American League

EAST W   L   Pct   GB    Streak   Home   Away   Last 10    New York 56   32   .636   ?    W-1   28-13   28-19   8-2    Tampa Bay 54   34   .614   2    W-2   26-20   28-14   8-2    Boston 51   37   .580   5    W-1   29-17   22-20   4-6    Toronto 44   45   .494   121/2    L-1   24-22   20-23   4-6    Baltimore 29   59   .330   27    W-4   16-25   13-34   5-5    Chicago 49   38   .

Hunt Auctions, the Exton sports-memorabilia outfit whose sales frequently take place in conjunction with major sporting events all over the country, will help Boston's Fenway Park celebrate its 100th anniversary with a sale there featuring the personal collection of Ted Williams - who spent his entire major league baseball career playing with the Red Sox. The 700-lot sale April 28 will also feature Fenway Park historic memorabilia, notably the...

Danny Tartabull has hit 262 home runs in his career. Hit some for the Seattle Mariners. Some for the Kansas City Royals. Some for the New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics and Chicago White Sox. One thing all of Tartabull's home runs have in common, though, is that they were hit for American League teams in American League parks against American League pitching. Now, at age 34, Tartabull has come to the Phillies. After accumulating more than 11 seasons of big-league service time, he's about to play in the National League for the first time.

Realignment gets another look OK, you knew this was coming. With offense down all over baseball, the stewards of the game are going to make changes in its structure to try to pump up interest. When offense fell to an all-time low in 1968, they lowered the mound to take away a bit of the pitchers' overwhelming advantage. In 1972, the American League's big shots introduced the designated hitter. But the changes being talked about now are more widespread. There was talk for months about adding a second wild-card team, for a total of five playoff teams per league.

Hunt Auctions, the Exton sports-memorabilia outfit whose sales frequently take place in conjunction with major sporting events all over the country, will help Boston's Fenway Park celebrate its 100th anniversary with a sale there featuring the personal collection of Ted Williams - who spent his entire major league baseball career playing with the Red Sox. The 700-lot sale April 28 will also feature Fenway Park historic memorabilia, notably the...

By Daniel Akst A ballplayer from a minority group not normally associated with big-time sports bursts onto the scene, tearing up the league with his spirited play. He's an instant sensation with the fans - especially among his own people, who are overcome with pride at their champion's success and eager to embrace his quintessentially American game as a sign of their belonging at last. I'm writing, of course, of Hank Greenberg, who drove in a mind-boggling 183 runs in 1937 and was baseball's first Jewish superstar at a time when Jews sorely needed some good news.

Athletics 4, Yankees 3 NEW YORK - Hideki Matsui homered against his former team, Rich Harden earned his second win of the season, and Oakland snapped an 11-game losing streak to New York. Oakland 002 001 100 – 4 10 0 New York 010 001 001 – 3 9 0 Oakland AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.      J.Weeks 2b 4   0   2   1   0   0   .320    Pennington ss 5   0   1   0   0   0   .249    Matsui dh 5   2   2   1   0   1   .224    Willingham lf 4   1   2   2   0   1   .241    1-Crisp pr-cf 0   0   0   0   0   0   .268    DeJesus rf 4   0   0   0   1   1   .232    S.Sizemore 3b 3   0   0   0   2   1   .242    Sweeney cf-lf 5   1   1   0   0   2   .279    C.Jackson 1b 3   0   2   0   1   0   .253    Powell c 3   0   0   0   1   2   .188    Totals 36   4   10   4   5   8    New York AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.      Gardner lf 4   1   0   0   1   1   .285    Jeter ss 4   0   3   0   1   0   .274    Granderson cf 4   0   0   0   1   3   .266    Teixeira 1b 4   0   1   1   0   2   .240   ...

Sunday was the 70th anniversary of the end of Joe DiMaggio's storied 56-game hitting streak, which captivated the nation in 1941. The feat is worthy of all the attention, and DiMaggio is certainly due all the respect given him the last seven decades. But there are actually two other streaks from that same era that might be more impressive than DiMag's 56-gamer. One was by the Yankee Clipper himself, who drew a walk in the game immediately preceding the 56-game hitting streak.