Singles Seek Home-Run Date at California Ball Park
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When the San Francisco Giants  play baseball, slugger Barry Bonds and the other players are  far from the only ones thinking about hitting home runs.
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Barry Bonds' pursuit of the home run record will resume back in San Francisco on Monday night.
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Major League Baseball still is targeting April for finding an owner for the Washington Nationals, now that the new home of the former Montreal Expos has been determined.
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By JOHN NADEL  VERO BEACH, Fla. - Matt White, a journeyman pitcher trying to make the Los Angeles Dodgers, could become baseball's first billionaire player.  It has nothing to do with his arm. He owns a rock quarry in western Massachusetts.
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SAN FRANCISCO If you&#39;re willing to pay some big bucks for Barry Bonds&#39; 700th home run ball, you don&#39;t have much time left.
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It has been rather quiet on the Alex Rodriguez front at the general managers' meetings, but two teams that have interest in pursuing him are the Dodgers and Angels. This could be a dream scenario for agent Scott Boras , who owns luxury boxes at both teams' stadiums.
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SAN FRANCISCO - The Houston Astros have control over their own fate when they visit SBC Park for a three-game series against the San Francisco Giants.
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Baseball is about to be offered some much-needed help pulling its head out of the sand.
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Dan Haren will start the All-Star game for the American League just across the bay from his home ballpark in Oakland. The Athletics' ace was picked by AL manager Jim Leyland on Monday to oppose San Diego's Jake Peavy, who will start for Tony La Russa's National League squad in Tuesday night's game.
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SAN FRANCISCO The legal battle over who is the real owner of Barry Bonds&#39; 700th home run ball begins this morning in Superior Court.
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Barry Bonds is going to Milwaukee needing one home run to reach No. 700 and join a club that counts only Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth as members.
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Aâs pitcher Dan Haren will start for the American League, across the bay from his home ballpark in Oakland, and Padresâ ace Jake Peavy will take the mound Tuesday for the National League.
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Jeff Kent is looking forward to the day when he can just have fun and not have to come to the ballpark. That time could come sooner rather than later.
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com. It&#39;s been quite a month for San Francisco, which entered Saturday&#39;s contest against the San Diego Padres at SBC Park having won six straight games and 10 of its last 12.
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Major League Baseball player Rick Helling, right, talks with an unidentified Player&#39;s Association representative as he arrives to attend meetings Monday, Dec. 6, 2004, at the Royal Palms Resort in Phoenix.
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Exhibit A: Sometime over the next few days, a San Francisco athlete will break baseball's most treasured record. Despite his achievement of hitting more home runs than anyone else in Major League Baseball, Barry Bonds will be greeted with rage, ridicule and vast amounts of spit -- because many pe...
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The San Diego Padres were thrilled about Jake Peavy's improved pitching and his run production. They were equally delighted at seeing Brad Penny and Kenny Lofton of the division-rival Los Angeles Dodgers bickering in the dugout.