Game 4 of the World Series had a presidential doubleheader. The father-and-son team of George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush threw out the ceremonial first pitch Sunday night in what Major League Baseball said was the first time two former presidents attended a World Series game. George W. Bush, the 43rd president, threw the pitch, with his dad, the 41st president, at his side.

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Back when Mitch Moreland toiled in the low minors, the Texas Rangers imagined him as something other than a…

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Mitch Moreland hit a three-run homer in the second inning and Josh Hamilton added a solo shot in the fifth as the Texas Rangers beat the San Francisco Giants 4-2 on Saturday to close to 2-1 in the World Series. With former President George W. Bush watching from a front-row seat, winner Colby Lewis worked around solo home runs by Cody Ross in the seventh inning and Andres Torres in the eighth.

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By BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer

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San Francisco’s manager isn’t used to genius status, but that happens when a guy pushes the right buttons.

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Some Giants fans I follow on Twitter were irritated when Joe Buck opened the Fox game broadcast on Thursday…

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Matt Cain zeroed in for six innings, Edgar Renteria reprised his role as a postseason star and the San Francisco Giants led the Texas Rangers 1-0 in Game 2 of the World Series on a windy Thursday night. A day after the Giants battered Texas 11-7 in the opener, Cain and Texas starter C.J. Wilson ruled.

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Li'l Ron image source: @GordonKeith It's a nice story, believing that Ron Washington knew from age 8…

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Fox on Wednesday rejected a last-ditch offer from Cablevision Systems Corp. to pay it more for its TV stations' signals, a move that could leave some 3 million Cablevision subscribers in the New York area with few options besides heading to a bar to watch baseball's World Series on TV. In preparation for an extended blackout, Cablevision e-mailed its customers Wednesday saying it will…

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San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is betting the Giants win one more series. Newsom has agreed to a friendly wager with Arlington Mayor Robert Cluck before the Texas Rangers and Giants open up the World Series on Wednesday. Newsom said the losing mayor will have to don the opposing team's jersey and fly to the winning city to perform community service with children.

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