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Ryan says it's still business as usual for Rangers: Texas team president Nolan Ryan said Friday that the club is not hamstrung by owner Tom Hicks' financial difficulties, a day after a report that Major League Baseball loaned millions to the team owner.

A Cuban pitcher considered by many baseball scouts to be the No. 1 left-handed prospect in the world left his hotel and vanished before the first ball was thrown at a tournament in the Netherlands, leaving his whereabouts a mystery, a spokesman for the Dutch team said Friday.

Tigers second baseman Placido Polanco had delivered the go-ahead hit on the first pitch after he went through a lot of agony in the top of the 14th.

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Manny Ramirez has apologized to fans and his teammates. He's not talking about steroids, though.

Target Field has a target date. Outdoor baseball is tentatively set to return to Minneapolis on April 12 when the Minnesota Twins play their 2010 home opener against the Boston Red Sox.

KANSAS CITY -- A slight rotation alteration made by the White Sox will give staff ace Mark Buehrle an extra start in the upcoming final week before the All-Star break. That change also could hamper Buehrle's chances to be selected for the 2009 All ...

Detroit at Minnesota . A matchup of AL Central rivals, with the first-place Tigers throwing rookie Rick Porcello against the Twins' Nick Blackburn .

DUI citation embarrasses WNBA star PHOENIX - Phoenix Mercury star Diana Taurasi said Friday that she's embarrassed after being cited for drunken driving a few hours after she helped lead her team to victory over the Seattle Storm.

COMES BACK SWINGING:: Dodgers fans took over San Diego s Petco Park to see Manny Ramirez in his first major league decision since receiving a 50-game ban Sunday, Jul 05, 2009, Page 19 Detroit Tigers reliever Ni Fu-te of Taiwan pitches against the Minnesota Twins during the sixth inning of their game in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Friday.

BASEBALL American League MINNESOTA TWINS -- Recalled LHP Brian Duensing from Rochester .

NEW YORK (AP) - Target Field has a target date. Outdoor baseball is tentatively set to return to Minneapolis on April 12 when the Minnesota Twins play their 2010 home opener against the Boston Red Sox. The date was contained in a draft schedule for ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Target Field has a target date. Outdoor baseball is tentatively set to return to Minneapolis on April 12 when the Minnesota Twins play their 2010 home opener against the Boston Red Sox. The date was contained in a draft schedule for ...

Slowey, who was trying to become the majors' first 11-game winner, gave up a season-worst six runs on five hits in three innings in Minnesota's 11-9 loss in 16 innings. He'll be replaced in the rotation by Anthony Swarzak, who was called up from ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Tigers second baseman Placido Polanco had delivered the go-ahead hit on the first pitch after he went through a lot of agony in the top of the 14th. Now, in the bottom of the 14th, he still wasn?t feeling 100 percent as he watched ...

Target Field has a target date. Outdoor major league baseball is tentatively set to return to the Twin Cities on April 12, 2010, when the Twins play their home opener against the Boston Red Sox.

Jon Paul Morosi is a national MLB writer for FOXSports.com. He previously covered baseball for the Detroit Free Press and Seattle Post-Intelligencer. He began his journalism career at the Bay City Times in his native Michigan.

The Detroit Tigers will try to put distance between them and the Minnesota Twins when the two teams collide this afternoon in the second matchup of a three-game series at the Metrodome. Edwin Jackson will toe the rubber for the Tigers today, as the ...

(AP) ? Detroit at Minnesota (2:10 p.m. EDT). A matchup of AL Central rivals, with the first-place Tigers throwing rookie Rick Porcello (8-5) against the Twins' Nick Blackburn (6-4). STARS Friday ?Albert Pujols, Cardinals, hit his club-record fourth ...

Detroit Tigers' Placido Polanco (14) congratulates teammate Marcus Thames (33) after Thames' hit a two-run home run against the Minnesota Twins during the third inning of an baseball game on Friday. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ? Placido Polanco hit a pair of ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ? Placido Polanco hit a pair of extra-inning RBI singles, the second giving the Detroit Tigers the lead for good in an 11-9 victory over the Minnesota Twins in 16 innings Friday night. Polanco drove in a run in the top of the 14th ...

By then the hours and the innings had melded into a sludge of at-bats, comebacks and shutout innings, and the Detroit Tigers had finally busted free from a seemingly impenetrable 7-7 deadlock with a single run in the top of the 14th inning.

567: Home runs in the career of Yankees' Alex Rodriguez - who has hit five in his last eight games - leaving him two shy of Rafael Palmeiro for 10th place.

