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The wife of Yankees general manager Brian Cashman has filed divorce papers, a day after prosecutors charged a woman with stalking him and extorting money over an extramarital affair. Mary Cashman filed the paperwork Friday in Stamford, Conn. Her lawyer didn't immediately return a phone message Saturday.

Nobody would ever suspect that Sam Fuld had Type 1 diabetes based on the reckless abandon with which the 30-year-old Rays outfielder plays baseball. Only upon seeing Fuld injecting himself with insulin in the clubhouse does one realize what Fuld overcomes on a daily basis.

Question of Day: Who was top two-sport star?

Josh Hamilton shed no tears and used no prepared statement as he apologized and shared few details about his relapse with alcohol. Still, it was clear he was upset by what he had done. The Texas Rangers slugger and recovering drug addict said he had "three or four" drinks during dinner at a Dallas restaurant and bar Monday and continued drinking later that night.

Three-time All-Star Cecil Fielder, who twice led the Majors in home runs, and four-time World Series champion Tino Martinez were inducted into the Ted Williams Hitters Hall of Fame at Tropicana Field on Friday night.

A year ago, Luis Ayala took the mound for Mexico's Obregon squad during the Caribbean Series without a job in the United States and ended up signing a Minor League deal with the Yankees a few days after the round-robin ended.

The Royals have agreed to contract terms with Ramon Hernandez Jorrin, a right-handed-hitting outfielder from Cuba, after evaluating him in the Dominican Republic.

Contrary to widespread assumptions, the Giants can afford to retain Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain long term, general manager Brian Sabean said Friday.

To some observers, third baseman Pablo Sandoval passed the eyeball test Friday. But his physical condition still didn't satisfy Giants manager Bruce Bochy.

A large group of eager teenagers took their first step toward their big league dreams and Major League Baseball took another step forward in Latin America on the first day of the Venezuela-Dominican Republic Showcase on Friday at the Mets complex.

The Dodgers' ninth annual Community Caravan, to be held Feb. 14-15, will focus on joining fans in giving back to the Los Angeles community.

Jeff Allison got up Friday morning to get ready to go to work at a local baseball facility and coach kids. Then he read the headline about Josh Hamilton. "It tore me apart," said Allison.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to terms with right-handed reliever Todd Coffey on a $1.3 million, one-year contract with a club option for 2013. The deal, announced Friday, will pay Coffey $1 million this season. The Dodgers hold a $2.5 million option for next season with a $300,000 buyout. Coffey was 5-1 with a 3.62 ERA in 69 games with Washington last season.

The Los Angeles Dodgers asked a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge on Friday to disallow claims against the team filed by Bryan Stow, the San Francisco Giants fan nearly beaten to death outside Dodger Stadium last spring. Stow and his family sued the Dodgers in California state court, then filed the claim with the federal court in July, weeks after owner Frank McCourt put the team in bankruptcy.

The Dodgers filed a motion with the bankruptcy court on Friday to disallow all claims by Bryan Stow and his children stemming from Stow's beating in the Dodger Stadium parking lot on Opening Day last year.

Along with a new uniform, Jose Reyes has a new, close-cropped look. The All-Star shortstop had his dreadlocks trimmed during a nationally televised haircut Friday on the MLB Network. "A little bit lighter. It's going to take me a couple of days to get used to it," Reyes said. He left the New York Mets in December for a $106 million, six-year contract with the Miami Marlins.

The offseason maneuvering is in full swing. Stay up on all the trades, signings, rumors and analysis with the Hot Stove MLBlog.

Speaking publicly Friday for the first time since he and the Giants agreed to their deal on Jan. 24, Tim Lincecum calmly rebutted the assumptions of his skeptics as if they were so many helpless hitters.

To conform with Miami Marlins policy, shortstop Jose Reyes cut off his famed dreadlocks, which he had sported the past three years as a member of the New York Mets.

Frank Robinson's teammate and fellow Hall of Famer Jim Palmer, who is currently an Orioles broadcaster, shared some special moments and insight from that groundbreaking 1966 season.