Gary Sheffield News

New York Yankees starter Wang Chien-ming, of Taiwan, is seen standing on the mound in a baseball game against the New York Mets at Citi Field, New York, New York yesterday.

Navigating through the Detroit Tigers lineup used to be a nightmare for pitchers.

Taking the lead in his personal grand slam competition with Cody Ross would have been nice, but Hanley Ramirez gladly accepted an opposite-field single to right.

Ryan Church was removed from the Mets' depleted lineup Sunday night because he felt nauseous, leaving New York without yet another regular starter.

Since the Mets were born in 1962, 106 players have played for both the Mets and Yankees.

Jeremy Bonderman doesn't know when he will pitch again. Right now, he's just looking forward to playing catch.

John Maine and Oliver Perez will begin their respective rehab assignments Monday in the Florida State League .

Matt Wieters hit his first major league home run, Aubrey Huff had a tiebreaking shot in the seventh inning and the Baltimore Orioles withstood Gary Sheffield's 507th career homer in a 6-4 victory over the New York Mets on Wednesday night.

Rookie feat: Rick Porcello halted the Tigers' four-game losing skid by going 5 2/3 innings and allowing one earned run in Thursday's 6-3 win over St.

The Tigers held a happy news conference Friday afternoon, after Jim Leyland signed a two-year extension to remain the team's manager through 2011.

He has just 9 extra base hits, so his slugging percentage is a measly .278. There has been a more than noticeable drop in production for the Dodger's catcher.

It's been a long time coming for Humberto Sanchez. The crown jewel of the ill-fated Gary Sheffield trade with the Tigers after the 2006 season, has been injured on-and-off ever since.

Gary Sheffield homered for the second straight day and Santos went deep against Andy Pettitte .

Gary Sheffield is going to get an MRI on his sore right knee, giving the depleted New York Mets another injury concern.

"We just forget about what happened yesterday," Santos said. "It was a tough game but you have to bounce back today and have a good game like this." The Mets lost the Subway Series opener 9-8 Friday night at Yankee Stadium when second baseman Luis Castillo dropped Alex Rodriguez's two-out popup in the ninth, allowing two runs to score.

Two of four Uyghurs relocated to Bermuda after seven years of detention in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, denied Friday that they had ever been terrorists, and expressed gratitude toward President Obama for working to free them.

The Tigers have a difficult decision approaching: What to do with struggling outfielder Magglio Ordonez? There's little room for sentiment when a once proficient slugger wanes.

MINNEAPOLIS: One look at Jamey Carroll's right middle finger, and you might wonder why he wasn't watching Wednesday night's game against the Minnesota Twins on television.

The moment you doubt Gary Sheffield , he will hurt you. The Fantasy-playing community is only now finding out what opposing pitchers have known for years.

FIVE times, Brian Sanches threw over to first to keep the base runner close to the bag with in the bottom of the 11th of what was a tie game.