Oakland manager Melvin excited about Japan series (AP)

Seattle Mariners Manager Eric Wedge, center, speaks, with Oakland Athletics Manager Bob Melvin, left, and Mariners special consultant Ken Griffey Jr., sitting beside him, at a press conference in Tokyo, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. The Mariners and Athletics will open next season in Japan with a two-game series at the Tokyo Dome on March 28 and 29.

Hideki Matsui or no Hideki Matsui, Oakland Athletics manager Bob Melvin is looking forward to opening the 2012 Major League Baseball season in Japan. The Athletics and Seattle Mariners open the regular season with a two-game series at Tokyo Dome on March 28 and 29. Many hoped the series would feature a showdown between Matsui and countryman Ichiro Suzuki but Melvin said the A's likely wont be...


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New York Yankees 2012 Interleague Schedule (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

The New York Yankees' 2012 interleague schedule begins on Friday, May 18, when the team hosts the Cincinnati Reds for a three-game series. After that, the rest of the Yankees' 2012 interleague schedule pucks up again in June.

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New York Yankees 2012 Spring Training Schedule (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

The 2012 New York Yankees Spring Training schedule is out and it begins with an interesting three-game series against the Philadelphia Phillies from March 3-5. The schedule includes games against the Boston Red Sox, New York Mets and even a two-game series against the Florida...

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MLB All-Stars defeat Taiwan team 6-4 (AP)

Robinson Cano of the New York Yankees and Ty Wigginton of the Colorado Rockies each hit solo home runs Sunday to lead an MLB All-Star team to a 6-4 win over Taiwan and a sweep of their five-game series. Cano's blast in the third inning and Wigginton's in the seventh helped seal the game in the southern city of Kaohsiung and added to the MLB power display.

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MLB squad arrives in Taiwan for 5-game series (AP)

Major League Baseball brought its traveling roadshow to Taiwan less than 48 hours after the 7th game of an epic World Series capped the season in North America. New York Yankees stars Curtis Granderson and Robinson Cano lead the MLB squad, which will play five games this week against a team that includes former Yankee -- and current Washington National -- Chien-ming Wang, one of a pair of...

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Mariners, Athletics to open season at Tokyo Dome (AP)

The Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics will open next season in Japan with a two-game series at the Tokyo Dome on March 28 and 29. Seattle and Oakland had been scheduled to play there in March 2003, but the series was scrapped because of the threat of war in Iraq. The A's will be the home team in both games, the MLB commissioner's office said Wednesday.

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Russell Martin: ‘I hate the Red Sox’ (AP)

Now that the Yankees have clinched the AL East, Russell Martin is not hiding his hatred for the Boston Red Sox. The All-Star catcher, in his first year with the Yankees, is hoping New York helps play wild-card spolier this weekend when it hosts the fading Red Sox in a three-game series. "Anything to get the Red Sox out would be awesome for me," Martin said Thursday night before facing...

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Fan’s take: Make your reservations for Yankees parade route (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

The New York Yankees demonstrated over the last couple of days, in the first three of a four-game series with the Tampa Bay Rays, that they should be attending a fitting right now for their championship rings. If victory parades are events you relish, circle a few days on the...

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Yankees to Honor 10th Anniversary of Sept. 11 Wednesday in Pregame Ceremony (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

NEW YORK--The New York Yankees will honor the 10th anniversary of 9-11 prior to their three-game series finale vs. the Baltimore Orioles Wednesday afternoon, the team announced Monday. The Yankees decided to have the ceremony four days in advance of the 10-year mark of the tragedy...

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Yanks Surging Since Series Win in Boston (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

NEW YORK--The New York Yankees built momentum earlier in the week by winning two of three games vs. the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, returning home Friday to open a three-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays, who were swept out of the Bronx over the weekend.

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