Baseball

Elvis Andrus...that man is fast.

The Texas Rangers speedster stole home like it was routine during the team's contest against the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night.

Lou Gehrig's record stood for a half-century, and it felt like it had been there forever.

Cal Ripken Jr.'s record has stood for 20 years, and it feels like...wait, has it really been 20 years since that fabulous night when he passed Gehrig by playing in his 2,131st consecutive game?

"It seems like yesterday in one way," Ripken said. "And then there's the realization that it's been 20 years."

There will be a great many stories to tell about the 2015 MLB season, including the one of how the Houston Astros at last settled into their new home.

It was in 2013 when the Astros jumped from the National League Central to the American League West, thus bringing about an overdue balance between the two leagues. But beyond that, there really wasn't much to say about the move.

These are dark times in the nation's capital. And I mean baseball, not politics, which is saying something.

After a dispiriting loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday, the Washington Nationals sit at 66-65, 6.5 games back of the New York Mets in the National League East.

The Miami Marlins are not having their best season. At 54-79, they sit one game out of last place in a weak National League East division, and it seems like changes are on the horizon, especially for manager Dan Jennings. 

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First baseman Mark Teixeira has been a driving force behind the New York Yankees' high-powered offense this season, but the American League All-Star is now banged up at a critical time.

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The Kansas City Royals have hit an unexpected bump in their road to a repeat World Series bid. Or, to be more accurate, several bumps.

St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Matt Adams has been out of action since May with a quad tear, and his progress toward a return has hit a stumbling block.  

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BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Down here in the Atlantic League, the players hear the stories of what Shane Spencer did.

He came out of nowhere and became an instant star. He walked out of the minor leagues and into the World Series.

The Los Angeles Dodgers added outfield depth for the stretch run in the face of injury concerns late Monday night in the form of Justin Ruggiano.