Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1362 sports Baseball News en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:32:48 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1362 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_baseball_rdp ap/20091107/bbo_baseball_rdp AP sports Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:32:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_baseball_rdp"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.0e67a6842d81482db29a22736d37e5b8.twins_cuddyer_baseball_ny151.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=4Lncd56N9zT.zICiAIyEhQ--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2009, file photo, Minnesota Twins' Michael Cuddyer is congratulated in the dugout after hitting a home run in the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, in Chicago. The Twins picked up outfielder Michael Cuddyer's $10.5 million option for 2011 on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Cuddyer hit a career-high 32 home runs to lead the team. He also had 94 RBIs and was sixth in the American League with 73 extra-base hits. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mets reliever J.J. Putz and Twins pitcher Carl Pavano filed for free agency Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_baseball_rdp"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.0e67a6842d81482db29a22736d37e5b8.twins_cuddyer_baseball_ny151.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=4Lncd56N9zT.zICiAIyEhQ--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2009, file photo, Minnesota Twins' Michael Cuddyer is congratulated in the dugout after hitting a home run in the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, in Chicago. The Twins picked up outfielder Michael Cuddyer's $10.5 million option for 2011 on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Cuddyer hit a career-high 32 home runs to lead the team. He also had 94 RBIs and was sixth in the American League with 73 extra-base hits. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_twins_cuddyer ap/20091107/bba_twins_cuddyer AP sports Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:21:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_twins_cuddyer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.0e67a6842d81482db29a22736d37e5b8.twins_cuddyer_baseball_ny151.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=4Lncd56N9zT.zICiAIyEhQ--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2009, file photo, Minnesota Twins' Michael Cuddyer is congratulated in the dugout after hitting a home run in the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, in Chicago. The Twins picked up outfielder Michael Cuddyer's $10.5 million option for 2011 on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Cuddyer hit a career-high 32 home runs to lead the team. He also had 94 RBIs and was sixth in the American League with 73 extra-base hits. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Minnesota Twins have picked up outfielder Michael Cuddyer's $10.5 million option for 2011.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_twins_cuddyer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.0e67a6842d81482db29a22736d37e5b8.twins_cuddyer_baseball_ny151.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=4Lncd56N9zT.zICiAIyEhQ--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2009, file photo, Minnesota Twins' Michael Cuddyer is congratulated in the dugout after hitting a home run in the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, in Chicago. The Twins picked up outfielder Michael Cuddyer's $10.5 million option for 2011 on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Cuddyer hit a career-high 32 home runs to lead the team. He also had 94 RBIs and was sixth in the American League with 73 extra-base hits. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_twins_brewers_trade ap/20091107/bbo_twins_brewers_trade AP sports Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:39:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_twins_brewers_trade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.a475bb2c116e4352aec7b6e23a174605.twins_brewers_trade_baseball_ny166.jpg?x=111&y=130&q=85&sig=SmFpzKa3G4yo74sYtaiPSw--" align="left" height="130" width="111" alt="FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2008, file photo, Milwaukee Brewers' J.J. Hardy poses for a photograph. The Brewers traded Hardy to the Minnesota Twins on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, for outfielder Carlos Gomez. (AP Photo/Morry Gash,file)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Milwaukee Brewers finally gave J.J. Hardy the change of scenery he had been expecting and reunited the unhappy shortstop with an old friend in the process.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_twins_brewers_trade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.a475bb2c116e4352aec7b6e23a174605.twins_brewers_trade_baseball_ny166.jpg?x=111&y=130&q=85&sig=SmFpzKa3G4yo74sYtaiPSw--" align="left" height="130" width="111" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2008, file photo, Milwaukee Brewers' J.J. Hardy poses for a photograph. The Brewers traded Hardy to the Minnesota Twins on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, for outfielder Carlos Gomez. (AP Photo/Morry Gash,file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbn_dodgers_ramirez ap/20091107/bbn_dodgers_ramirez AP sports Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:34:52 GMT AP - Manny Ramirez is coming back to the Dodgers next season. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_yankees_what_s_next ap/20091107/bba_yankees_what_s_next AP sports Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:32:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_yankees_what_s_next"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.ws28811050525.world_series_phillies_yankees_baseball_ws288.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=RiayXqT82pYvxmMU457.Vg--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="New York Yankees' Johnny Damon, left, and Joba Chamberlain celebrate after Game 6 of the Major League Baseball World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, in New York. The Yankees won 7-3. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)" border="0" /></a>AP - Johnny Damon soaked it all in as he shared a float with first-timers Nick Swisher and Jerry Hairston Jr. for the New York Yankees' championship parade through the Canyon of Heroes on Friday. The whole scene made him a little wistful.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_yankees_what_s_next"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.ws28811050525.world_series_phillies_yankees_baseball_ws288.