18+ hour, 19+ min ago  (393+ words) Some tore the slightly tacky paper wrapper open and flipped through the cards in an insatiable instant (hence the popular phrase “ripping wax” for opening card packs even today, about 35 years since use of actual wax wrappers ceased). Others did…...

13+ hour, 49+ min ago  (516+ words) Houston agreed to pay Milwaukee $4,227,273 to offset most of McCullers' remaining salary, leaving his cost to the Brewers at $2.5 million. Astros general manager Dana Brown said they created flexibility in payroll and the roster for a team currently three games…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (304+ words) SFGATE The Chicago White Sox took shortstop Roch Cholowsky with the first pick of the amateur draft this past weekend, and Tampa Bay selected shortstop Grady Emerson one spot later Yes, both those teams are currently in first place Pro…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago  (1074+ words) For the record, the name is pronounced chil-OW’-skee. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred still botched the pronunciation of Cholowsky’s name at the podium Saturday when the Chicago White Sox indeed made the UCLA shortstop the No. 1 pick of the draft....

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (248+ words) Chicago took two of three from the Reds and entered the All-Star break at 54-42, in position for an NL wild card and five games back of NL Central-leading Milwaukee. Cincinnati (43-52) lost its fourth straight series and is last in the…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (333+ words) Rookie Chase DeLauter also went deep while Steven Kwan and Kahlil Watson each had two hits for the Guardians, who are 51-46 going into the All-Star break. The Marlins had won six straight at home entering the series and were a…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (287+ words) SFGATE New York, which has won four in a row overall for the first time since June 13-17, completed a three-game sweep in which it overcame one deficit in the ninth inning and two in the eighth The Yankees tied the…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago  (326+ words) SFGATE “It’s a day to day thing,” manager Andy Green said before the Mets continued a three-game series with Boston “If he’s feeling great tomorrow we’ll get him back out there If not weâ…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (214+ words) The A's, on their longest skid since dropping nine straight from May 27 to June 4 last year, have lost 12 of 13 and fell to 41-54. Chicago clinched winning a home series for the 11th time in its last 12. Bulk reliever Erick Fedde (5-6), the third…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (225+ words) SFGATE But when the Chicago White Sox rookie came up for a second time in the seventh inning Friday night, he knew what to do Needing a triple for the cycle after homering earlier in the seventh, Peters hit a…...