In new role, former catcher Buster Posey plans to bring Giants back to respectability, winning

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In recent weeks and months, Buster Posey began to ponder the possibility of taking on something he insisted he'd never do in joining the baseball operations department for the Giants. The star catcher said he wouldn't do it upon retiring three years ago. Yet...

Bruce Bochy driven to get the Rangers back to postseason with maybe a Giants-like return

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Bruce Bochy will turn 70 next year during his 28th season as a big league manager, and really isn't thinking beyond that. He just knows where he wants the Texas Rangers to be, especially after they failed this season to even make the playoffs in defense of...

Giants hire former catcher Buster Posey as president of baseball operations, replacing Farhan Zaidi

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants have hired former All-Star catcher Buster Posey as president of baseball operations and fired Farhan Zaidi. Team chairman Greg Johnson made the announcement Monday after the Giants finished 80-82 in manager Bob Melvin's first season —...

The San Francisco Giants have hired ex-catcher Buster Posey as President of Baseball Operations and fired Farhan Zaidi

Brendan Donovan homers, hits RBI single as Cardinals beat Giants 6-1 in season finale

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Brendan Donovan hit a solo homer in the third and followed it up with an RBI single two innings later and Alec Burleson drove in three runs, leading the St. Louis Cardinals past the San Francisco Giants 6-1 on Sunday. José Fermín hit an RBI single in the...

Red Sox head groundskeeper Dave Mellor to retire after Sunday's game

BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox longtime head groundskeeper Dave Mellor is retiring Sunday after the club’s final game of the season against the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park. Mellor has spent 23 years with the Red Sox and 39 in major league baseball. He also worked for the Milwaukee...

Fitzgerald scores from 1st on throwing error by Liberatore in 8th as Giants beat Cardinals 6-5

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tyler Fitzgerald reached on an infield single and scored the eventual winning run in the eighth inning on a throwing error by St. Louis pitcher Matthew Liberatore, leading the San Francisco Giants to a 6-5 win over the Cardinals on Saturday. The Cardinals...

Nootbaar drives in 3, Helsley records franchise record 49th save as Cardinals beat Giants 6-3

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Lars Nootbaar homered and tripled to drive in three runs, Ryan Helsley closed for his franchise-record 49th save and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Francisco Giants 6-3 on Friday night. The Cardinals have won five of six and secured their 23rd winning...

Athletics bid emotional farewell to Oakland Coliseum that they called home since 1968

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Mark Kotsay treated this moment, this daunting day, like the World Series he has never had as a player or manager. Kotsay fought tears, just like so many others Thursday, as the Oakland Athletics bid an emotional farewell to their beloved Coliseum they've...

Gallen strikes out 11, Diamondbacks end 3-game slide with 8-2 win over Giants

PHOENIX (AP) — Zac Gallen struck out 11 in six innings, pinch hitter Pavin Smith hit a three-run homer and the Arizona Diamondbacks ended a three-game losing streak with an 8-2 win over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night. Arizona needed a rebound after a losing streak that...