
JAPAN - Rakuten Eagles right-hander Masahiro Tanaka, who is a member of the Japanese national team for the Beijing Olympics, will be removed from the active roster with inflammation in his pitching shoulder, team officials said Tuesday. Tanaka will be deactivated on Wednesday, meaning ...
Who is Mark McGwire: He went 4-for-21 in the 1984 games with no home runs, but he broke out of that slump. He was AL Rookie of the Year in 1987, and was one of the biggest sluggers – both figuratively and metaphorically ...
The Yakult Swallows have refused to release South Korean closer Lim Chang Yong to play for his country at the Beijing Olympics, senior Yakult official Kesanori Kurashima said Friday. "We were gladly willing to have Lim go to the Olympics, but then we had the unexpected ...