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(Reuters) - The Boston Red Sox and manager Terry Francona parted ways on Friday, just two days after the team suffered one of the greatest collapses ever witnessed in Major League Baseball.

(Reuters) - Untimely injuries, ineffective pitching and the failure of big-name players to perform when it mattered most are to blame for the epic collapse that kept the Boston Red Sox out of the postseason.

(Reuters) - The Tampa Bay Rays and St Louis Cardinals snatched the last two places in the Major League Baseball (MLB) playoffs on Wednesday after one of the most dramatic endings to the regular season the sport has witnessed.

(Reuters) - The Tampa Bay Rays and St Louis Cardinals snatched the last two places in the Major League Baseball (MLB) playoffs on Wednesday after one of the most dramatic endings to the regular season the sport has witnessed.

The Tampa Bay Rays erased a seven-run deficit to beat the New York Yankees 8-7 in 12 innings and clinch the American League wild card playoff berth on Wednesday as Boston fell at Baltimore.

ST PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters) - The Tampa Bay Rays snatched the American League wild card playoff berth from the clutches of the Boston Red Sox with a stunning 12-inning home victory over the New York Yankees on the last day of the regular season on Wednesday.

Tampa Bay and Boston each won pressure-packed Major League Baseball triumphs on Tuesday to remain deadlocked for the final American League playoff berth entering the season's last game.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are the latest MLB team to join the It Gets Better Project. The Los Angeles Dodgers are the latest MLB team to join the It Gets Better Project. Gay activist, sex advice columnist and Rick Santorum agitator Dan Savage founded the It Gets Better Project to reach out to troubled LGBT teens who may be considering suicide because they feel alone or are being bullied or harassed at school. The videos offer a simple message: Hang in there because life gets better. The Dodgers releaed their video on Tuesday. It stars manager Don Mattingly, first baseman James Loney, relief pitcher Matt Guerrier, infielder Jamey Carroll, pitcher Hiroki Kuroda, and catchers A.J. Ellis and Rod Barajas. (The video is embedded in the right panel of this page.) ?The Dodgers have been outspoken advocates for equality and against all societal prejudices dating back to the days of Jackie Robinson,? said Dodgers Senior Vice President, Public Affairs Howard Sunkin in a statement. ?Our club wholehe

The New York Yankees have become the third Major League Baseball team to clinch a playoff berth, defeating Tampa Bay 4-2 while Boston lost to claim the American League East division crown.

BALTIMORE (Reuters) - The Tampa Bay Rays have transformed from postseason afterthought to serious contender in under two weeks and manager Joe Maddon says the club already has a playoff mentality heading into a critical series against the Boston Red Sox.

BALTIMORE (Reuters) - Jose Bautista bashed his Major League-leading 39th home run of the season and the Toronto Blue Jays crushed the hapless Baltimore Orioles in a 13-0 blowout on Wednesday.

BOSTON (Reuters) - New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez is likely to miss the entire series against the Boston Red Sox this week because of a sprained left thumb.

New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter took over the club's all-time games played record when he played the first half of a doubleheader, surpassing Mickey Mantle.

New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter took over the club's all-time games played record on Sunday when he played the first half of a doubleheader, surpassing Mickey Mantle.

The Philadelphia Phillies are the latest MLB team to join the It Gets Better Project. The Philadelphia Phillies are the latest MLB team to join the It Gets Better Project. Gay activist, sex advice columnist and Rick Santorum agitator Dan Savage founded the It Gets Better Project to reach out to troubled LGBT teens who may be considering suicide because they feel alone or are being bullied or harassed at school. The videos offer a simple message: Hang in there because life gets better. The Phillies released their video on Saturday. It stars pitchers Roy Halladay and Michael Stutes, outfielders Hunter Pence and John Mayberry Jr., and second baseman Chase Utley. ?The Philadelphia Phillies are proud to join ItGetsBetter.org to let all LGBT young people know that life gets better,? the players say in the 30-second ad. ?We promise it gets better.? (The video is embedded in the right panel of this page.) In June, the San Francisco Giants became the first MLB team to record a video for the cam

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A number of Major League Baseball games have been postponed over the weekend as Hurricane Irene moves ominously over the east cost of the United States, it was announced on Friday.

BALTIMORE (Reuters) - The death of former Baltimore Orioles pitcher and Cy Young Award winner Mike Flanagan was ruled a suicide as a result of a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head, the Maryland medical examiner said on Thursday.

Former pitcher Mike Flanagan, who won the Cy Young award with Baltimore in 1979, has been found dead at his home. He was 59.

BALTIMORE (Reuters) - Former Baltimore Orioles pitcher Mike Flanagan, the 1979 Cy Young Award winner, was found dead on property near his home on Wednesday.

Major League baseball legend Cal Ripken, a US public diplomacy envoy, met here Tuesday with 16 Japanese teenage baseball and softball players and four coaches as part of an exchange program.