| Jan 16, 2013

Plenty to keep the hot stove cooking

by Dave Wiggins

Back when all the MLB teams could be found east of the Mississippi River and north of Virginia, baseball junkies used to get their offseason fixes by sitting around yakking about downtime big league happenings — recent trades, news items, gossip and the like. ...

Jan 15, 2013

Nakajima gears up for major challenge

New Oakland Athletics’ shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima practiced using a major league ball on Monday as he prepares for his first season in the big leagues. “I just plan to take it one step at a time without thinking too much about targets,” said the ...