“Major League Baseball” on The Daily Caller

Back when baseball managers ruled with an iron fist, ballplayers were subject to curfews and bed-checks to keep them out of trouble while traveling on the road. But while we might live in more enlightened times today, Detroit Tigers outfielder Delmon Young is probably wishing he had subjected himself to just that sort of discipline — discipline that might have helped him avoid an altercation that could land him in jail. (more)

Braves icon Chipper Jones is calling it a career. (more)

St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Lance Berkman said Tuesday that Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig “extorted” new Houston Astros owner Jim Crane into changing leagues as a precondition of the sale of the franchise in November. (more)

It was Mae West, the original Hollywood sexpot, who said that “too much of a good thing can be wonderful.” I’m guessing that Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig probably agrees with that assessment on some level, now that he’s agreed to expand the league’s postseason to include 10 teams, five from each league. (more)

Though most baseball fans are too young to remember, the baseball team based in Houston, Texas was not always known as the Astros. Instead, the team that became known as the Astros once it moved into the Astrodome in 1965 entered the National League as an expansion team in 1962 as the Houston Colt .45s — a name that was chosen to “honor the gun that won the West.” (more)

Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp does not want the National League MVP award even if it is stripped from Milwaukee Brewers left fielder Ryan Braun, who won the award but is appealing a 50-game ban for testing positive after the season for performance-enhancing drugs. (more)

More than three months after the Chicago Cubs hired former Boston Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein, the two teams finally have a deal on what the Red Sox will receive in return. (more)

Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton said Wednesday that he’s committed to figuring out why he had another alcohol relapse and is undergoing what he called a “Josh Hamilton makeover.” (more)

The New York Yankees were hit with a $13.9 million luxury tax bill Thursday, their lowest since 2003. (more)

Ryan Braun doesn’t fit the image fans have when they hear that a power hitter has been accused of using performance-enhancing drugs. (more)

It isn’t every day that the best player in Major League Baseball changes his address. So when Albert Pujols signed a 10-year, $250 million free agent contract with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim earlier today, it struck the baseball world like a thunderclap. (more)

At first it seemed like a joke, though new stadiums can make people do funny things. Besides, what better way to thank the taxpayers of Miami for the new digs than put a giant bow on a few superstars for their viewing pleasure? (more)

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Hours after David Freese’s home run plunked down on the grass patch beyond the center field wall, long after the ballpark emptied, a message still burned bright on the scoreboard: “See you TOMORROW NIGHT for Game 7 of the World Series!” (more)

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A squirrel ran across home plate in the fifth inning of the NL division series game between the Phillies and Cardinals on Wednesday night. (more)

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Adrian Beltre stood off to the side of the interview room, drying his face with a giant towel. The Texas Rangers were celebrating another playoff series win, and their hot-hitting, championship-seeking third baseman relished being in the middle of the party. (more)

BOSTON (AP) — The Terry Francona era in Boston began with the Red Sox first championship in 86 years. It ended after one of the worst months in club history. (more)

MIAMI (AP) — Fresh off a divorce in Chicago, Ozzie Guillen has been reunited with the Florida Marlins and owner Jeffrey Loria. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Never in the long history of Major League Baseball has any team held a lead in September of eight games or more for a postseason berth and failed to clinch. (more)

After a government prosecution that lasted nearly seven years, a federal jury Wednesday convicted home-run king Barry Bonds on one charge of obstruction of justice for allegedly lying about using performance-enhancing drugs. (more)

Prosecutors in the Barry Bonds perjury trial stunned the court Monday by revealing the discovery of a secret recording of Bonds’ orthopedic surgeon, who denied last week that he had discussed the player’s alleged steroid use with others. (more)