NEW YORK -- The Ike Davis saga is over in New York. The New York Mets traded the enigmatic first baseman to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday, in exchange for right-handed reliever Zack Thornton and a ...

Home plate umpire Marvin Hudson calls out New York Mets’ Ike Davis on strikes in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Thursday, April 4, 2013 at Citi Field in New York.

Ike Davis is an interesting problem. He started the year in the deepest of swoons and it got so bad that the Mets sent him back to Triple-A to figure stuff out. There he did, and and after returning ...

After defying expectations, Israel was eliminated on Wednesday by Japan, which, along with the Netherlands, advanced from the second round to the semifinal round. By Ken Belson Ryan Lavarnway hit a ...

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Baseball blowouts can be tough to watch. Unless you're a diehard fan of the winning team, it's highly unlikely you're going to tune in to a game where one team has virtually no chance of coming back.