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TORONTO (AP) — Jose Bautista launched a three-run homer, and the Toronto Blue Jays advanced to the American League Championship Series for the first time in 22 years by scoring four times in the seventh inning of a 6-3 triumph over the Texas Rangers...

Baseball is unreal. The things that baseball players can do are unreal. Baseball gets a lot of grief for a perceived lack of athleticism, but that couldn't be further from the truth. And the amount of hand-eye coordination needed to be really good...

Alex Rodriguez passed Lou Gehrig for third on the all-time RBI list, Michael Pineda pitched into the seventh inning, and the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Wednesday afternoon at Yankee Stadium. The win gives the Yanks a three-game sweep of the reigning American League Champions...

Mark Teixeira homered in the bottom of the first inning off of Jason Vargas to give the Yanks a 2-0 lead, and the Pinstripes never looked back, beating KC by a score of 5-1 on Tuesday night in the Bronx. For Teixeira, it was his 14th homer of the year...

NEW YORK (AP) — Brett Gardner, Brian McCann and Chase Headley homered during an eight-run first inning and the New York Yankees quickly erased the memory of a lost weekend, romping past the AL Central-leading Kansas City Royals 14-1 Monday...

We've know this for a while now: Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner marches to a different beat. He does things his way, lives a pedestrian lifestyle, and doesn't seem to be caught up in the major league life of luxury. Therefore, it shouldn't surprise anyone that during the banner raising for the Giants 2014 title, Bumgarner rode around the ballpark on a horse...

Buster Olney dropped many interesting takes on the Yankees this past week with Armen and Levack, including his comparison of this year's Pinstripes roster.

KANSAS CITY, MO. (AP) — Very few players have dominated a World Series in the manner Madison Bumgarner just displayed in leading the San Francisco Giants to their third championship in five years. Bumgarner capped his MVP performance by giving up just two hits over five shutout innings to close out the Giants' 3-2 win over the Royals in Game 7 of the Fall Classic in Kansas City...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Lorenzo Cain had three RBIs and the Kansas City Royals erupted for seven runs in the second inning to beat the San Francisco Giants 10-0 and force a Game 7 in the World Series. Mike Moustakas hit a solo homer and had two RBIs, and Eric Hosmer laced a two-run double to back rookie Yordano Ventura, who held the Giants to three hits in seven innings...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals have evened the World Series at a game apiece, thanks to a huge sixth inning against the San Francisco Giants. The game was tied 2-2 until the Royals erupted for five runs in the sixth...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Travis Ishikawa was a man without a team six months ago. Today, he's the San Francisco Giants' latest postseason hero. Ishikawa sent the Giants to the World Series by launching a three-run, walkoff homer in the bottom of the ninth to complete a 6-3 victory over the St...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants are up three games to one in the National League Championship Series after erasing a 4-1 deficit on Wednesday. Buster Posey had two hits and three RBIs as the Giants downed the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4...