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Former long-time Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver died of an apparent heart attack Saturday while on a team-sponsored cruise, the Major League Baseball team said. He was 82.

2013-01-19T20:01:03ZAFP American EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/11/13/Melvin_Johnson_manager_awards_ff79

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.

2012-11-14T01:24:04ZAFP American EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/11/09/MacPhail_oldest_living_Hall_Famer_4028

Lee MacPhail, who had been the oldest living member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, has died at age 95, the American sporting shrine announced on its website Friday.

2012-11-09T18:51:41ZAFP American EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/10/28/Cain_might_able_make_history_c289

San Francisco pitchers have baffled Detroit batters with back-to-back World Series shutouts, giving Matt Cain the chance to make history and complete a title sweep for the Giants.

2012-10-28T21:25:53ZAFP American Editionby Jim Slatertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/10/28/Giants_brink_title_after_blanking_501b

San Francisco pitchers have humbled Detroit batters by throwing the first back-to-back World Series shutouts in 46 years at the Tigers, putting the Giants on the brink of a championship sweep.

2012-10-28T05:50:21ZAFP Global Editionby Jim Slatertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/10/12/Yankees_advance_playoffs_ousting_Orioles_d5f3

C.C. Sabathia struck out nine in pitching a complete-game victory for the New York Yankees, who defeated Baltimore 3-1 to eliminate the Orioles from the Major League Baseball playoffs.

2012-10-13T01:43:16ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/10/12/Tigers_advance_Orioles_stay_alive_dd11

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.

2012-10-12T06:33:15ZAFP American EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/10/11/Yankees_rally_late_layoff_thrillers_98b8

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.

2012-10-11T07:04:23ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/10/11/Ibanez_blasts_homers_rescue_Yankees_48e0

New York's Raul Ibanez blasted a game-winning home run in the 12th inning after tying the game with a homer to lift the Yankees over Baltimore 3-2 in a Major League Baseball playoff thriller.

2012-10-11T05:28:50ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/10/09/Chen_pitches_Orioles_series-tying_triumph_375c

Taiwanese pitcher Chen Wei-Yin baffled New York's powerful batters, sparking the Baltimore Orioles over the Yankees 3-2 to level their Major League Baseball playoff series.

2012-10-09T06:01:28ZAFP American EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/10/08/Yankees_Tigers_post_wins_Division_7dbe

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.

2012-10-08T06:15:51ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/10/06/Tigers_down_playoff_opener_5304

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.

2012-10-07T02:57:21ZAFP American EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/10/06/Orioles_Rangers_book_series_with_59df

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.

2012-10-06T16:03:20ZAFP American EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/10/04/Braves_Cards_kick_postseason_4578

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.

2012-10-05T01:26:28ZAFP American EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/10/03/Division_titles_grabs_seasons_last_dbe6

Jonny Gomes smacked a solo home run and Oakland beat Texas 3-1, leaving the playoff-bound clubs deadlocked for a division lead entering the last day of the Major League Baseball season.

2012-10-03T06:58:30ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/10/03/Yankees_Orioles_take_divisional_fight_8fc7

Raul Ibanez hit a game-tying two-run homer and knocked in the winning run with a single in the 12th inning to give the New York Yankees a crucial 4-3 Major League Baseball victory over Boston.

2012-10-03T04:14:58ZAFP American EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/10/02/Tigers_claim_baseball_playoff_berths_9526

Detroit and Oakland secured Major League Baseball playoff berths, joining the Texas Rangers, New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles in the American League title chase.

2012-10-02T07:04:43ZAFP American EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/10/02/Tigers_clinch_baseball_playoff_spot_4bea

Miguel Cabrera smacked his 44th home run and Jhonny Peralta hit another solo homer to power Detroit over Kansas City 6-3 and clinch a Major League Baseball playoff spot for the Tigers.

2012-10-02T04:07:24ZAFP American EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/10/01/Rangers_Yankees_Orioles_clinch_playoff_e027

Mike Napoli blasted two home runs and knocked in six runs for the Texas Rangers in an 8-7 victory over the Los Angeles Angels that clinched Major League Baseball playoff berths for three clubs.

2012-10-01T04:54:08ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/09/30/Rangers_Angels_game_rained_42c3

The mystery surrounding Major League Baseball's playoff teams from the American League continued on Saturday after a key game between the Texas Rangers and Los Angeles Angels was rained out.

2012-09-30T04:59:31ZAFP American EditionBy Staff Reporter