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=RiayXqT82pYvxmMU457.Vg--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="photo" title="New York Yankees' Johnny Damon, left, and Joba Chamberlain celebrate after Game 6 of the Major League Baseball World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, in New York. The Yankees won 7-3. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbn_giants_lincecum_pot ap/20091107/bbn_giants_lincecum_pot AP sports Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:31:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbn_giants_lincecum_pot"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.cbc676cfd4c64707859e5137169f8723.giants_lincecum_pot_baseball_ny191.jpg?x=128&y=130&q=85&sig=EjfoNMoHj_HXI6Wa2HPhLQ--" align="left" height="130" width="128" alt="In this Oct. 1, 2009, photo, San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum sits in the dugout during a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks in San Francisco. Lincecum is facing misdemeanor marijuana charges following a traffic stop in his home state of Washington. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)" border="0" /></a>AP - San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum has an agreement with a prosecutor in his home state of Washington that could settle his misdemeanor marijuana charge, The Columbian reported Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbn_giants_lincecum_pot"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.cbc676cfd4c64707859e5137169f8723.giants_lincecum_pot_baseball_ny191.jpg?x=128&y=130&q=85&sig=EjfoNMoHj_HXI6Wa2HPhLQ--" align="left" height="130" width="128" alt="photo" title="In this Oct. 1, 2009, photo, San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum sits in the dugout during a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks in San Francisco. Lincecum is facing misdemeanor marijuana charges following a traffic stop in his home state of Washington. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_angels_reagins_extension ap/20091106/bba_angels_reagins_extension AP sports Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:00:00 GMT AP - Los Angeles Angels general manager Tony Reagins has agreed to a long-term contract extension. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbn_brewers_weathers ap/20091106/bbn_brewers_weathers AP sports Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:55:32 GMT AP - The Milwaukee Brewers have declined a club option on right-handed reliever David Weathers for next season. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbn_mets_putz_option ap/20091106/bbn_mets_putz_option AP sports Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:24:00 GMT AP - The New York Mets have declined an option on reliever J.J. Putz, making him eligible for free agency. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/us_yankees_parade ap/20091106/us_yankees_parade AP sports Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:40:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/us_yankees_parade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.f2641ea300104dcd90266bfcc7816c42.yankees_parade_baseball_nyha101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=NfXpa8hf3k8QkWaCZ43iGA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez, right, and teammate Francisco Cervelli wave from a float during a ticker-tape parade along Broadway celebrating their 27th World Series championship on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)" border="0" /></a>AP - Crowds roared, church bells rang and streams of paper rained down on Broadway as the New York Yankees celebrated their 27th championship Friday in a way only this city can, with a parade up the Canyon of Heroes.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/us_yankees_parade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.f2641ea300104dcd90266bfcc7816c42.yankees_parade_baseball_nyha101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=NfXpa8hf3k8QkWaCZ43iGA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez, right, and teammate Francisco Cervelli wave from a float during a ticker-tape parade along Broadway celebrating their 27th World Series championship on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/sp_nm/us_newyork_yankees_parade nm/20091106/us_newyork_yankees_parade Reuters sports Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:47:28 GMT Reuters - Hundreds of thousands of New York Yankee fans cheered their baseball team on Friday at a parade through Lower Manhattan to celebrate its 27th World Series victory. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/sp_nm/us_baseball_phillies_lee nm/20091106/us_baseball_phillies_lee Reuters sports Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:16:50 GMT Reuters - The Philadelphia Phillies exercised their $8 million club option on left-hander Cliff Lee on Friday, as the National League champions were quickly back to work just two days after losing the World Series. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbn_nationals_strasburg_injured ap/20091106/bbn_nationals_strasburg_injured AP sports Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:53:34 GMT AP - The Washington Nationals say No. 1 overall draft pick Stephen Strasburg has a strained neck muscle and is being scratched from his scheduled start in the Arizona Fall League Rising Stars game. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_winning_from_losing ap/20091106/bbo_winning_from_losing AP sports Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:33:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_winning_from_losing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.9bc16c7389be460e8d0b5d5020ed80a5.winning_from_losing_ny112.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=L.Xb71bXPPCir86mDicjOA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this image provided by World Vision Rich Stearns, right, talks with Leonard, 10, in Chingale, Malawi on June 16, 2008 after giving him a new pair of shoes. Stearns and his organization view the Series and the Super Bowl, for which it also holds a licensed-merchandise agreement with the NFL, in a different way: bring on the losers! Each fall and winter for the last three years, World Vision has sent to the impoverished around the world thousands of team championship caps, jerseys and T-shirts produced before the World Series and Super Bowl and then rendered unusable for marketing in the United States when teams don't win the title. (AP Photo/Jon Warren - World Vision)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rich Stearns works and lives just outside Seattle. He grew up in New York state. He lived in Philadelphia for 10 years.