Dexter Fowler

Given his connection to the under-investigation Biogenesis Clinic, Alex Rodriguez is probably the last player Major League Baseball would want to be ahead of schedule in his recovery from injury. But the Yankees have cleared him to begin baseball...

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addCustomPlayer('1drr8hgbwtwc61k2k1o5yw4ec9', '', '', 600, 418, 'perf1drr8hgbwtwc61k2k1o5yw4ec9', 'eplayer15'); What happened at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday night was entirely scripted. But scripts are rarely followed in sports, especially in baseball,...

Let’s go way out on a limb right now and conclude Hanley Ramirez enjoys the spotlight. That he’s a guy who recognizes a moment. In his first start of the season, which just happened to coincide with “Hanley Ramirez Bobblehead Night,&...

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One of the problems if you’re a pitcher and older and coming off surgery and you never really threw that fast to begin with, is that people tend to get very nervous when you have a really bad outing. Ted Lilly is older (37) and coming off...

DENVER (AP) — Garrett Jones had three hits, including one of Pittsburgh's four home runs, Pedro Alvarez also homered and the Pirates beat the Colorado Rockies 9-6 on Wednesday.   James McDonald struggled through five tough innings, and Rod Barajas...

 Edwin Jackson was pounded once again at Coors Field. But the Washington starter wasn’t about to blame the ballpark for his poor showing. “The park is definitely not an excuse,” Jackson said. “At the end of the day, you have to go...

Tyler Colvin homered twice off Stephen Strasburg to back a masterful pitching performance by Drew Pomeranz and lead the Colorado Rockies past Washington 5-1 Friday night, ending the Nationals’ four-game winning streak. Colvin hit a solo shot in the...

Gio Gonzalez knew he wasn’t going back to the mound after throwing 102 pitches in 101-degree heat. The game was tied in the middle of the sixth inning, so if Gonzalez was to get his 12th win of the season, the Washington Nationals needed to score...

Jordan Pacheco doubled and scored the tiebreaking run on a ninth-inning wild pitch by Tyler Clippard, giving the Colorado Rockies a 4-3 comeback victory over the Washington Nationals on Sunday. The NL East-leading Nationals took a 3-1 lead into the...

Xavier Avery could have excelled in any sport, but he chose baseball because he saw it as a game his talents could grow into with hard work. He enjoyed the challenge of playing a sport in which there's always room for improvement — where getting...