9-7 on Friday and advance in the Major League Baseball playoffs.

Justin Verlander posted his first career playoff shutout as the Detroit Tigers advanced to the second round of the Major League Baseball playoffs with a 6-0 win over the Oakland Athletics.

Historic home runs by Raul Ibanez rallied the New York Yankees to an unlikely Major League Baseball playoff triumph while Coco Crisp's last-inning heroics kept Oakland's title dreams alive.

Seth Smith blasted a solo home run to help spark the Athletics over the Detroit Tigers 2-0 and sustain Oakland's hopes of winning their Major League Baseball playoff series.

Catcher Russell Martin helped ignite a five-run ninth inning with a leadoff home run as the New York Yankees beat Baltimore 7-2 in game one of their American League Division Series.

Detroit's Don Kelly hit a sacrifice fly to score Omar Infante with the winning run as the Tigers beat Oakland 5-4 on Sunday to seize command of their Major League Baseball playoff series.

Detroit's Justin Verlander struck out 11 batters and surrendered only one run in seven innings to spark the Tigers over Oakland 3-1 in a Major League Baseball playoff game.

Baltimore pitcher Joe Saunders allowed only one run in 5 2/3 innings and the Orioles ripped Texas 5-1 Friday to book a Major League Baseball divisional playoff series against the New York Yankees.

Atlanta's Kris Medlen will throw the first pitch of the playoffs while Braves' teammate Chipper Jones could be appearing in his final game as the Major League Baseball postseason begins Friday.