Edwin Rodriguez

SAN FRANCISCO — Roberto Clemente was baseball royalty long before dying on a relief mission at the height of his Hall of Fame career. Ernie Banks knew the kid had something as soon as he saw the young Puerto Rican play right field for the Pirates....

SAN FRANCISCO -- Rain and cold didn't stop the Dominican Republic on Tuesday night, just like nothing else slowed it down during the World Baseball Classic. Minnesota Twins right-hander Samuel Deduno pitched five innings and combined with four...

SAN FRANCISCO — All things being equal … Sorry, but, all things being equal, that is one of the most misleading phrases in the English language. All things are never equal. There always are advantages and disadvantages in life, and the best...

TODAY COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Missouri-Kansas City at Air Force North Dakota at North Dakota State Texas-Arlington at Omaha Faith Baptist at Trinity Bible Western State at Black Hills State COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL Presentation at...

1993: Rene Lachemann, 64-98 1994: Rene Lachemann, 51-64* 1995: Rene Lachemann, 67-76* 1996: Rene Lachemann, 39-47; Cookie Rojas, 1-0; John Boles, 40-35 1997: Jim Leyland, 92-70 (won World Series) 1998: Jim Leyland, 54-108 1999: John Boles, 64-98...

It's one and done for Ozzie Guillen and the Miami Marlins. Nearly three weeks since ending a deeply disappointing season in last place, the Marlins announced Guillen's dismissal as manager in a 75-word statement issued Tuesday afternoon. That was...

At this moment inside the Marlins offices, there are two groups of people. There are those who think team owner Jeffrey Loria is doing an increasingly shabby job of running the franchise right down to Tuesday's firing of manager Ozzie Guillen. And...

Brad Ausmus has one thing going for him in this Marlins managerial search that no one seems to be talking about. His Yankees background. Of the six managers Jeffrey Loria has hired since becoming a big-league owner in the fall of 1999, four have...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer—Premier League, Arsenal vs. Chelsea, 6:30 a.m. (ESPN2); MLS, Seattle at Vancouver, 8 p.m. (NBCSN) Golf—Ryder Cup, Day Two Matches, 8 a.m. (NBC) College Football—Penn State at Illinois, 11 a.m. (ESPN);...

7:30 a.m.    Soccer: English Premier League: Chelsea vs. Arsenal.--ESPN2 8 a.m.    College highlights: Liberty, then N.C. State at 8:30 and Rutgers at 9.--MASN 9 a.m.    Golf: Ryder Cup second day: Europe vs. U.S.--NBC: WAVY 10, WWBT 12 9 a.m.   ...

TV SPORTS SATURDAY Men's College Basketball-National Invitation Tournament, Massachusetts at Seton Hall, 10 a.m. (ESPN); NCAA Division I Tournament, Syracuse vs. Kansas State, 11 a.m. (CBS); Ohio State vs. Gonzaga, 1:45 p.m. (CBS); Marquette vs....

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Marlins manager Jack McKeon is not a fan of the All-Star game determining home field advantage in the World Series. "It's a joke," McKeon said before Saturday's game against Texas at Rangers Ballpark. "To me it is an entertainment for...