Jerry Sands

The Mud Hens claimed their first win in 10 games against Indianapolis this season, rebounding from an early three-run deficit to claim a 6-3 victory. Toledo got home runs from Ben Guez and Danny Dorn to snap a three-game losing streak. The Indians...

The Mud Hens dug themselves into an early hole against the Indianapolis Indians, and were not able to complete a late rally attempt in an 8-5 loss on Saturday evening. Toledo starter Derek Hankins (0-2) managed to avoid too much trouble in the first,...

Before Saturday night's game with Indianapolis, IronPigs manager Dave Brundage talked about the aggressiveness of Leandro Castro at the plate. "It kind of showed against Buffalo and all those [veteran guys]. They weren't going to give him anything...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, Norwich City at Manchester United, 8:55 a.m. (ESPN2) Men’s College Basketball--Louisville at Syracuse, 11 a.m. (CBS); Alabama at Florida, 11 a.m. (ESPN); Butler at Virginia Commonwealth, 11 a.m....

One of my least-favorite sports terms: It’s a process. Like everything isn’t. Studying game film, learning to lay off that low outside slider, scratching your left earlobe, it’s all a process. Normally this process malarkey is used...

JERRY SANDS, 25, outfielder Final 2012 stats: .174 batting average, two doubles, one RBI, one walk, nine strikeouts in just 23 at-bats. Contract status: Now belongs to the Pirates. The good: Had a second strong offensive season — at triple-A...

Harmony. Gee, the Dodgers really love you.... Those arbitration cases can get so messy. A club having to argue against its own player. Best to be avoided. Best to be done with as soon as possible. Which is what the Dodgers did yet again Friday, coming...

Some quick looks around the Web: -- Matt Kemp is scheduled to serve as the grand marshal of the 28th Kingdom Day Parade on Saturday. The Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance has been moved back from Monday to avoid conflict with President Obama&...

Pittsburgh Pirates fans are used to seeing manager Clint Hurdle chew bubble gum as he leans out of the dugout.   But when he was presented with a bucket of bubble gum Monday, his reaction surprised some.   “I do not chew bubble gum in the...

The biggest prize may have eluded Clayton Kershaw last season, but that hardly means he has gone without recognition. Kershaw, who finished second in the National League Cy Young award voting last season after winning it the year before, was...

BOSTON (AP) — If Joel Hanrahan can do for the Boston Red Sox what he did against them, they should be very happy with their new closer.   In the first of his two All-Star seasons, the right-hander posted back-to-back saves for the Pittsburgh...

AARON HARANG, 34, starting pitcher Final 2012 stats: 10-10, 3.61 ERA, 31 starts, 1.40 WHIP, 6.6 strikeouts per nine innings, .246 opponent batting average. Contract status: Signed for next season at $7 million. The good: Ate up almost 180 innings,...