UPI POY 2008 - News and Features
Bud Selig (L), Major League Baseball commissioner, and Donald Fehr, executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, are sworn in prior to a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the Mitchell Report and the illegal use of steroids in Major League Baseball in Washington on January 15, 2008. The Mitchell Report is an in depth investigation on the use of steroids and other performance enhancing drugs by Major League Baseball players. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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WASHINGTON, July 18 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama prevailed in a debate about wearing a Chicago White Sox jacket while throwing the first pitch at the All-Star Game, an adviser says.
MILWAUKEE, July 12 (UPI) -- Milwaukee closer Trevor Hoffman will replace injured counterpart Jonathan Broxton of the Los Angeles Dodgers on the National League All-Star roster.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 12 (UPI) -- Pittsburgh's Zack Duke has been named to replace injured San Francisco right-hander Matt Cain on the National League All-Star team.
MINNEAPOLIS, July 10 (UPI) -- Minnesota catcher Joe Mauer joined the 2009 All-Star Home Run Derby contest when he was invited Friday by Major League Baseball.
NEW YORK, July 10 (UPI) -- Major League Baseball has named Texas Rangers outfielder Nelson Cruz to replace the injured Torii Hunter of the LA Angels on the AL All-Star team.
ARLINGTON, Texas, July 3 (UPI) -- Major League Baseball has loaned cash-strapped Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks millions to stay afloat, unnamed sources told Yahoo! Sports.
NEW YORK, June 29 (UPI) -- Milwaukee Brewers minor league pitcher Jeremy Jeffress has been suspended 100 games after a third drug policy violation, Major League baseball said Monday.
CHICAGO, April 7 (UPI) -- Major League Baseball says it has launched an iPhone application allowing U.S. users to hear games on their wireless devices.
BALTIMORE, April 6 (UPI) -- Instead of one pitching coach, Vice President Joe Biden had eight as he tossed the first pitch of the Baltimore Orioles' baseball season opener.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 23 (UPI) -- San Francisco Giants pitcher Kelvin Pichardo was given a 50-game suspension Monday for testing positive under Major League Baseball's drug testing program.
