MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Bobby Valentine, former Texas Rangers and New York Mets manager and current ESPN analyst, will be the 45th manager of the Boston Red Sox, according to reports.

SAC Capital Advisors hedge fund manager Steven A. Cohen is planning a bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

The committee of unsecured creditors for the bankrupt Los Angeles Dodgers threw its support behind the team's effort to sell TV broadcast rights earlier than expected, riling News Corp's Fox Sports.

Milwaukee Brewers left fielder Ryan Braun has won the National League MVP, beating out Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp, who came just short of the Triple Crown.

The Brewers' left fielder wins the NL MVP over Matt Kemp

The Los Angeles Dodgers bankruptcy case judge appointed a mediator to try and sort out the dispute between the baseball team and Fox Sports regarding the sale of the team's television telecast rights.

The Texas Rangers will be shifting their pitching plans a bit after agreeing to terms on Monday with RHP Joe Nathan on a two-year, $14.5 million contract with a club option for a third year and a buyout, according to reports. This means Rangers current closer Neftali Feliz will become a starter.

Fox Sports asked a bankruptcy court late Friday to dismiss the Los Angeles Dodgers' bankruptcy cases, saying they fail the test of good faith and are nothing more than an attempt to extract more money from deals to the baseball club's telecast rights.

Each franchise that has interest in Albert Pujols has one good case or another for Pujols to sign, but no club seems more right and fitting than the St. Louis Cardinals.

Clayton Kershaw joined Major League Baseball's elite on Thursday by winning the top pitching award but the Los Angeles Dodger said he still had a long way to go before he could be considered one of the team's greats.

The Los Angeles Dodgers sued Fox Sports on Wednesday to stop the broadcaster of the baseball team's games from interfering with plans to auction the bankrupt franchise.

Los Angeles Dodgers ace lefty Clayton Kershaw has won the NL Cy Young Award on Thursday, becoming the first Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher to win since Eric Gagne in 2003, the first Dodgers starter to win it since Orel Hershiser in 1988 and the eighth Dodger overall to win.

Unlike their NBA brethren, the MLB is on the precipice of a new labor deal that will last for the next 20 years, according to ESPN.com, that will ensure continuous labor peace for the first time since the Major League Baseball Players Association formed in the 1960s.

The Miami Marlins are ready for the Major League Baseball season, and they have the snazzy new uniforms to prove it. Pitcher Josh Johnson, catcher John Buck, and other team players showed off their new threads Friday.

Major League Baseball player Wilson Ramos was found alive Friday by Venezuelan security forces in the mountains near where he was kidnapped, Reuters reported.

Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos only made $415,000 last season. But, for his Venezuelan kidnappers, who have been notoriously known for demanding steep prices for their victims, his worth can be somewhere between 10 and 20 million dollars, according to the Washington Post.

Wilson Abraham Ramos, 24, a Major League Baseball catcher for the Washington Nationals, was kidnapped near his home in Santa Ines, Venezuela on Wednesday night.

Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos has been found alive by Venezuelan police Thursday morning, according to the police's Twitter feed. State law enforcement officials confirm ballplayer Ramos alive, it said.

Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos has been kidnapped in Venezuela.

Time Warner Cable is considering bidding for the television rights to cover the Los Angeles Dodgers.

With little more than an hour left in the second full day of the federal corruption trial of New York City Councilman Larry Seabrook Tuesday afternoon, a jury had only just been seated, signifying the divisive and wide-reaching scope of the crimes the Bronx legislator is accused of committing.