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Cincinnati will play host to the 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, the league announced Wednesday, bringing the annual contest to the Midwest city for the fifth time.

Reigning National League Cy Young award-winner R.A. Dickey and former Most Valuable Players Ryan Braun, Jimmy Rollins and Joe Mauer headline the US provisional roster for the World Baseball Classic.

Noah Syndergaard, the recently acquired pitcher for the New York Mets, has apologized for using an anti-gay slur on Twitter. Noah Syndergaard, the recently acquired pitcher for the New York Mets, has apologized for using an anti-gay slur on Twitter. The 20-year-old Syndergaard on December 9 tweeted: ?@Dmarze89 nice crocs fag lol.? The message has since been deleted. ?I had a little mishap on Twitter about a month ago,? Syndergaard told reporters during a conference call to introduce him, ?and it was just brought to my attention this morning.? ?I'd just like to apologize for anything that was said. A buddy and I were having a little conversation. I had a poor attempt at humor and an even worse attempt at using a term I shouldn't have used. I hope I didn't offend anybody. I'm really sorry my first introduction to being a New York Met had to be like this,? he added. Dmarze89 is a protected account under the name Dayton Marze. A picture of a young bearded man dressed in hunting gear graces

The New York Mets traded R.A. Dickey to the Toronto Blue Jays, just one month after the knuckleballer won Major League Baseball's Cy Young Award as the top pitcher in the National League.

Now you can help ease the misery for victims of superstorm Sandy and live it up with tennis great Roger Federer, fashionista Victoria Beckham, or New York's billionaire mayor Michael Bloomberg.

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

The music director at New York's Metropolitan Opera, James Levine, has recovered from a back injury and will return to conducting from next May -- in a wheelchair, the Met said.

Bobby Valentine has been fired by the last place Boston Red Sox, after managing the team to their worst record in 47 years, the Major League Baseball club announced.

Adam Greenberg, hit in the head by the first Major League Baseball pitch that he faced back in 2005, struck out in his return to the batters' box -- seven years after his ill-fated first visit.

San Francisco's Matt Cain and Detroit's Justin Verlander were named the starting pitchers on Monday for the 83rd Major League Baseball All-Star Game on Tuesday.

R.A. Dickey pitched his second straight one-hitter, striking out a career-high 13 batters with two walks as the New York Mets defeated the Baltimore Orioles 5-0.

Major League Baseball rejected an appeal by the New York Mets on Friday of the official scoring in a victory over the Tampa Bay Rays, ending their long-shot bid to obtain a no-hitter for R.A. Dickey.

Joe Torre, who guided the New York Yankees to four World Series titles as a Major League Baseball manager, will guide the US team in the 2013 World Baseball Classic, USA Baseball said Thursday.

Comedian Bill Maher, a New York native and life-long supporter of the New York Mets, revealed that he has purchased a minority ownership stake in the Major League Baseball club.

Johan Santana pitched the first no-hitter in New York Mets history, as the Mets defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 8-0.

Johan Santana pitched the first no-hitter in New York Mets history, as the Mets defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 8-0.

Ryota Igarashi, who spent 10 seasons with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Japan's Central League, was obtained off waivers by the New York Yankees in a Major League Baseball transaction.

Major League Baseball's 84th All-Star Game will be hosted in 2013 by the New York Mets at their three-year-old ballpark, $600 million Citi Field, commissioner Bud Selig announced on Wednesday.

Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels was suspended five games and fined by Major League Baseball for hitting Washington Nationals batter Bryce Harper with a pitch.

Major League Baseball's disciplinary officials slapped Guillermo Mota with a 100-game ban Monday after the San Francisco Giants player tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs.