Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish worked out on Tuesday for the first time as a member of the Texas Rangers, throwing 30 pitches at the Major League Baseball club's pre-season training camp.   more

The Oakland Athletics are poised to sign a minor league deal with disgraced slugger Manny Ramirez, a report on the Major League Baseball team's website said Monday.   more

Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield, whose elusive knuckleball throws baffled batters for nearly two decades, announced his Major League Baseball retirement on Friday.   more

Gary Carter, the hard-hitting Major League Baseball catcher who helped the New York Mets make an amazing rally to beat Boston in the 1986 World Series, died on Thursday of brain cancer. He was 57.   more