Boston has agreed to send center fielder Coco Crisp to the Royals in exchange for right-handed reliever Ramon Ramirez.

Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein spoke with A.J. Burnett's agent by phone Tuesday to express the team's interest in the free-agent right-hander, a baseball source said.

Don Wakamatsu became the first Asian-American manager in major league baseball history when he was hired Wednesday by the Seattle Mariners.

Lew Wolff has a way to shorten baseball's postseason: Make the first round best-of-one.

Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols has won his second National League Most Valuable Player award.

Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia has won the American League Most Valuable Player award.

From Jim Edmonds to Ken Griffey Jr. to Frank Thomas, Starting 9 looks at older, accomplished position players who might play in 2009 or decide to call an end to their careers.

Pitcher Ryan Dempster and the Cubs agreed on a four-year contract worth about $52 million.

A source tells ESPN's Peter Gammons that the Mariners are set to name Don Wakamatsu as their new manager.

A 16-year-old Japanese schoolgirl was drafted by an independent league team.

Pima County's supervisors voted 5-0 on Tuesday to allow the Chicago White Sox to end their spring training contract with the city so they can move immediately to the Phoenix suburb of Glendale.

Ken Griffey Jr. has joined a new team. The star outfielder became the newest American Public Diplomacy Envoy, introduced Tuesday by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

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Cal Ripken Jr.'s baseball clinic in Nicaragua was cut short on Tuesday due to political unrest.

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Reliever Jeremy Affeldt became the first of 171 free agents to agree to a contract, striking an $8 million, two-year deal with the Giants.

Padres third baseman Kevin Kouzmanoff had arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder and is expected to be ready by the start of spring training.

The Tampa Bay Rays will raise ticket prices for next season.

Baseball's legends and old-timers will play in a new Hall of Fame Classic game beginning in 2009. The inaugural Hall of Fame Classic will be held on June 21. The game replaces the Hall of Fame Game, which was discontinued this year after 68 years.