The Oakland Athletics will extend the contract of general manager Billy Beane through the 2019 season, club owner Lew Wolff said Tuesday in an interview with Bloomberg Television.

How did Bryce Harper feel after hearing manager Davey Johnson is going to give him every chance to make the club? "I feel really positive about going to Spring Training this year," Harper said. "I really feel I have a legit shot at making the club."

I was recently contacted by the Green Diamond Gallery in Montgomery, Ohio, with an invitation for me to introduce Cincinnati Reds hometown hero Sean Casey for an event. I immediately accepted.

Brewers general manager and pride of Chatham, Ontario Doug Melvin will be inducted this summer into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, a body that already includes his baseball heroes.

The Dodgers on Tuesday signed veteran right-handed pitcher Jamey Wright to a Minor League contract with an invitation to Major League Spring Training camp.

Ricky Romero is set to embark on just his fourth season in the big leagues, but he already has become the veteran leader of the Blue Jays' pitching staff.

Speculation that aggressive Cincinnati has been in talks to sign free agent starting pitcher Roy Oswalt has heated up repeatedly in recent days. Not true, general manager Walt Jocketty claimed emphatically on Tuesday.

Does switching leagues really impact a player's performance, especially an elite slugger like Fielder or Albert Pujols? Recent history has shown that many hitters struggle to make the transition, though there have been notable exceptions.

Before taking their newly assigned front-office jobs with the Angels, Hal Morris and Mike LaCassa went the school route. Now, both are taking on new challenges in different ways.

The Dodgers were front and center in breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball, but the early movement involved more than Jackie Robinson.

Brad Mills, entering his third season as manager of the Astros, remains the man in charge of the Astros' rebuilding process. It's a difficult task.

Who are the best prospects in each organization? Which Minor Leaguers should you get the most excited about seeing on your favorite team? Now it's just a click away, with the rankings of the Top 20 prospects for each club unveiled this week.

The Oakland Athletics won their third straight World Series in 1974 but there was one pitcher they couldn't beat. Ferguson Jenkins, pitching for the Rangers, was 5-0 with a 0.60 ERA, five complete games and two shutouts in five starts against them.

Cam Perron, a 17-year-old high school senior from Arlington, Mass., is an Internet-savvy sleuth who has tracked down dozens of Negro League players whose stories have never been told.

Ben Zobrist is one of the last names you'll find in the Baseball Encyclopedia, but he's near, or at the top, in several highly subjective categories: best all-around defender and most versatile player in the game.

The notion that the National League needs to add the designated-hitter rule so that its clubs can wildly overpay sluggers on the downside of their careers is almost painful to ponder, writes Mike Bauman.

The Red Sox announced on Monday that right-hander Scott Atchison has cleared waivers and been outrighted to Triple-A Pawtucket. Atchison, who turns 36 in March, has received an invitation to big league camp.