PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- The eighth-inning setup role has been a big question for the New York Mets at spring training, and an answer doesn't appear to be coming any time soon. Veteran pitcher Kelvim Escobar has spent time in both the bullpen and ...

LYDIA — A Mass of Christian burial will be held on Monday, March 8, 2010, at 11 a.m at Saint Nicholas Catholic Church for Esrom Paul Manuel, 94, who passed at 6:25 a.m. Tuesday March 2, 2010, at Houston Hospice in Houston. He will await the ...

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Davis is hitting .524 with two homers and nine RBI in 21 at-bats after going 1-for-4 in Tuesday's 8-4 loss to the Astros . Still, Davis is unlikely to unseat Daniel Murphy . Murphy has opened the exhibition season 1-for-12. "Some unforeseen things ...

Lets begin Spring Training 2010 with a light news story. A story made even lighter by Phillies' skipper Charlie Manuel. Ok, so my jokes are about as cold as Ryan Howard’s bat is this time of year. But let’s turn our attention back to Mr. Manuel ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. - Charlie Manuel is not among those attempting to downplay today's Grapefruit League opener. The Phillies' manager left New York in November unsatisfied, and is hungry to compete against the Yankees no matter what the setting. "CC ...

PORT ST. LUCIE -- Five weeks from today, by the time "Play Ball" is yelled at Citi Field, Jerry Manuel wants an answer in place. For now the Mets manager can only sit, squirm and wonder who his setup man for Francisco Rodriguez will be. The team's ...

New York's American Ballet Theatre will stage its 2007 production of Tchaikovsky's "The Sleeping Beauty" at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for five performances starting July 15. For the engagement, the company has assembled a starry lineup of some of ...

A tribal elder of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians on Friday became the first Southern California resident counted in the 2010 census. Most Americans will receive their census forms in the mail later this month, but James Christy, the regional ...

William King of The Commodores doesn't remember one night where he didn't get that rush of performing before an audience. "When the lights come on, it's time to go," he said in a recent telephone interview. King and The Commodores, Charlie Wilson and ...