AL West Division

The tape-measure homers, like the tales they spawned, came in bushels--until he reached the bigs. After a decade of unmet expectations, the A's slugger, it appears, has turned the myths into reality

With the nonwaiver trade deadline next Tuesday, the market for the Rangers' Mark Teixeira (right) heated up at week's end. Texas talked to the Orioles about dealing Teixeira, a Maryland native, for a...

Bargain Deals

It's after midnight on the East Coast: Do you know where baseball's best closer is? J.J. Putz is in Seattle, saving games with near-historic efficiency

BILL BAVASI Mariners' G.M., after Marlins president David Samson criticized the $90 million extension Seattle gave Ichiro Suzuki: "My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is 'Screw Dave...