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_winning_from_losing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.9bc16c7389be460e8d0b5d5020ed80a5.winning_from_losing_ny112.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=L.Xb71bXPPCir86mDicjOA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this image provided by World Vision Rich Stearns, right, talks with Leonard, 10, in Chingale, Malawi on June 16, 2008 after giving him a new pair of shoes. Stearns and his organization view the Series and the Super Bowl, for which it also holds a licensed-merchandise agreement with the NFL, in a different way: bring on the losers! Each fall and winter for the last three years, World Vision has sent to the impoverished around the world thousands of team championship caps, jerseys and T-shirts produced before the World Series and Super Bowl and then rendered unusable for marketing in the United States when teams don't win the title. (AP Photo/Jon Warren - World Vision)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbn_dodgers_mccourts ap/20091106/bbn_dodgers_mccourts AP sports Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:43:11 GMT AP - The wife of Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt lost her bid Thursday to be reinstated as the team's chief executive during a hearing in the couple's messy divorce. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_champion_yankees ap/20091106/bba_champion_yankees AP sports Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:07:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_champion_yankees"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.0225fa0c12e64e9ba92c7f6cfbfd05e8.world_series_yankees_tp202.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=mD6.vtBesbtxdXhKf8IgFw--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Chris Sessa, left, and Shawn Kunkle, employees of Signs USA Inc., in Tampa, Fla., change the numbers on the championship sign Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, outside the New York Yankees minor league complex in Tampa. The Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies to win the Major League Baseball World Series. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)" border="0" /></a>AP - The sign men were out bright and early at the Yankees minor league complex, sticking vinyl strips with a fresh, white "27" over the "26" that had been up on the board for nine, long years to mark the team's total of World Series titles.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_champion_yankees"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.0225fa0c12e64e9ba92c7f6cfbfd05e8.world_series_yankees_tp202.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=mD6.vtBesbtxdXhKf8IgFw--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="photo" title="Chris Sessa, left, and Shawn Kunkle, employees of Signs USA Inc., in Tampa, Fla., change the numbers on the championship sign Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, outside the New York Yankees minor league complex in Tampa. The Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies to win the Major League Baseball World Series. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/sp_nm/us_baseball_series_thursday nm/20091105/us_baseball_series_thursday Reuters sports Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:55:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/sp_nm/us_baseball_series_thursday"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091105/i/r3411563068.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=Q_pZI9ZYkpYqD0mQ3AUxPA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="New York Yankees players (L-R) Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada (obscured), Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera look at the World Series trophy after the Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 6 to win the 2009 Major League Baseball World Series in New York, November 4, 2009. REUTERS/Pool-David J. Phillip" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The New York Yankees christened the new $1.5 billion Yankee Stadium the same way they opened "The House That Ruth Built" 86 years ago -- with a World Series title, the 27th for Major League Baseball's storied franchise.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/sp_nm/us_baseball_series_thursday"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091105/i/r3411563068.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=Q_pZI9ZYkpYqD0mQ3AUxPA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="New York Yankees players (L-R) Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada (obscured), Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera look at the World Series trophy after the Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 6 to win the 2009 Major League Baseball World Series in New York, November 4, 2009. REUTERS/Pool-David J. Phillip" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_world_series_ratings ap/20091105/bbo_world_series_ratings AP sports Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:27:43 GMT AP - World Series television ratings bounced back from last year's record lows. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_hall_of_fame_yankees ap/20091105/bbo_hall_of_fame_yankees AP sports Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:41:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_hall_of_fame_yankees"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.ws16011050204.aptopix_world_series_phillies_yankees_baseball_ws160.jpg?x=130&y=69&q=85&sig=YN6PlZuBxVEb3a8PTulIAQ--" align="left" height="69" width="130" alt="New York Yankees' Hideki Matsui watches his two run RBI double during the fifth inning of Game 6 of the Major League Baseball World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)" border="0" /></a>AP - Hideki Matsui's bat and Johnny Damon's spikes are among the items from the Yankees' World Series title going to the Baseball Hall of Fame.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_hall_of_fame_yankees"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.ws16011050204.aptopix_world_series_phillies_yankees_baseball_ws160.jpg?x=130&y=69&q=85&sig=YN6PlZuBxVEb3a8PTulIAQ--" align="left" height="69" width="130" alt="photo" title="New York Yankees' Hideki Matsui watches his two run RBI double during the fifth inning of Game 6 of the Major League Baseball World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/baseball/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_angels_abreu ap/20091105/bba_angels_abreu AP sports Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:12:03 GMT AP - The Los Angeles Angels have re-signed outfielder Bobby Abreu to a two-year contract.