Baseball teams regularly receive up to nearly two days' notice before drug testing of players, The New York Times reported on its web site Tuesday.

Former baseball major leaguer Jose Offerman will serve two years of a special form of probation for attacking two players with a bat during a minor league game in August.

Boston's sweep of the Colorado Rockies drew better ratings than last season's World Series but fell short of previous years.

It was a banner year for Major League Baseball, and Commissioner Bud Selig doesn't mind talking about it.

Hank Aaron is happy he stayed away from Barry Bonds' home run chase.

Bud Selig doesn't think he will get an advance look at George Mitchell's report on steroids use in baseball.

Major-league baseball players have selected Brewers' first baseman Prince Fielder as the "Outstanding Player" in the National League for the 2007 season.

Buck O'Neil got his spot in the Hall of Fame with a Lifetime Achievement Award created in his memory.

Colorado Rockies ace Jeff Francis and Boston Red Sox reliever Eric Gagne have a chance to make history as the first Canadian duo to ever see action in the same World Series, according to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.

Ed Montague, known for his calm demeanor and consistent strike zone, will serve as the crew chief for the World Series.

Bud Selig was mingling with a group of baseball executives in a private suite at Fenway Park before Game 2 of the American League Championship Series between Boston and Cleveland when the game's chief financial officer, Jonathan Mariner, approached.

A New York pharmacy linked to a widening probe of human growth hormone in sports was raided on Tuesday by state investigators who seized enough raw powder to make nearly a million HGH doses, according to the officials involved.

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Since former Senator George Mitchell launched his investigation into baseball's steroid past 18 months ago, the big questions have been whether the final report would name names, how many names would be named, and how important the names would be.

In the aftermath of George Steinbrenner's criticism of umpire Bruce Froemming, Mike Port, who supervises umpiring for MLB, backed Froemming's decision to keep playing Game 2 of the AL Division Series despite the swarm of midges that descended on Jacobs Field on Friday night.

The first two days of baseball's playoffs averaged 4.