Jason Donald

Few people have worn a Reading Phillies uniform for as long as Frank Cacciatore. He's in his sixth consecutive season as batting coach -- a streak unmatched by any staff member in the club's 47-year history. He's in his 26th season in professional...

Tommy Joseph sat out batting practice again Tuesday as he deals with the after-effects of a concussion he suffered in Saturday night's win over Indianapolis. The 21-year-old catcher left the game following the fifth inning after being hit in the face...

|TODAY| |COLLEGE BASEBALL| Presentation at Concordia-Moorhead, 2:30 p.m. doubleheader   |TV SPORTS| Major League Baseball—Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees, Noon (ESPN); Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates, 12:30 p.m. (WGN); San...

|TV SPORTS| Men’s College Basketball--Savannah State at Ohio State, 6 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Wisconsin-Green Bay at Wisconsin, 8 p.m. (Big 10 Network) NBA Basketball--Dallas Mavericks at Boston Celtics, 7 p.m. (ESPN); Denver Nuggets at Minnesota...

Reading OF Leandro Castro is continuing his torrid pace since mid-May. Although he had his 11-G hit streak snapped Tuesday, he’s 5-for-12 in three games since and is hitting .383 (64-for-167) since May 16, hitting safely in 37 of his 46 G. Overall...

    It has been a busy weekend already, but the Orioles made a couple more roster moves on Sunday morning, optioning outfielder Xavier Avery to Triple-A Norfolk to finish making room for the arrival of newly acquired DH Jim Thome and the recall of...

Liberty’s Matt McBride (Colorado) went 3-for-5 Friday for Colorado Springs, the seventh time this year he’s had 3 or more hits in a game, as his latest hitting streak reached 5 G (9-for-24, .375). His .358 average is 7th in the Pacific Coast...

Ned Yost certainly loved the fight that the Kansas City Royals showed Saturday night. If only they could have managed one more run. After watching the Royals rally from a seven-run deficit to force extra innings, the Indians' Shin-Soo Choo hit a two-run...

Nate Bump and Rich Thompson didn't spend a lot of time on the open market this winter. Thompson, a fan favorite at Coca-Cola Park, re-upped for a fifth season with the Phillies organization on Dec. 13, not long after the minor league free agency session...

A few observations from the first week of Phillies camp ... * I was told during the winter that Scott Podsednik as committed to reporting to the IronPigs if he didn't make the Phillies major-league roster. The way he's playing, he'll be in a Phillies...

The three b’Baby Aces’ who moved up from Clearwater to Florida are off to good starts in their first 10 days at Double-A. RHP Trevor May, the most heranded of the trio, won each of his first starts with a 3.75 ERA, including on Thrursday...

Having already erased much of a big deficit, the Indians were on the cusp of tying the game in the ninth inning with runners in scoring position, one out and a fly ball from Matt LaPorta heading toward center field. Unfortunately for Cleveland, that's...