Baseball Injuries

— Terry Francona grew up about two hours away from Williamsport, Pa. He has seen the Little League World Series grow into a major international event, with every game televised on ESPN. "This thing has really caught fire," Francona said Monday....

MINNEAPOLIS - Hank Steinbrenner broke his silence yesterday to tell The Associated Press he thought injuries were the reason the Yankees have not performed better this year. Steinbrenner told the AP in Tampa that although he is not giving up on 2008,...

— It was after a victory over the White Sox at U.S. Cellular last August that Tim Wakefield's season essentially ended, a shoulder injury eventually forcing him off the World Series roster. The Red Sox are hoping history isn't repeating itself....

In New York, this would be heresy: The playoffs without the Yankees. "I think the logo doesn't allow that," Larry Bowa said. Bowa coached for the Yankees last season, then followed Manager Joe Torre to the Dodgers. Torre led the Yankees into October...

Out since April 23 with a torn Lisfranc ligament in his right foot, righthanded reliever Brian Bruney - who rehabbed his injury instead of following a doctor's recommendation to have season-ending surgery - was added to the Yankees' 25-man roster before...

MIAMI - Now what? As hard as the Mets tried to approach Thursday's trade deadline without giving off any visible signs of desperation, there was no hiding what happened to John Maine last night against the Marlins. Maine was forced to leave the game in...

A 14-year-old gymnast with a stress fracture in her lower back. A 12-year-old who tore his ACL in a soccer game. A 16-year-old runner with a leg stress fracture. A 15-year-old who tore his meniscus playing basketball. A single morning's patients for...

When asked about the first thing he wanted to do when he got home from the hospital, 7-year-old Dominic DiAngi didn't hesitate for a second. "Play baseball," he said, sitting between his parents, Peter and Pamela, in a brand-new Cubs hat and a Ted...

In the wake of a frightening incident in which a 7-year-old suffered a fractured skull from a foul ball at Wrigley Field, fans may be wondering what they can do to stay safe at the ballpark and, if they aren't, who bears the legal responsibility for...

THERE'S good news and bad news about "Tommy John surgery," a technique used to replace a damaged elbow ligament often suffered by athletes, mostly baseball players. The surgery has a high success rate -- 83% -- with most people going back to previous...

Observations, opinions and musings from last week in Major League Baseball. There have been plenty of big-name players getting injured this year, but last week set the standard. St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols (calf strain) hit the...

Just when things were finally going right, the Yankees Monday got dealt their biggest blow of the year - a possible season-ending injury to pitching ace Chien-Ming Wang - leaving fans and baseball analysts alike to speculate on the impact to the Bombers'...