MINNEAPOLIS - Placido Polanco hit two extra-inning RBI singles, the second giving Detroit the lead for good in the 16th inning of an 11-9 victory over Minnesota on Friday night. Polanco drove in a run in the top of the 14th off R.A. Dickey (1-1), but ...

Manny Ramirez returned to the big leagues and apologized to fans and his teammates.

The Minnesota Twins are a decent team. They could have been an elite team. Baseball fans in Minnesota can only dream about how much better the current Twins would be if they had the seemingly unlimited financial resources and win-at-all-cost philosophy of the New York Yankees, and if they hadn't made one really lousy trade with Tampa Bay.

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At present, Minnesota is most interested in second baseman Freddy Sanchez and relievers Matt Capps and John Grabow, the sources said. Twins general manager Bill Smith declined to discuss any specific trade targets during a Thursday telephone ...

Kevin Slowey's first attempt at becoming the major leagues' first 11-game winner wound up matching his shortest outing of the season. He hopes his second chance produces a longer - and better - performance. The right-hander again seeks his 11th win ...

The Minnesota Twins selected outfielder-wide receiver Eric Decker in the 27th round of June's major league draft, understanding he definitely will play his final football season this fall as a University of Minnesota captain in new TCF Bank Stadium ...

The Minnesota Twins have an opportunity to gain some ground on the division-leading Detroit Tigers when the American League Central rivals begin a key three-game series tonight at the Metrodome. The Twins presently trail the first-place Tigers by ...

Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment: MINNESOTA SENATE-FRANKEN Franken hits Iron Range parades on July 4 weekend MINNEAPOLIS Sen.-elect Al Franken is already marching into his new role: He'll participate in four more Independence Day parades on Minnesota's Iron Range today.

ANAHEIM, Calif. ? - Orioles third baseman Melvin Mora was out of the lineup Thursday for a second consecutive game after he asked Dave Trembley for a night off, according to the manager. "Because of the length of the trip coming out here, he wanted ...

Detroit at Minnesota . Kevin Slowey goes for his 11th win when the contending Twins host the AL Central-leading Tigers in the opener of a weekend series.

The Timberwolves' top draft pick, Ricky Rubio, 18, will remain in Spain to play for his DKV Joventut basketball team for the remaining two years of his contract rather than try to move to the NBA this season, El Periodico reported Thursday.

Neither the Pirates nor anyone is going to sign elite Dominican prospect Miguel Angel Sano until next week, at the earliest, but the team did make some moves on the opening day of the international signing period.

MN2nd NewsMinute,0254 Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS It's another busy day for Senator-elect Al Franken.

Joe Mauer #7 of the Minnesota Twins looks on against the Oakland Athletics during a Major League Baseball game on June 11, 2009 at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California.

The Minnesota Twins have assigned pitcher Sean Henn outright to Triple-A Rochester and plan to recall left-hander Brian Duensing prior to Friday's game with the Detroit Tigers. Henn, who signed as a minor league free agent this offseason, made 14 ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Twins have made another move with their bullpen, bringing up Brian Duensing and sending down Sean Henn. The Twins said Thursday they will recall the left-handed Duensing from Triple-A Rochester before Friday's game ...

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Dkv Joventut's Ricky Rubio (R) vies for the ball with Lottomatica Roma Brandon Jennings (L) during their EuroLeague basketball Group C match at the Olympic Stadium in Badalona on December 11, 2008. AFP PHOTO/JOSEP LAGO (Photo credit should read JOSEP ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ? The Minnesota Twins have made another move with their bullpen, bringing up Brian Duensing and sending down Sean Henn. The Twins said Thursday they will recall the left-handed Duensing from Triple-A Rochester before Friday's game ...

Take a look at the offensive stats among American League first basemen, and near the top of almost every category is Justin Morneau's name. Morneau's 64 RBIs rank first among AL first basemen. His 19 home runs are tied for third. Both his .309 ...

Despite being a trendy World Series pick in 2008, the Detroit Tigers finished last in the A.L. Central. Picked by Sporting News to finish last in 2009, the Tigers have a three-game lead over the White and Twins. But this weekend will provide a test ...

1904 -- The Philadelphia Phillies snapped the New York Giants' 18-game winning streak with a 6-5 10-inning victory. 1935 -- Tony Cuccinello of the Dodgers and his brother Al -- for the Giants -- each hit home runs in the same game to mark the first ...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Brandon Inge had started all but one Tigers game this season until Wednesday. And in the game he didn't start, he entered to play third base. On Wednesday, Inge didn't play for the first time this season. He got the entire game off ...

Detroit at Minnesota (8:10 p.m. EDT). Kevin Slowey goes for his 11th win when the contending Twins host the AL Central-leading Tigers in the opener of a weekend series. Left-hander Lucas French is scheduled to make his first major league start for ...