By Anthony DiComo / MLB.com
NEW YORK — Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter passed away Thursday after a lengthy battle with brain cancer. He was 57.
Best known for his role on the 1986 World Series champion Mets and …

“Le Grand Orange” was the original face of the Montreal Expos
St. Marys – The original face of the Montreal Expos, the current mastermind of the uprising Milwaukee Brewers, the legendary lefthander from Moncton, New Brunswick, …

Arthur Irwin played sandlot baseball in Toronto, before moving to Boston at age 15. Signed by the National League’s Worcester Ruby Legs, the young Canadian made his major league debut on May 1, 1880. The …

After leading Ingersoll and Guelph to Ontario championships, Oscar Judd played in seven different pro and semi-pro leagues prior to his major league debut in 1941. His minor league odyssey included stints in the Cubs …

By Evan Drellich / MLB.com
Right shoulder surgery will sideline Rich Harden for the 2012 season as the free-agent pitcher tries to clear up a long-standing issue.
Dr. James Andrews repaired a torn capsule in the free …

By Larry Mahoney, BDN Staff
Bangor resident and Bangor High School assistant hockey coach Matt Stairs, who retired after a 19-year Major League Baseball career last year, will be a studio analyst for Boston Red Sox …

By: T.R. Sullivan MLB.com
ARLINGTON — The Oakland Athletics won their third straight World Series in 1974 but there was one pitcher they couldn’t beat. Ferguson Jenkins, pitching for the Rangers, was 5-0 with a 0.60 …

Roberto Alomar, born February 5,1968 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, began his major league career with the San Diego Padres, arriving in the majors in 1988. He became part of one of the biggest trades in …

Fifty-five years before Fergie Jenkins began dominating big league hitters, Doc Miller, another Chatham, Ont., native, was making his mark as one of the majors’ top batsman. In 1909, the Canuck outfielder hit a combined …

Prior to breaking Major League Baseball’s colour barrier in 1947, Jackie Robinson starred at second base for the Montreal Royals, a Brooklyn Dodgers farm team, in 1946. It’s widely believed that Dodgers GM Branch Rickey …