Baseball

NEW YORK — The flashbulb-inducing landmarks are still the main attraction, the peeling paint less glamorous but just as prevalent. The spirit of Babe Ruth still might be here. The moths are definitely here - so many of them that hours before one of the few Yankees-Red Sox games left at the stadium, the main attraction in the home clubhouse is a bout between a clubhouse attendant and one of the insects.

PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Nate McLouth's two-run homer guided the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-2 win over New York on Thursday, snapping the Yankees' four-game winning streak.

PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Nate McLouth's two-run homer guided the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-2 win over New York on Thursday, snapping the Yankees' four-game winning streak.

PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Nate McLouth's two-run homer guided the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-2 win over New York on Thursday, snapping the Yankees' four-game winning streak.

MIAMI (Reuters) - The wife of New York Yankees superstar Alex "A-Rod" Rodriguez filed for divorce in Miami on Monday, citing the slugger's alleged infidelities.

If the American League has a late lead at Yankee Stadium in next Tuesday’s All-Star Game, Manager Terry Francona will have a tantalizing decision. Would he use his own closer, Jonathan Papelbon, to lock down the game? Or would he use the ultimate closer, Mariano Rivera?

ST. LOUIS — Jerry Manuel was fielding questions about Pedro Martínez’s recent struggles before Wednesday night’s game when he looked up at a clock in his office. Manuel, asked to gauge how far Martínez was from returning to form, chuckled and said, “By 7:30.”

ST. LOUIS — Jerry Manuel was fielding questions about Pedro Martínez’s recent struggles before Wednesday night’s game when he looked up at a clock in his office. Manuel, asked to gauge how far Martínez was from returning to form, chuckled and said, “By 7:30.”

ST. LOUIS — Jerry Manuel was fielding questions about Pedro Martínez’s recent struggles before Wednesday night’s game when he looked up at a clock in his office. Manuel, asked to gauge how far Martínez was from returning to form, chuckled and said, “By 7:30.”

SEATTLE -- The trains, one of the unique and charming characteristics of Safeco Field, still rumble by the ballpark with impressive consistency. The whistles blow, the engines chug, and what's most striking from inside this gem of a park is that at least something remains on the tracks in this part of town.